Plenty. Written by David Hare. Directed by Fred Schepisi. 20th Century Fox. There are traitors and then there are traitors. Some people sell state secrets and wind up in prison or in comfortable dachas a few versts outside Moscow. Others play false with clients, friends or lovers, and end their days in lonely places screaming … Read more
Paris, Texas. Written by Sam Shepard. Directed by Wim Wenders. Road Movies (Berlin) and Argos Films (Paris). There really is a Paris, Texas. It’s a town in the northeast part of the state, near the Oklahoma border. But to Travis Henderson, seated in the back of a rented car and staring bemusedly at a frayed … Read more
Back to the Future. Written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Universal Pictures. Reviewed by Richard Alleva Conservatives are often defined—or maligned as people who resist change. According to that definition, the most conservative creature on the face of the planet is the pre-college teenager. It’s not that teenagers actively resist … Read more
Rambo: First Blood, Part II. Written by James Cameron and Sylvester Stallone. Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Tri-Star Films. Reviewed by Richard Alleva           “RAMBO, AMERICA’S HERO, WANTS YOU” —Advertisement for the movie “What you call hell, he calls home.” —Dialogue from Rambo; also used … Read more
Written and produced by Richard Fielder Directed by William A. Graham A CBS Miniseries The same misty painting of George Washington looked down on us all from above the blackboard, next to his closest friend, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was kind and patient and we looked to him for sympathy. Washington looked as if he had … Read more