Category Archives: Drama

Ah Wilderness! (1935) Rated NR

Posted on March 22, 2024 by laurarachel4

 A story of small town America where an adolescence boy struggles with the problems of teen love. Based on the play by Eugene O’Neill. Starring Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, and Aline MacMahon.  This film brings the middle of America to … Continue reading →

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Young Guns II (1990) Rated PG-13

Posted on March 21, 2024 by laurarachel4

Billy the Kid and his band head to Mexico while being followed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, which comes to a face off at the border. Starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips. This a sequel to the first … Continue reading →

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Will (TNT) Rated TV-MA

Posted on March 19, 2024 by laurarachel4

A reinvented life of William Shakespeare when he comes to London to make a name for himself as a playwright. Starring Laurie Davidson, Olivia DeJonge, and Ewen Bremner. I was looking forward to this series. I’ve never been a Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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A Christmas… Present (2022) Rated NR

Posted on March 14, 2024 by laurarachel4

 A busy mom takes her family across the country to spend Christmas with her brother and niece as this is the first Christmas without his wife. Starring Marc Blucas, Candace Cameron Bure, and Paul Fitzgerald.  This is  definitely different from … Continue reading →

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Rated NR

Posted on March 13, 2024 by laurarachel4

A bitter couple uses alcohol and their anguish with each other and turns it toward their houseguests over an evening. Based on the play by Edward Albee. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and George Segal. This is a great film. The verbal … Continue reading →

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Zodiac (2007) Rated R

Posted on March 7, 2024 by laurarachel4

 A cartoonist in San Francisco during the 60s and 70s becomes obsessed with finding the serial killer known as Zodiac. Based on the books by Robert Graysmith. Starring  Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Anthony Edwards. This film is one of … Continue reading →

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#Xmas (2022) Rated TV-G

Posted on March 5, 2024 by laurarachel4

 When a designer participates in a contest for branding her company, she poses as a woman who is married with a child in order to enter. Starring Clare Bowen, Brant Daugherty, and Anna Van Hooft.  This Hallmark film leaves me … Continue reading →

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To Have and to Hold (2019) Rated TV-14

Posted on February 18, 2024 by laurarachel4

 Alice’s high school crush chooses to marry her so she changes to please him. Starring Erika Christensen, Carmel Amit, and Brittany Mitchell.  I was pleasantly surprised by this film. It’s a Lifetime movie but, spoiler alert, no one dies. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Shadow Riders (1982) Rated PG

Posted on February 16, 2024 by laurarachel4

Two brothers return home from the Civil War and discover that some relatives were kidnapped by renegade Confederates. Based on a novel by Louis L’Amour. Starring Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, and Dominique Dunne. This is a typical western. What I … Continue reading →

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The Red Pony (1973) Rated UR

Posted on February 13, 2024 by laurarachel4

 A young farm boy who struggles with his father gets attached to a red pony. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.  Starring Henry Fonda, Maureen O’Hara, and Ben Johnson. I think this is a fine representation of Steinbeck’s novel. … Continue reading →

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