"Lawrence of Arabia" Throwback Review
Make no doubt about it, seeing this in theaters with the proper setup should be treated as a required pilgrimage for all cinephiles.
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Hunter Friesen
- Apr 20, 2022
"Lord of War" Throwback Review
I honestly don't want to see the remake with the updated facts, because I doubt they'd make me feel any better
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 4, 2022
"Magnolia" Throwback Review
If you took a step back and examined where you are now and how you got there, you would see that most of it are because of pure luck
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 7, 2022
"War and Peace" Throwback Review
During it's epically scaled sequences, War and Peace is unparalleled to any film that has ever, and will ever, be released
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 11, 2021
"Saving Private Ryan" Throwback Review
It's no wonder no film has attempted to portray D-day since, as Spielberg has set the bar at an unassailable height
Hunter Friesen
- Nov 5, 2021
"Patton" Throwback Review
The film is epic in scope like the past, but it is also intimate in detail and character
Hunter Friesen
- Aug 25, 2021
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" Throwback Review
Lean brings a quality that has often been sorely lacking from war films: humanity
Hunter Friesen
- Aug 15, 2021
"Driving Miss Daisy" Throwback Review
The film is too safe and undaunting to deserve the acclaim that it has received. But it does do everything so satisfyingly cleanly.
Hunter Friesen
- Jun 25, 2021
"Primary Colors" Throwback Review
Funny, infuriating, and eye-opening. It's even more effective as a political commentary today as it was in 1998.
Hunter Friesen
- Jun 20, 2021
"The Good Shepherd" Throwback Review
More fitted to the history channel than the multiplex
Hunter Friesen
- Jun 5, 2021
"The American President" Throwback Review
Marc Shaiman's score makes you want to stand up and salute, and Douglas' and Bening's make you wish they would actually run for office
Hunter Friesen
- May 20, 2021
"Vanilla Sky" Throwback Review
A second watch will be needed, of which I will be looking forward to
Hunter Friesen
- May 15, 2021
"The New World" Throwback Review
It is the best kind of art as it makes you look at the world around you a little different than before
Hunter Friesen
- May 10, 2021
"Shakespeare in Love" Throwback Review
There's a whole cinematic universe worth of Easter eggs for every junior high school English teacher to drool over
Hunter Friesen
- May 5, 2021
"Draft Day" Throwback Review
Costner has always been good in sports movies, and it shows here. It's fun to watch him try to wheel and deal his way through his problems
Hunter Friesen
- Feb 12, 2021
"Lincoln" Throwback Review
An every-timely, always entertaining, and enlightening political thriller about one man's ambition to let democracy have its day
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 30, 2021
"Black Swan" Throwback Review
Does a metaphor have to be subtle for it to be good?
Hunter Friesen
- Jan 15, 2021
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Throwback Review
What makes Stanley Kramer's film so great is the simplicity of the story and acting
Hunter Friesen
- Dec 15, 2020
"The Age of Innocence" Throwback Review
Scorsese once again illustrates that there is no other filmmaker on his level
Hunter Friesen
- Jul 14, 2020
"The Three Colors Trilogy" Throwback Review
Kieślowski has really made something with this trilogy and expertly weaved them together to create unity with separate distinction
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