Midnight Express (1978)
ALAN PARKER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. United Kingdom/USA/Turkey, 1978. Columbia Pictures, Casablanca Filmworks. Screenplay by Oliver Stone, based on the book by Billy Hayes, William Hoffer. Cinematography by Michael Seresin. Produced by … Continue reading
Seabiscuit
BBB.5 (out of 5) What do an abandoned horse jockey, a grieving millionaire car manufacturer and an unemployed horse whisperer have in common? Fate, for it seems that it will … Continue reading
Ghostbusters (Ghost Busters) (1984)
IVAN REITMAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1984. Columbia Pictures Corporation, Producers Sales Organization, Delphi Films, Black Rhino Productions. Screenplay by Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis. Cinematography by Laszlo Kovacs. Produced by Ivan Reitman. Music … Continue reading
All Of Me
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Among the very best performances Steve Martin has ever given. During a ritualistic ceremony in which an Indian guru (the painfully unfunny racial stereotype being the film’s … Continue reading
Born Yesterday (1993)
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Excellent remake of the 1950 George Cukor classic is a perfect example of Melanie Griffith‘s admirable talent. She plays a Vegas showgirl who hangs off the … Continue reading
Not Another Teen Movie
BBB.5 (out of 5) Hilarious spoof that takes on the recent spate of cloying teen-oriented films and makes a decided improvement on the Wayans brothers’ Scary Movie franchise, thanks mostly to a … Continue reading
