Renaissance 2.0
I really enjoyed “Working Girl” (1988) starring Melanie Griffth, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver. All three were wonderful in their roles and the two ladies were even nominated for Oscars that year. Even Alec Baldwin shines in his turn as Melanie’s sleazy boyfriend! The music by Carly Simon “Let the Rivers Run” is a perfect…
I love “LEGEND” (1985) directed by Ridley Scott and starring a young Tom Cruise and Mia Sara. It’s a wonderful good versus evil fantasy full of fairies, unicorns and goblins and Tim Curry as the prince of darkness. There’s an amazing look to this film thanks to Scott and his cinematographer. It’s a feast for…
“CLOSER” (2004) caught me totally off-guard. I thought it would be a good movie because of the amazing cast (Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law and Clive Owen) but I didn’t expect it to be as good and as deep and as thought-provoking as I found it to be. Yes, there are some lover…
I’m still thinking about that wonderful movie “P.S. I Love You”. Here’s a fantastic scene when the widow watches a performer singing a song and then suddenly realizes that it’s the same song that her late husband sang when they first met. Amazing acting by Hilary Swank as her face tells the whole story in…
I can’t stop listening to “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” by The Script. It was featured in the original motion picture soundtrack for “P.S. I Love You” which I also loved. They’re an Irish band that were called MyTown before. Great song, video and band! The Man Who Can’t Be Moved by THE SCRIPT…
I watched “P.S. I Love You” (2007) recently but waited a while before writing about it in order to let it sink in to see how it really affected me. I have to say that my opinion of the movie only gets better as the days go by. I seem to love the story more…
Grease (1978) is a classic musical about the 50s. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were wonderful in this ultimate coming of age story told from both points of views, from the warped and exaggerated male perspective and the twisted and romanticized female angle. The best example demonstrated in the fantastic “Summer Nights” number where Danny…
Fatso (1980) is a hilarious and heart-warming movie written and directed by none other than Anne Bancroft! Yes, Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate! I guess being married to the legendary Mel Brooks so many years rubbed off? Dom Deluise is brilliant in this humorous look at an Italian man’s battle of the bulge. I loved…
I’ve always loved “To Sir with Love” by Lulu but my appreciation of the song and Lulu herself increased tremendously when I saw her perform it live on American Idol 40 years since its first release! She not only sang it better than ever but she also looked incredible. Here are both versions. 1967 and…
There have been countless films based on Shakespeare’s plays but the ultimate adaptation has to be Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of “Romeo & Juliet”. The two leads were actually teenagers themselves just like the star-crossed lovers in the play. Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were wonderful in this classic tale of love. Here’s a video…