Alice (1990): Woody Allen’s Dramedy, Starring Mia Farrow, Alec Baldwin, Blythe Danner, Judy Davis, William Hurt, Joe Mantegna Bernadette Peters, Cybill Shepherd, Gwen Verdon (One of Allen’s Weakest Film)

July 7, 2010 by

In this Woody Allen comedy, Mia Farrow (then his companion), unhappily married to William Hurt, goes to an acupuncture (played by Keye Luke) who prescribes some magical herbs.

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A History of Violence (2005): Cronenberg’s Intense Family Tale, Starring Viggo Mortensen, William Hurt, Maria Bello, Ed Harris (Masterpieces)

May 12, 2005 by

Without compromising his vision, Cronenberg tackles a uniquely American genre film, about the tragic passage of violence from one generation to the next, that has the structure of a classic Western and the narrative of a morality play about good and evil.

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