Welcome back to our Legendary Musicians in Movies week! Last time, there was one thing I forgot to mention about The Buddy Holly Story. It’s the controversial lawsuit from two members of the Crickets (Buddy’s band), due to the usage of the band’s name and inaccuracies in the movie. (You […]
1991
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Mario Van Peebles’ 1991 crime classic NEW JACK CITY celebrates its 25th anniversary this year so we wanted to pay tribute with a look back at the film. Set in New York City, the story focuses on Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) a ruthless criminal who leads the Cash Money Brothers […]
Recently a trailer for an upcoming Point Break remake has gotten the internet film geeks up in arms. There’s lots of chatter from both sides of the fence. Some are open minded and willing to give it a chance while others are dead set against it. I have to admit, […]
When it comes to female empowerment films, this 1991 crime drama/road adventure directed by Ridley Scott stands above the rest. The story focuses on best friends Thelma (Geena Davis) a housewife and Louise (Susan Sarandon) a waitress. After planning a weekend getaway in the mountains the two pals pack their […]
In New York City, 1941 we are introduced to successful playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) an idealistic artist who is inspired to forge a new kind of theater by telling grand stories about “the common man”, his stock in trade. When Capitol Pictures in Hollywood gets word of his genius, […]
Following his role in J. Lee Thompson’s 1962 psychological thriller Cape Fear actor Gregory Peck was in Robert Mulligan’s classic drama TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1963, USA). In that film, Peck played a small town southern lawyer who represents a black man in a controversial court case. He was brilliant […]
What we now know as the “biker movie” genre began with Roger Corman’s The Wild Angels (1966) which starred Peter Fonda as a furious, “sickle” riding hellion. Throughout the rest of the late 60s and into the 70s there were hundreds of these kinds of chopper operas made for drive-in […]