Grade: A-
Synopsis: A recent college graduate (Jesse Eisenberg) desperate to escape his small town for New York City, finds himself forced to take a job at a local amusement park.
Adventureland is a time machine. Not only to the late 80’s era in which it’s set, but also to that early 20’s point in your life, when you’re an adult but not really a grown-up and your whole life is stretched out before you. It’s an intangible quality, but writer/director Greg Mottola’s film somehow bottles it. MORE »
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Grade: D+
Synopsis: A lawyer (William Powell) and a socialite (Ginger Rogers) solve the mystery of a dancer’s disappearance.
Star of Midnight is yet another attempt by a rival studio to duplicate the success of MGM’s The Thin Man (1934). For this entry, RKO got the genuine article in William Powell for the lead, cast Ginger Rogers in Myrna Loy’s spot, and found a script with a lot of twists and turns. Unfortunately, the result isn’t equal to the sum of its parts. MORE »
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Grade: B+
Synopsis: In World War II London, an American officer (James Garner) is content to ride out the war living the good life while seeing to the needs of his Admiral, until he finds himself in love with a British widow (Julie Andrews) and given a dangerous assignment.
The Americanization of Emily is a nearly great satire that, unfortunately, stumbles at the finish. MORE »
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Grade: C
Synopsis: The leader (Peter Fonda) of a chapter of Hells Angels finds himself questioning his life after a trip to recover a friend’s (Bruce Dern) bike leads to tragedy.
The Wild Angels, at the time, was an interesting take on the biker movie, in that the story is told from the point of view of the bikers themselves. As such, the film feels more honest and real, and it certainly helped pave the way for the king of the biker films, Easy Rider (1969). MORE »
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Grade: C+
Synopsis: After a close friend is viciously attacked, British agent James Bond (Timothy Dalton) resigns from MI6 and sets out for revenge on the Central American drug dealer (Robert Davi) responsible.
License to Kill, the sixteenth, and final for star Timothy Dalton, entry in the long-running James Bond franchise was a film ahead of its time. Nearly twenty years before Daniel Craig would star as a dark, driven Bond in the franchise reboot Casino Royale (2006), Timothy Dalton did it here. MORE »
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