Jackie Brown
154 Minutes. 1997. Rated R. Quote: Half a Million Dollars will always be missed… This is the third film from two-time Academy Award Winner, QuentinTarantino. It was no easy task to follow the first two I’m sure: Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. To date, most people will tell you that Jackie Brown was their “least favorite” Tarantino film; I, in fact, happen to agree. He’s a director I really enjoy and so...
Showtime
95 minutes. 2002. Rated PG-13 “What are you gonna do, wrap me up in caution tape, Top Cop?” Mama says: Watch it, you’ll laugh! The background for this is fun. I’m working in Egypt for a while and the library has a monthly film program at which they show a film once a week based on the monthly theme. Last week, I watched Showtime, a movie directed by Tom Dey, and starring Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy. It was the kind of...
The Spotlight: Vito Corleone
Vito Corleone is a role that has been portrayed in film twice, by different actors. They both won Oscars, and each would be a showing that would define the raw essence of acting. How to even talk about such a game changing character over the course of film is simply daunting. I am going to do my best. Vito Corleone, better known as The Godfather, is the main character in the first of the trilogy of famous films about the cosa nostra...
