Great summaries of some of the greatest movies that you may pick from starting here. Addicted to Love – This movie is a gloomy comedy where we find an ex-boyfriend, and an ex-girlfriend spying on their ex- partners. They find themselves teamed together, with the young lady planning acts of vengeance for her former partner. Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, and Tcheky Karyo star. (1997 dark comedy directed by Griffin Dunne)
Faces – Extremely personal drama in regards to numerous infidelities is one of the few Cassel movies to become a big hit. Here’s a powerful film with remarkable action, particularly by Carlin and Cassel. Cast includes John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, Fred Draper, and Val Avery.
Soylent Green – Well-intentioned but cardboard variation of Harry Harrison’s chemistry-fiction classic Make Room! Make Room! In the year 2022, Manhattan has gotten to be an congested hellhole. Charlton Heston plays a copy who while investigating the murder of a bigwig, trips onto explosive government secret which you will figure out long before he does. Cast includes Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Mike Henry, and Dick Van Patten.
Shooter – Retired Marine Corp Sniper Bob Lee Swagger is requested to travel to Washington, to help stalk another sniper that will attempt to murder the President. What happens to him next is a full-blown shock. The same US government people that he is helping are in reality setting him up to take the fall for the killing. He somehow escapes when he is shot, and is now on the run. He is also set to fight back.
Michael – A set of cynical reporters and a counterfeit “angel” discover that a dotty old woman’s assertion that the archangel Michael is living with her is real. Michael, even so, turns out not to be your usual angel. Pleasant, wry film by no means goes where you anticipate and takes its time getting there, however the journey is enthralling, and Travolta, as the sleazy, randy Michael, is perfectly cast. Cast includes John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Robert Pastorelli, Bob Hoskins, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr, Wally Ward, Joey Lauren Adams, Carla Gugino, Tom Hodges, and Wallace Langham.
Lunatics and Lovers – Aristocrat Mastroianni has a fictional spouse; an organ grinder persuades prostitute Mori to “impersonate” her. While it’s not stupid, it’s unexciting. Cast includes Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Mori, Lino Morelli, Flora Carabella, and Adriano Celentano.
Rude Boy – Enraged young insurgent Gange is employed by the rock group The Conflict as a roadie. The film is an aggressive, practical, documentary-like personality research with unusual footage. Rock fans will not be disillusioned, others take heed. Cast includes David Mingay, The Conflict, Ray Gange, John Green, Barry Baker, Terry McQuade, and Caroline Coon.
Only You – Amiable confection in reference to a young girl who invests her entire life looking for her perfect mate whose name was summoned up on a Ouija board. Cast includes Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., Bonnie Seek, Joaquim De Almeida, Fisher Stevens, and Phyllis Newman.
Thunderheart – There have been a number of murders on the Sioux Indian Reservation. The FBI goes in to deal with the circumstances. One agent, Ray Levoi, has Sioux blood. As he investigates the case he soon finds out there is much more going on than some random murders.
The Gorgeous Hussy – Stars fill the cast in this fictionalized historical drama of Peggy O’Neal, President Andrew Jackson’s surreptitious lover. The cast is magnificently costumed in well assigned settings. The movie is based on the book by Samuel Hopkins Joyce. Cast includes Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas, James Stewart, Alison Skipworth, Beulah Bondi, and Gene Lockhart.