Eye of the Storm, The (2011): Schepisi’s Domestic Melodrama, Starring Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis

The melodrama stars three superlative Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis, whose talents are not fully utilized by a rather conventional two-generational text.

Wicked: Part 1: 2024 Buzzy Titles–November 27, 2024

Stephen Schwartz’s Broadway musical Wicked has finally found a home on-screen as Wicked: Part 1 

What’s Up Doc (1972): Peter Bogdanovich’s Screwball Comedy–Chase Scene

Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal kick off the memorable chase scene in 1972’s What’s Up Doc by hopping aboard a delivery bike in San Francisco.

Rushmore (1998): Wes Anderson’s Second Feature is his Best Film?

Rushmore’s humor is subtle in depicting a sad-sack high-schooler, credited played by Jason Schwartzman.

Battle Beyond The Stars (1980): Jimmy T. Murakami’s Adventure, Written by John Sayles

This Roger Corman-produced mash-up of Star Wars and The Seven Samurai concerns seven intergalactic mercenaries teaming up to defend a peaceful planet from the evil tyrant Sador (John Saxon).