Blog Archives

The Fabelmans

Poster for the movie "The Fabelmans"
Poster for the movie "The Fabelmans"

The Fabelmans (2022)

151 min - Drama - 11 November 2022
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

Director:  Steven Spielberg
Writers:  Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
Read More

Dangerous Minds

Poster for the movie "Dangerous Minds"
Poster for the movie "Dangerous Minds"

Dangerous Minds (1995)

99 min - Drama - 11 August 1995
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

Director:  John N. Smith
Read More

City of Angels

Poster for the movie "City of Angels"
Poster for the movie "City of Angels"

City of Angels (1998)

114 min - Romance, Drama, Fantasy - 10 April 1998
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

When guardian angel Seth - who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles - becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

Director:  Brad Silberling
Read More

Sophie’s Choice

Poster for the movie "Sophie's Choice"
Poster for the movie "Sophie's Choice"

Sophie's Choice (1982)

151 min - Drama, Romance, War - 8 December 1982
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

Director:  Alan J. Pakula
Read More