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Movie: Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is a movie written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and was directed by Gus Van Sant. It also starred the late and legendary Robin Williams who won an Oscar for his memorable performance. There were several memorable scenes in this memorable movie, including the very poignant one where…

Movie: Cleopatra Hollywood is filled to the brim with hot couples. The silver screen can literally ooze with lust and sexuality. Many of these scenes involve the goddess, Elizabeth Taylor. The 1963 budget of Cleopatra was a staggering 44 million dollars, which is about 427 million in today’s dollars. Liz and Burton fell for each…

Movie: Psycho The shower scene in Psycho is indisputably one of the most shocking murder scenes in cinema history. There is another scene that is perhaps the most brilliantly made reveal ever. Many human beings have mommy or daddy issues. Often it is difficult to let go of the person that gave you the gift…

Movie: Best In Show This movie really should have been included in my Top 10 Comedies, but it had to settle for just an honorable mention. The acting from all the outrageous characters made this Mockumentary a joy to watch, but there is one scene where Fred Willard delivered a hilarious performance with his long-suffering…

Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show I think that it is a pretty sound generalization to state that most actor’s film debuts are for the most part, not their best work. Superstars like Jack Nicholson bombed in Cry Baby Killer and Leonardo DiCaprio starred in the stinker known as Critter 3. There was one actor’s debut…

Movie: The Color of Money I can’t add a lot to Dave Franklin’s article on Tom Cruise, in which he covered the excellent movie The Color of Money. This film is of course the sequel to Paul Newman’s classic Hustler. With a movie starring these two superstars, the memorable scenes were bountiful, especially considering that…

Movie: Five Easy Pieces Jack Nicholson had several minor movie parts, like in The Little Shop of Horrors, before his first big role in Easy Rider. Before making the blockbuster films Chinatown and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, he was in Five Easy Pieces, his first movie where he was the headliner. There is…

Movie: Ran “Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies.” Ran is one of many masterful films created by one of the great Masters, Akira Kurosawa. The movie is based on the Shakespeare play, King Lear, as the elderly warlord retires and hands over his kingdom to his 3 sons. This decision…