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The Mosquito Coast

celluvoid wrote 1 week ago: 1986. Directed by Peter Weir. Peter Weir is a great and often underrated director. He’s direct … more →

Tags: Drama, harrison ford, River Phoenix

Dead Poets Society (and Witness)

jeffbellerose wrote 1 week ago: Director: Peter Weir           (1989);    (Witness – 1985) John Keating (Robin Williams);  Nei … more →

Tags: film, Dead Pets Society, Gale Hansen, harrison ford, john keating, kelly mcgillis, Robert Sean Leonard, robin williams, Witness

Ruining old movies Saturday - Truman Show edition8 comments

Jeremy wrote 4 weeks ago: Peter Weir’s 1998 classic The Truman Show is a brilliant film, and definitely in my top ten*. … more →

Tags: Movies, The Truman Show, Jim Carrey

Great Scenes... Witness

Ross McG wrote 1 month ago: In the first of a new series here at RVR, we are gonna pick our favourite scenes from our favourite … more →

Tags: Great scenes, harrison ford, kelly mcgillis, Movies, Scene, Witness

Screenwriting Quote of the Day #81 (Earl Wallace)1 comment

Scott W. Smith wrote 2 months ago: The 1985 film Witness is one of those movie that pops up again and again in screenwriting books as a … more →

Tags: Screenwriting Quotes, David S. Cohen, Earl Wallace, harrison ford, Pamela Wallace, Screen Plays, William Wallace, Witness

A Few More Films for Summer (Part 4)

David Offutt wrote 2 months ago: The late River Phoenix stars in two of the four films that I’m adding to my lists for summer viewing … more →

Tags: Movies, Mosquito Coast, Shiloh, Stand By Me, Flood Tide, River Phoenix, Martha Plimpton, harrison ford, Helen Mirren

And The Winner Is... Gallipoli (1981)5 comments

outlandinstitute wrote 2 months ago: A long time ago – in a galaxy far, far away –  David Ashton was watching all of the AFI … more →

Tags: afi best film series, film, 1981, afi award, Australian Film, australian film institute, David Williamson, Gallipoli, mel gibson

Master and Commander16 comments

D.B. Grady wrote 3 months ago: Master and Commander The two great joys of the modern age: packages from Amazon and envelopes from N … more →

Tags: Books, Amazon, Britain, British, librarything, Literature, master and commander, Navy, Netflix

Shots - "You can't do it! You want to kill me, but you can't!"

henryjbaugh wrote 3 months ago: from Peter Weir’s “Fearless.” … more →

Tags: Shots, Fearless

The Truman Show (1998)

Scott W. Black wrote 3 months ago: 67 … more →

Tags: Drama, Sci-Fi, Ed Harris, harry shearer, Holland Taylor, Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone, Noah Emmerich

Soundtrackobit: Maurice Jarre

Squally Showers wrote 3 months ago: If you wanted epic, then Maurice Jarre was your man. The film composer frequently worked with David … more →

Tags: Maurice Jarre, David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, Witness, Georges Franju, Hotel Des Invalides, Les Yeux sans Visages, Eyes Without a Face, Doctor Zhivago

Au revoir, Maurice Jarre

jwakeham wrote 3 months ago: One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to li … more →

Tags: film, Georges Franju, Maurice Jarre, David Lean

Movie of the Week: Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World3 comments

laynerichards wrote 4 months ago: Due to technical difficulties, I’m a little late announcing the Movie of the Week, but it … more →

Tags: crowe, Russell Crowe, Movies, films, Captain Jack Aubrey, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Cinematic Inspiratinos - Picnic at Hanging Rock(1975)

fairynxd wrote 4 months ago: Long before Sofia Coppola’s portrayal of the lace nightgown clad Lisbon girls(Virgin Suicides … more →

Tags: Movies, 70's, Picnic at Haning Rock, Sofia Coppola, lace, Screen Caps

Framed Documents #037: The Year Of Living Dangerously

BristleKRS wrote 5 months ago: Shady MI6 teletype business in Peter Weir’s Indonesian coup-set journalist-in-peril potboiler … more →

Tags: Eh? Sure, Framed Documents, Spooks, Spies & The Great Game, The Pictures, Indonesia, MI6, The Year Of Living Dangerously

The 5 Best Films I Saw In January7 comments

moogirl22 wrote 5 months ago: This has been previously done by Spengo, Led, and Rouge. Alphabetical order, first time viewings onl … more →

Tags: 5 Best of the Month, film, 1934, 1963, 1975, 1993, 2008, Bond, david fincher

our zeal for king and country kept us warm1 comment

mr.wall wrote 5 months ago: that quote from peter weir’s master and commander was on my mind as it thawed out on my way ho … more →

Tags: film, Making, Beaches, boat movies, cold weather, colder winds, Lord Nelson, montauk, one-armed men

The Movie Overdose: Episode 3

Sam Unsted wrote 5 months ago: Join us as we discuss Preacher on the big screen, the odd target-casting of Twilight, the worst pict … more →

Tags: Podcast, Preacher, movie podcast, podcast movies, film podcast, preacher mendes, preacher john august, Rachel Getting Married, anne hathaway

Fearless (1993)

Travis wrote 6 months ago: Fearless opens in a cornfield.  Max Klein (Jeff Bridges), a successful architect, leads a small para … more →

Tags: writing, Stories, Myth, Movies, Reviews, Faith


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