National Treasure (2004) is a film that captures the adventurer in all of us. Directed by Jon Turtletaub and staring Nicholas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha and Sean Bean, the film also has sparked an interest in US History in some. It follows historian, Benjamin Gates, Cage, as he races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries lead by Bean’s character gets it first.
Uncle Buck is a John Hughes film featured Macaulay Culkin after the Home Alone hit. It came out in 1989 and stars John Candy, the afore mentioned Culkin, a very young Gabby Hoffman, Jean Louisa Kelly, Amy Madigan and Laurie Metcalf. It is about an unkept uncle who comes to take care of his nieces and nephew. While his techniques are questionable, Buck ends up having the answers in the end.
Jurassic Park will always be one of not only Stephen Spielberg’s well known movies but one of the classic movies of all time. The film that came out in 1993 was the first film that showed us what was capable when you combine animatronic creatures, visual effects and special effects. Sam Neill and Laura Dern are the leads of a full cast of talent including Richard Attenborough, Jeff Goldblum, BD Wong, Samuel L. Jackson and Wayne Knight. For the few people who may not know the film is about a couple of paleontologists tour a unfinished theme park on a Central American island and is tasked with protecting not only the designer’s grandkids but the world from a bunch of dinosaurs who are accidentally released.
Miracle Mile is a cult classic from 1988. The film stars Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham. It tells the story of a young man who takes a chance phone call alerting him to an impending nuclear war and he has 70 minutes to either get to safety or leave the city. The film’s writer and director is Steve DeJarnatt and he continues to champion the film.
Something Wild is an interesting film that expertly changes tone without a jarring shift. The film is directed by Jonathan Damme. A free-spirited woman, Melanie Griffith’s character, convinces a straight laced yuppie, Jeff Daniels, for a weekend of “adventure”. The fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband, Ray Liotta in his first role.
Without the film After Hours, we wouldn’t have many of Martin Scorsese’s finer work. He was so frustrated about the delays in making The Last Temptation of Christ that he said that he was going to quit the filmmaking business altogether.
Skeleton Twins begins with a dark coincidence of siblings attempting suicide on the same day. Luckily the characters portrayed by Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig aren’t successful. These estranged twins reunite with the hope of repairing their relationship. Writer and director, Craig Johnson uses some of his experiences with his own sibling relationships to inform his choices in this film.
Identity Thief was released 10 years ago but if feels like yesterday that we watched Jason Bateman, the original Sandy Patterson, chase down Melissa McCarthy’s Sandy Patterson to clear his name. Seth Gordon directs this Craig Main and Jerry Eetten written hilarious film about Identity theft. Rounding out the cast is John Cho, Amanda Peet and Jon Favreau as a very jerky boss. Robert Patrick is a skip tracer trying to find Dawn Budgie, AKA Melissa McCarthy, thus chasing the two of them and Eric Stonestreet is a hilarious side character.
In Wonderful World, Matthew Broderick portrays Ben Singer (who was a successful children’s singer) but now has a very cynical view of the world. It get’s worse when his roommate, Ibu’s sudden hospitalization brings in his sister Khadi who might be able to help him see a better worldview.
The Spanish Prisoner is a film that keeps the audience on it’s toes. Written and directed by David Mamet and released in 1997 is largely set in New York City. The synopsis as curated from IMDB.com states “An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there’s more to it than that.” This one confused us a bit. It stars Campbell Scott, Ben Gazzara, Steve Martin and Rebecca Pidgeon.
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