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May December (2023)
Living for the Cinema - December 22, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsTodd Haynes (Carol, Far From Heaven) directs this domestic drama/psychological thriller starring Oscar-winner Julianne Moore as a suburban woman who had an affair with an underage boy more than twenty years prior and ended up marrying him after she was eventually released from prison. This youn...
Leave The World Behind (2023)
Living for the Cinema - December 19, 2023 02:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsSam Email (who was the creator of the popular drama "Mr. Robot") directs only his second feature film adapting the 2020 novel of the same name from Rumaan Alam. This is a story of one New York City family (lead by Oscar winner Julia Roberts, Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke) who rents a nice home on L...
The Ref (1994)
Living for the Cinema - December 15, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsCHRISTMAS MOVIE WEEK 2023 continues! And this second episode happens to focus on a strange, little studio holiday-themed comedy which actually came out thirty years ago this coming Easter.... It stars previous stand-up comedian Denis Leary in his first starring role in a feature film - he play...
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Living for the Cinema - December 11, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsIt's CHRISTMAS MOVIE WEEK 2023, Season's Greetings!!! What better way to kick things off than the much-anticipated sequel to one of THE greatest Christmas movies ever....Die Hard? This came out only two years later and needless to say, it brings back a lot of the elements from that first act...
DIE HARD 2 (1990)
Living for the Cinema - December 11, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsIt's CHRISTMAS MOVIE WEEK 2023, Season's Greetings!!! What better way to kick things off than the much-anticipated sequel to one of THE greatest Christmas movies ever....Die Hard? This came out only two years later and needless to say, it brings back a lot of the elements from that first act...
NAPOLEON (2023)
Living for the Cinema - December 07, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe legendary director of Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster, and.....Exodus: Gods and Kings (!) has returned to deliver another historical epic. Oscar-nominated legend Ridley Scott (also Alien, Thelma & Louise) directs the story of Napoleon Bonaparte, the renowned French King/Genera...
Napoleon (2023)
Living for the Cinema - December 07, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe legendary director of Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster, and.....Exodus: Gods and Kings (!) has returned to deliver another historical epic. Oscar-nominated legend Ridley Scott (also Alien, Thelma & Louise) directs the story of Napoleon Bonaparte, the renowned French King/Genera...
TOMBSTONE (1993)
Living for the Cinema - December 04, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThirty years ago in the lead-up to its release, this Western historical epic was looked upon as "the Other Wyatt Earp" movie with the troubled production as the following year, there was a much hyped bigger budget biopic of Wyatt Earp starring Kevin Costner coming out. Since they covered simila...
Tombstone (1993)
Living for the Cinema - December 04, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThirty years ago in the lead-up to its release, this Western historical epic was looked upon as "the Other Wyatt Earp" movie with the troubled production as the following year, there was a much hyped bigger budget biopic of Wyatt Earp starring Kevin Costner coming out. Since they covered simila...
Demoltion Man (1993)
Living for the Cinema - November 24, 2023 01:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsJust over thirty years ago, we saw the unheralded release of this latest futuristic action thriller directed by Marco Brambilla starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes....only it was actually more of a comedy. :o And Stallone was actually being INTENTIONALLY funny for a change.....and he...
DEMOLITION MAN (1993)
Living for the Cinema - November 24, 2023 01:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsJust over thirty years ago, we saw the unheralded release of this latest futuristic action thriller directed by Marco Brambilla starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes....only it was actually more of a comedy. :o And Stallone was actually being INTENTIONALLY funny for a change.....and he...
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008)
Living for the Cinema - November 20, 2023 20:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsAren't movie weddings SUCH fun?? :) Well it certainly depends on who's attending of course along with the current emotional states of the families involved. This highly acclaimed melodrama from fifteen years ago focuses on the Buchman's, a family which MIGHT not be in the best place at this tim...
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Living for the Cinema - November 20, 2023 20:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsAren't movie weddings SUCH fun?? :) Well it certainly depends on who's attending of course along with the current emotional states of the families involved. This highly acclaimed melodrama from fifteen years ago focuses on the Buchman's, a family which MIGHT not be in the best place at this tim...
THE MARVELS (2023)
Living for the Cinema - November 17, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe long-awaited sequel to the 2019 smash hit Captain Marvel is finally here.....and is the Marvel fanbase excited? Well it seems that due to much negative coverage in the lead-up to to its release, they might not be. But is that reflective of its quality? Well for this new entry in the franc...
The Marvels (2023)
Living for the Cinema - November 17, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe long-awaited sequel to the 2019 smash hit Captain Marvel is finally here.....and is the Marvel fanbase excited? Well it seems that due to much negative coverage in the lead-up to to its release, they might not be. But is that reflective of its quality? Well for this new entry in the franc...
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Living for the Cinema - November 14, 2023 03:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsOver the past five decades, there have been several docudramas devoted to stories from The Nixon Era including films focusing on his presidency (Nixon), the investigation of the Watergate break-in (All The President's Men, Dick), and even smaller episodes WITHIN his presidency such as Elvis & Ni...
The Killer (2023)
Living for the Cinema - November 10, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsFincher's back! (David that is) As it is Fassbender...Michael Fassbender as his star. The Oscar-nominated director of Seven, Fight Club, and The Social Network has returned towards directing his first full-on thriller in more than a decade. (If we're not counting Gone Girl which is as much a ...
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Living for the Cinema - November 07, 2023 02:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsFor a long-running franchise like the James Bond series, the release of Casino Royale in 2006 was just a shot in the arm - this was the first film starring Daniel Craig as Agent 007 and it was also THE first film in the history of this franchise to be a genuine reboot. It received stellar revie...
Carlito's Way (1993)
Living for the Cinema - November 03, 2023 02:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWelcome to the second half of this week's run of Brian DePalma/Al Pacino collaborations as this crime drama came out ten years after Scarface starring Pacino in title role in his first performance following his long overdue (and several say not deserved) Oscar win for Best Actor for Scent of a W...
Scarface (1983)
Living for the Cinema - October 31, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsBack in December of 1983, this bloody, epic crime saga from director Brian DePalma (Carrie, The Untouchables, Blow Out) opened to middling reviews and box office....after months of hype regarding its extreme violence and how it depicted the Cuban community in Florida. The controversy never quit...
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Living for the Cinema - October 27, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThroughout his illustrious career, Oscar winner Martin Scorsese has collaborated with many great actors but two in particular more than any others.....multiple Oscar winning Robert DeNiro and Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio. But now for the first time in his career spanning more than five decade...
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)
Living for the Cinema - October 27, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThroughout his illustrious career, Oscar winner Martin Scorsese has collaborated with many great actors but two in particular more than any others.....multiple Oscar winning Robert DeNiro and Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio. But now for the first time in his career spanning more than five decade...
Out of Time (2003)
Living for the Cinema - October 24, 2023 02:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsTwenty years ago in the immediate wake of winning his second Oscar (Best Actor for Training Day), our Greatest Living Actor chose this as a follow-up project....a frothy neo-noir taking place in Florida reuniting with a director (Carl Franklin, also director of previous episode One False Move) b...
OUT OF TIME (2003)
Living for the Cinema - October 24, 2023 02:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsTwenty years ago in the immediate wake of winning his second Oscar (Best Actor for Training Day), our Greatest Living Actor chose this as a follow-up project....a frothy neo-noir taking place in Florida reuniting with a director (Carl Franklin, also director of previous episode One False Move) b...
John Carpenter's Christine (1983)
Living for the Cinema - October 20, 2023 02:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe Halloween holiday is upon so what better time than to kick in CARPENTER WEEK! Of course this refers to genre master John Carpenter who over the past 45 years has directed several of the most iconic action and/or horror genre films of the modern era including previous episode The Thing, Esca...
JOHN CARPENTER'S CHRISTINE (1983)
Living for the Cinema - October 20, 2023 02:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe Halloween holiday is upon so what better time than to kick in CARPENTER WEEK! Of course this refers to genre master John Carpenter who over the past 45 years has directed several of the most iconic action and/or horror genre films of the modern era including previous episode The Thing, Esca...
JOHN CARPENTER'S THEY LIVE (1988)
Living for the Cinema - October 17, 2023 01:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe Halloween holiday is upon so what better time than to kick in CARPENTER WEEK! Of course this refers to genre master John Carpenter who over the past 45 years has directed several of the most iconic action and/or horror genre films of the modern era including previous episode The Thing, Esca...
John Carpenter's They Live (1988)
Living for the Cinema - October 17, 2023 01:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe Halloween holiday is upon so what better time than to kick in CARPENTER WEEK! Of course this refers to genre master John Carpenter who over the past 45 years has directed several of the most iconic action and/or horror genre films of the modern era including previous episode The Thing, Esca...
The Exorcist (1973)
Living for the Cinema - October 13, 2023 03:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsSpooky Season has arrived! And what better way to kick it off than to celebrate what many consider to be "The Scariest Movie Ever!" which would be this supernatural psychological thriller first released fifty years ago this coming December. It was directed by the legendary, recently passed Wil...
Lost In Translation (2003)
Living for the Cinema - October 10, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsTwenty years ago, this Tokyo-based relationship comedy/drama opened to great acclaim and strong word of mouth not only becoming a minor worldwide phenomenon at the box office but also garnering significant Oscar attention. For Sofia Coppola, it was the second film she directed and she earned a ...
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