Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman Director: Lawrence Kasdan Macon (Hurt) is a travel writer. He writes books about where to go and how to travel seamlessly. But one day he comes home to find that his wife (Turner) wants a divorce, because she is not coping with the death of their… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Category: 105 Must See Films
105 Must See Films: King Of New York (1990)
Starring: Christopher Walken, Director: Abel Ferrara A drug dealing king pin is released from prison, and starts to take back his empire in New York, giving away a lot of the money to help the poor and keep an important hospital open. But not everyone is happy with his return, and he has to face… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: King Of New York (1990)
105 Must See Films: Barbarella (1968)
Starring: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg Directed By: Roger Vadim Innocent and sexy, this film could only come out of the psychedelic brain of the 60's, the era of flower children and free love. Based on an erotic French comic book, Barbarella (Jane Fonda) is a woman sent from Earth, to a strange… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Barbarella (1968)
105 Must See Films: It Happened One Night (1934)
Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert Director: Frank Capra When a sheltered wealthy girl secretly marries, her father tries to keep the young couple apart. But on the run from her father, the girl falls in with a reporter who helps her in return for her story. The girl is Ellie, played by the beautiful Claudette… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: It Happened One Night (1934)
105 Must See Films: She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
Starring: Tracy Camila Johns, Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell Director: Spike Lee No one makes films like Spike Lee anymore. Which is a real shame. Here he takes on female sexuality in a film that was rated R at the time. Nola Darling (Johns) is a beautiful woman, who knows who… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
105 Must See Films: Five Easy Peices (1970)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black Director: Bob Rafelson Robert (Nicholson) works on doing odd jobs, roving from bars, his home with his girlfriend Rayette (Black) and the beds of other women, never settling anywhere, til his sister lets him know that his father is dying. With his girlfriend tagging along, he heads back to his… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Five Easy Peices (1970)
105 Must See Films: The French Connection (1970)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider Director: William Friedkin Popeye Doyle (Hackman) and his partner Buddy Russo (Scheider) are two New York Narcotics cops on the trail of a big bust, but with a past job that went bad, and little evidence, that have to do everything they can to prove that they can get their… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: The French Connection (1970)
105 Must See Films: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Starring: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Priscilla Lane Director: Frank Capra When Mortimer Brewster (Grant) marries, he takes his bride home to Brooklyn where his two maiden aunts live, but he finds more than he bargained for when he discovers his aunts have been poisoning lonely old men. It only gets more complicated as… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
105 Must See Films: Dances With Wolves (1990)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonell, Graham Greene Director: Kevin Costner Lt John Dunbar is a man of fine sensibilities and a civil war hero, who requests a post on the frontier, which he finds is deserted. Whilst he stays, waiting for more relief to be sent, he starts to commune with nature, befriending a local… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Dances With Wolves (1990)
105 Must See Films: All About Eve (1950)
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz Margo Channing (Davis) is a famous stage star, who one night is introduced to one of her fans, a shy, innocent girl called Eve (Baxter). She takes the girl under her wing, but soon finds that Eve has bigger plans than her shy demeanor… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: All About Eve (1950)
