These are sorted by genre, but otherwise are in no particular order. Click on a movie title to read my review of the movie, along with any other articles I've written about it. If there's no title link, I haven't written a review for that movie yet.
Action/Adventure
The Bourne Trilogy
"They were seven - And they fought like seven hundred!" One of the best western films of all time, The Magnificent Seven is about a small farming village in Mexico. Terrorized by a robber and his band, the villagers hire seven gunmen to defend them.
British Costume Drama
Bleak House
Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been going on for years. This case, involving several contradicting wills left by a very rich old man, has been in court for decades, and it never seems to near its end. Then two wards of the court, Ada Clare (Carey Mulligan) and Richard Carstone (Patrick Kennedy), together with their orphaned companion, Esther Summerson (Anna Maxwell Martin), are placed under the guardianship of a rival in the Jarndyce case - a Mr. John Jarndyce (Denis Lawson) of Bleak House...
Two sisters, two entirely different personalities. Elinor Dashwood (Hattie Morahan) is "sense" to her very core. She allows her head to lead her heart, no matter what befalls her or her family. Her younger sister Marianne (Charity Wakefield) is "sensibility." She allows her emotions to dictate her actions every minute of the day, regardless of how it affects those around her. When tragedy strikes, the two sisters try to muddle through as best they can, hoping to pick up the pieces of their lives and find some measure of happiness.
Pride and Prejudice (1995)Based on Charles Dickens' book of the same name, Little Dorrit is about young woman named Amy Dorrit (Claire Foy). The first child ever to be born in the Marshalsea, a London debtors prison, Amy has grown into a young woman who has never known any other home. She spends her time caring for her father (Tom Courtenay) and secretly earning money as a needleworker- until Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen) returns from China. Convinced his family is responsible for her father's debts, Arthur sets out to help the Dorrit family and changes their lives forever.
Suspense/Thriller
The Village
The Sixth SenseGraham Hess (Mel Gibson) used to be a priest. Six months ago, his wife died and he lost faith in God. Now strange things are happening on his farm in Pennsylvania. His kids, Morgan (Rory Culkin) and Bo (Abigail Breslin), wake up early one morning to find huge geometric patterns stamped on the cornfield...
Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a great child psychologist. Heck, he even got an award from the mayor of Philadelphia for his efforts and successes in helping troubled children and their families. Then one of his former patients, a young man he couldn't help, shows up. This traumatic meeting scars Malcolm so deeply he feels he must atone for his failure in some way...
Hodge-Podge of Genres
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra) has a problem. He runs a gambling busniess in New York. But gambling is illegal, and he needs to raise $1000 in one day so he can use Joey Biltmore's garage as his place of business. In desperation, Nathan bets gambler Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando) that he can't take Salvation Army Sergeant Sarah Brown (Jane Simmons) to Havana for dinner. There was never a more unlikely pair than Miss Sarah and Sky - but then, love is often found in unlikely places.
We Are Marshall
A tragic plane crash in 1970 wipes out nearly all of Marshall University's football team, along with the coaching staff and several wealthy fans. Nate Ruffin (Anthony Mackie), the captain of the team who wasn't on the plane because of an injury, rallies the students and rescues the football program from suspension. Then the head coach at the University of Wooster, Jack Lengyl (Matthew McConaughey), decides he can help out.
Andy is growing up. He's leaving for college in a few short days and his mom makes him decide what to do with his old toys. Woody (Tom Hanks) will go with him to college and the other toys will go in the attic. However, a mixup happens and Woody and the gang end up at a daycare called Sunnyside, where happy little children come to play. That is, happy little children play in the Butterfly Room. The kids who populate the Caterpiller Room are another story...
