Movie Recommendations

Highlander

Yes, it’s cheezy. Yes, Christopher Lambert is ridiculous as a Scot. But for mindless sci-fi/action, it has moments. Plus some interesting scene transitions and a Queen soundtrack.

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Pink Floyd: The Wall

Searing examination of a rock star’s attempt to tear down the walls he has built over a lifetime of loss, rejection, and denial…You don’t have to be high to enjoy Alan Parker’s visual counterpoint to the rock album, but liking Pink Floyd’s music undoubtedly helps.

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Best Years of Our Lives, The

One-of-a-kind drama of returning GIs who have to adapt to a fast-changing post-WW II world. Harold Russell’s poignant performance won the best supporting actor Oscar. The scene when Frederick March comes home to wife Myrna Loy is guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes. Dana Andrews is also excellent, as are Teresa Wright and Virginia Mayo.

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My Favorite Wife

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne at the top of their form in the second of their classic films about love and marriage. This time, Dunne is shipwrecked long enough to be declared dead and have Grant remarry. Not quite up to the standard set by The Awful Truth (which had been directed by Favorite Wife…

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Wild Bunch, The

This Sam Peckinpah masterpiece about an aging gang of outlaws and their last big job came out at a defining moment in American cinema, when violence was being portrayed on the screen in new and different ways. Along with Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde, this western redefined how much gore was allowed in films and…

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