The final scene is perhaps one of the most moving in film history.īefore every rom-com starred Jennifer Aniston, they starred Meg Ryan, who is her usual adorable self in this Nora Ephron-directed ( You’ve Got Mail, Julie & Julia) classic from 1993. Things come to a head when Neil, who defies his overbearing father’s wishes by joining the cast of a school play, breaks under the pressure and commits suicide. With budding self-confidence, the boys form a secret club called the Dead Poets Society and meet to read poetry and explore their individual self-expression. It’s 1959, and the boys - most notably Neil (Robert Sean Leonard), Todd (Ethan Hawke), and Knox (Josh Charles) - are inspired to carpe diem and think for themselves by their liberal new English teacher, Mr. The Peter Weir-helmed, Oscar-winning film follows the lives of a group of young men at Welton Academy, an elite private boys’ school in Vermont, where the pillars of tradition, honor, excellence, and discipline are strictly followed. One of the most emotionally powerful films of the late ’80s, Dead Poets Society has since made its way to the favorite films of all-time lists of many a lad growing up in the era. Aiello deservedly received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, while Lee also got a nod for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, but Do the Right Thing‘s impact is lasting well beyond the accolades and is a must-see. The situation escalates, Sal’s pizzeria is destroyed, a mob fills the streets, and the neighborhood is rocked by the events forever. After a racially charged incident in the shop erupts into violence one night, the police are called, and one of the locals, Raheem (Bill Nunn), is killed by Officer Long (Rick Aiello). During a sweltering heatwave in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant, young Mookie (Lee) works as a delivery boy for a local pizzeria owned by Italian-American Sal (Danny Aiello), who has run the shop in the predominantly African-American area for more than two decades. Lauded as one of the best films of all time and a stark reflection of American race relations that’s as poignant today as it was during its release, Do the Right Thing is an intense and thought-provoking drama written, directed, produced, and starring Spike Lee. As can be expected, the task is easier said than done, as the squad (which includes actors Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) encounters one intense obstacle after another to reach Ryan. Once off the beach, Miller is given the unenviable task of leading a small detachment of soldiers into German-occupied France to retrieve one Private James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), who has recently become the sole-surviving Ryan brother in his family and is to be sent home. It’s a hell of a way to start a hell of a film, but it’s only the beginning. The impact rocks the Captain, deafening him and the audience - momentarily - as we watch, in eerie silence, the carnage happening around him. Army Rangers Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) lands on Omaha Beach during the Allies’ Normandy invasion, the assault on them is nothing short of savage, and soon a shell explodes mere feet from Miller. There’s a moment in the brutal opening sequence in Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic Saving Private Ryan that always gets me. As viewers have come to expect from the franchise, Transformania is laced with themes of acceptance and forgiveness in its world where monsters and humans live together despite their differences. Things go haywire when Johnny is transformed into a fire-breathing monster while Drac is zapped into human form, and the two must journey into the jungles of South America to find a special crystal to turn them back. True to its pedigree of colorful animation, a thumping soundtrack, and punny monster sight gags, Transformania sees its main character, Drac (previously voiced by Adam Sandler, but here taken over by Brian Hull who does a solid impersonation), about to retire and leave the hotel to his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) and her human hubby Johnny (Andy Samberg). Originally set for a theatrical release in October of last year, Sony pulled the plug amidst rising COVID-19 cases and sold the distribution rights to Amazon. If your kids are fans of the first three of Sony’s hugely popular Hotel Transylvania animated movies, then they’ll find this final installment, which has so far received mixed reviews, just as cute and fun as its predecessors.
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