This Ron Howard hit, written by fellow family men Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is an original comedy about contemporary life and the eternal responsibilities of raising children. Steve Martin has never been better than as a dedicated husband and father trying (and inevitably failing, as do most of us) to balance the demands of […]
Zodiac
The film opens on July 4, 1969, with the Zodiac killer’s second attack, the shooting of Darlene Ferrin (Ciara Hughes) and Mike Mageau (Lee Norris) at a lovers’ lane in Vallejo, California. Mageau survives while Ferrin dies from her injuries. One month later, a letter written by the Zodiac arrives at the San Francisco Chronicle. […]
Malcolm X
Malcolm X begins with a title sequence featuring an American flag being consumed by fire intercut with George Holliday’s iconic videotaped footage of the beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. A voice-over of Denzel Washington as Malcolm X angrily condemns white America: “We don’t see the American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare!” […]
Losing Isaiah
Khaila Richards (Halle Berry) is a drug addict who is addicted to crack cocaine. The film starts with her breastfeeding her baby in an abandoned squat. As she lays the child down to leave, the other squatters tell her that she can’t leave the baby there crying. Khaila takes the child outside and hides him […]
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