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silkwood

For whatever reason, I had this movie in my queue. It was a story of a woman (played by Meryl Streep) who worked at a nuclear power plant and who was possibly murdered after investigating some suspicious activities at the plant. This movie is the perfect example of why I …

yes man

In honor of Jake’s birthday week, we let him pick the movie for family movie night. His choice was Yes Man. This was a story about a guy who decides to say “yes” to everything for a year. Frankly, I wasn’t holding out much hope for the film (for one …

serpico

This movie was done before Al Pacino became a caricature of his acting self (way back in the early 1970s). It was quite a good character study. Not a lot of action, but it just wasn’t that kind of movie. It told the story of a police officer named Serpico, …

the last temptation of christ

Quite frankly, I don’t understand the brouhaha this film generated when it was released. Sure, the film had its moments, but the ending wrapped things up in a christian-like way, I thought. What bothered me more about the film was the fact that they gave Judas, played by Harvey Keitel, …