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Star Trek: The Next Generation: All Good Things... (1994)
All Good Things Must Come to an End--Even Star Trek
Excellent writing by two "homegrown" Star Trek producers, Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore. This episode marks the final mission undertaken by the USS Enterprise as commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Some familiar faces stop by for the last ride--John de Lancie as Q and Andreas Katsulas as Tomalak. It seems as though each individual working on the hit TV series put one final jolt of energy into creating the best ending to a series. It's not M.A.S.H.'s final episode but it takes a nice slice of the cake.
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Talk about being glued to a movie for two hours!
Now here's a movie worth watching with a date. I had seen the movie once before but I literally forced my girlfriend to sit and watch it with me. No word of a lie, she was genuinely glued to the movie within twenty minutes. In this film noire, set in the Los Angeles circa 1950, we introduced to three budding police officers--Kevin Spacey portrays Jack Vincennes, the "model" cop who regularly appears television. Guy Pearce plays a the young Ed Exley. But Russell Crowe steals the show as a Officer Bud White, a man driven to protect a woman from any possible harm. It has been quite a long time since a film has captured my attention such as this. Be on the look out for James Cromwell who portrays Captain Dudley Smith. Get a date or call a friend and pop in this movie and I will guarantee that you will not be disappointed.
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The rebirth of a film genre.
Who's Keyser Soze? That's the question everybody's asking in this dark, film noir which led the way for other movies like L.A. Confidential, Snitch and The Rat Pack. Writer Christopher McQuarrie introduces us to five low-life criminals who come from all walks of life. Stephen Baldwin is the hyperactive, resident hot-head, McManus. Comedian Kevin Pollak is the cynical explosives expert Todd Hockney; the terrific character actor, Benicio Del Toro plays Fenster, the slack-jawed hustler but the men who steal the show are Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint, a crippled, little man who is interviewed by Chazz Palminteri as to the whereabout of the infamous former cop, Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne). McQuarrie explores the themes of friendship, death and avarice. Certainly a film worth much more than it's many Oscar nominations.
The Graduate (1967)
Truly one of the most overlooked masterpieces of this century.
One of the few films to ever utilize the main character as both the antagonist and protagonist. The young Dustin Hoffman was made to star as Benjamin, a college graduate who finds himself with too much time on his hands. He finds himself seduced by Mrs. Robinson--a family friend--stunningly portrayed by Anne Bancroft. Conflict erupts when Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter despite the elder Robinson's words to stay away. I found myself mesmerized both by Hoffman's superb acting as an innocent young man but Bancroft steals the show as the sly, wicked seductress who must keep him away from her daughter at all cost. Viewers will remember the often-spoofed ending, the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara and the wonderful music of Simon & Garfunkel which appears throughout the film.