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Monthly Archives: May 2015

A Soldier’s Story (1984)

May 31, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: Howard E. Rollins, Jr. (Milos Forman’s Ragtime) plays an African-American Army lawyer, CPT. Richard Davenport, who is ordered to investigate the mysterious murder of a fellow African-American soldier, SGT. […]

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1984

The Young Lions (1958)

May 28, 2015by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: During World War II, two American soldiers (Dean Martin, Rio Bravo, and Montgomery Clift, A Place in the Sun) try to adjust to the military structure, while on the […]

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1958

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

May 27, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: An American demolition expert, Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper, High Noon), helps a group of anti-fascist fighters during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Jordan’s mission is simple: he is […]

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1943

Ryan’s Daughter (1970)

May 22, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: In a small Irish village during the 1916 Easter Rising, a young woman (Sarah Miles, Blow-Up), who is married to a local school teacher (Robert Mitchum, The Night of […]

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1970

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

May 18, 2015by Eric Binford 8 Comments

Synopsis: Charismatic and ruthless film producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas, Spartacus) will stop at nothing in order to achieve success in Hollywood, even if it means ruining the personal lives […]

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1952

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

May 15, 2015by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: Governess Henriette Deluzy (Bette Davis) is hired by a French aristocrat, the Duke de-Praslin (Charles Boyer, Hold Back the Dawn), to look after his children, but the Duke’s emotionally […]

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1940

The Bell Jar (1979)

May 12, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis:  In the 1950s, an extremely bright young woman, Esther Greenwood (Marilyn Hassett, The Other Side of the Mountain), who grew up in a highly dysfunctional household, gradually loses control […]

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1979

The Time Machine (1960)

May 11, 2015by Eric Binford 5 Comments

Synopsis: Rod Taylor (The Birds) plays H. George Wells, a scientist who, in the late 1800s, creates a time machine that takes him into the year 802,701, with startling results. […]

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1960

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

May 10, 2015by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: During the Russian Revolution, an idealist doctor, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia), falls in love with a mysterious young woman, Lara Guishar (Julie Christie, Darling). Zhivago decides, […]

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1965

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

May 9, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: This historical drama revolves around the tempestuous relationship between British monarch Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and her lover Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn, Captain Blood). Reaction […]

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1939

Stand by Me (1986)

May 8, 2015by Eric Binford 7 Comments

Synopsis: In 1985, a writer, Gordon “Gordie” Lachance (Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl), recalls an incident that took place over Labor Day weekend in 1959. The then 12-year-old Gordie (Wil […]

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1986

Heavenly Creatures (1994, Uncut Version)

May 6, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the 1950s, two high school girls (Kate Winslet, Titanic, and Melanie Lynskey, Up in the Air) become instant best friends. The friendship blossoms into sheer obsession, with the […]

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1994

A Little Romance (1979)

May 5, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: A 13-year-old American girl (Diane Lane, Unfaithful) attending school in Paris, France, meets and falls in love with a precocious French boy (Thelonious Bernard), who is also a huge […]

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1979

The Old Maid (1939)

May 4, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: Set at the height of the American Civil War, The Old Maid tells the story of two cousins — Charlotte (Bette Davis) and Delia (Miriam Hopkins, These Three) — and their […]

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1939

Tap (1989)

May 2, 2015by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: Cat burglar and ex-dancer, Max Washington (Gregory Hines, White Nights), has just been released from jail. As he asses his options, Max must decide between returning to his old […]

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1989

Staying Alive (1983)

May 1, 2015by Eric Binford 1 Comment

Synopsis: Five years have passed since Tony Manero (John Travolta, Pulp Fiction), “The Fred Astaire of Brooklyn,” conquered the dance floor at the 2001 Odyssey nightclub. Tony is now among dozens […]

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1983

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