The Driver (1978)

Written and Directed by: Walter Hill
Starring: Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani
Reviewer: Brett Gallman
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“There isn’t going to be a next time. ”

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (Three Stars)

Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)

Written and Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, and Peter Gallagher
Reviewer: Brett Gallman

“I think that sex is overrated. I think that people place far too much importance on it...”

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (Three and a half Stars)

Our Idiot Brother (2011)

Written by: David Schisgall, Evgenia Peretz
Directed by: Jesse Peretz
Starring: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, and Emily Mortimer
Reviewer: Brett Gallman

“Our idiot brother just ruined my freaking life!”

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (Three and a half Stars)

13 Assassins (2010)

Written by: Kaneo Ikegami (screenplay), Daisuke Tengan (screenplay)
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, and Yûsuke Iseya
Reviewer: Brett Gallman
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“I shall accomplish your task... with magnificence.”

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (Three and a half Stars)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Written by: Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Starring: James Franco, Frieda Pinto, John Lithgow, and Andy Serkis
Reviewer: Brett Gallman

Evolution becomes revolution.

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (Three and a half Stars)

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Written by: Michael Wilson & Rod Serling (screenplay), Pierre Boulle (novel)
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, and Maurice Evans
Reviewer: Brett Gallman
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“I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be.”

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (Three and a half Stars)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Written by: Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Tod Davies, & Alex Cox (screenplay), Hunter S. Thompson (novel)
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro
Reviewer: Brett Gallman
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“So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (3 and a half Stars)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One (2010)

Written by: Steve Kloves (screenplay), J.K. Rowling (novel)
Directed by: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint
Reviewer: Brett Gallman
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“The Ministry has fallen. The Minister of Magic is dead. They are coming.”

Reviewer's Rating: ***½ (Three and a half Stars)