Director: Adrian Lyne
Cast: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri

I’ll admit that at 1983, Flashdance was a movie before my time. Though the scene where the striper, excuse me, ‘exotic dancer’, sits on a chair and then pulls the lever to release a waterfall over herself has been redone so many times in other films that I feel as if it’s always been around, burning itself into my retinas. Though seeing Eddie Murphy… Read More

Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow

Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Jon Laughlin make up just a little of the cast that made Footloose the favorite that it is today. This 1984 dance dance revolution tells the story of a city boy (Bacon) who’s been thrown into a backwoods town that believes rock and roll and dancing are the instruments of the devil and… Read More

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field

Tom hanks makes me really happy and Forrest Gump was no exception, despite the many depressing moments scattered throughout the film. Released in 1994, Forrest Gump is one of the rare movies that became an instant classic. With Robin Wright as Jenny, Gary Sinise as Lt. Dan Taylor, Mykelti Williamson as Bubba, and Sally Field as Mrs. Gump,… Read More

Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli, James Cromwell

Directed by Chuck Russell and released in 1996, Eraser is yet another Arnold Schwarzenegger movie that I knew absolutely nothing about. Also Staring Vanessa Williams and James Caan, Eraser is named after the nickname that Schwarzenegger’s character, John Kruger, goes by. A U.S Marshal, Kruger’s job is protect witnesses by ‘erasing’ their former identities. He’s pretty good… Read More

Director: Gaspar Noe
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel

Irreversible is a 2002 movie directed and written by Gasper Noe. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, and Jo Prestia, Irreversible is a crime thriller that follows the story of Alex in reverse. Raped and beaten, Alex has no clue as to who her attacker is and it’s up to her brother and ex to find the culprit. Hiring a couple… Read More

Director: Jason Friedberg
Cast: Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Diedrich Bader, Ken Davitian, Method Man

Talk about stupid. The Scary Movie parodies were funny, and maybe I could even see the humor in Date Movie, or Epic Movie if I closed my eyes really tightly and thought happy thoughts. No amount of wishing or fairy dust however could sell me on Meet the Spartans, and here’s a couple of reasons why. It crossed that… Read More

Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

1975 did a good thing when they came up with Jaws. Or to be more specific, Steven Spielberg did a good thing when he directed the movie Jaws in 1975. Winner of three Oscars, Jaws stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Lorraine Gary in a movie about a great white shark that makes it’s living terrorizing… Read More

Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde

Yay! Jumanji! Maybe that’s not the best response for a murderous board game, but I really can’t help it. Junanji was the catalyst for the concept of what happens in the game happening in real life. While most movies took that idea and immediately jumped into the scary movie pool with it, Jumanji will always be unique because… Read More