Drama – Movie Mavericks Podcast

Just Mercy (2019) – Review

June 1, 2020June 16, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Brie Larson, Destin Daniel Cretton, jamie foxx, Just Mercy, Michael B. Jordan, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Tim Blake Nelson

Just Mercy further proves that Michael B. Jordan is the most charismatic actor of his generation. The gifted actor heads

Drama Reviews

One Eight Seven (1997) – Review

May 6, 2020May 8, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, One Eight Seven, Stars: Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson is a teacher pushed over the edge by a group of unruly gang-banger students at a rundown

Comedy Drama Reviews

The Object of My Affection (1998) – Review

April 17, 2020May 18, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1998, Alan Alda, Allison Janney, jennifer aniston, John Pankow, Nicholas Hytner, Nigel Hawthorne, paul rudd, Steve Zahn, The Object of My Affection, tim daly

Paul Rudd has such a warm on-screen presence that, during The Object of My Affection, I found myself inadvertently rooting

Drama Reviews

The Kitchen (2019) – Review

April 6, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Andrea Berloff, Bill Camp, Brian d'Arcy James, common, Domhnall Gleeson, Elisabeth Moss, James Badge Dale, Margo Martindale, melissa mccarthy, The Kitchen, Tiffany Haddish

The Kitchen is a movie that desperately wants to be taken seriously and it’s almost impossible to do so. There

Drama Reviews

True Crime (1999) – Review

March 8, 2020June 28, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Bernard Hill, clint eastwood, Denis Leary, Diane Venora, Isaiah Washington, james woods, LisaGay Hamilton, Michael McKean, True Crime

Clint Eastwood strikes out with the thriller True Crime, a maudlin adaptation of the bestselling novel. Despite a handful of

Drama Reviews

Rosewood (1997) – Review

March 7, 2020June 16, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Bruce McGill, Catherine Kellner, don cheadle, Elise Neal, Esther Rolle, John Singleton, Jon Voight, Loren Dean, Rosewood, ving rhames

Rosewood is the most overlooked film in the career of late filmmaker John Singleton. After establishing himself with his Academy

Drama Reviews

Gangs of New York (2002) – Review

March 6, 2020March 23, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2002, cameron diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York, leonardo dicaprio, martin scorsese

Martin Scorsese’s sprawling and richly detailed ode to New York circa 1860 is an aggressive masterpiece. The film’s release was

Drama Reviews

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) – Review

February 14, 2020June 15, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Alison Eastwood, Irma P Hall, Jack Thompson, john cusack, jude law, kevin spacey, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Paul Hipp, The Lady Chablis

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is director Clint Eastwood’s second consecutive book-to-film adaption. After finding commercial and

Drama Reviews

Arlington Road (1999) – Review

January 1, 2020April 6, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Arlington Road, Hope Davis, jeff bridges, joan cusack, Mark Pellington, Tim Robbins

Arlington Road is a gripping thriller and the most overlooked movie of 1999. Here, is a film that almost nobody

Drama Reviews

Any Given Sunday (1999) – Review

September 8, 2019September 9, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, al pacino, ann-margret, Any Given Sunday, cameron diaz, Cast Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, james woods, jamie foxx, Lauren Holly

Any Given Sunday is master director Oliver Stone’s most overlooked film, and arguably the best of his career. The maverick

Drama Reviews

Summer of Sam (1999) – Review

July 2, 2019January 11, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, adrien brody, Anthony Lapaglia, Jennifer Esposito, john leguizamo, Michael Imperioli, MIra Sorvino, Spike Lee, Summer of Sam

Summer of Sam is a near masterpiece from director Spike Lee. It’s a harrowing film to experience and I use

Drama Reviews

In Dreams (1999) – Review

June 25, 2019September 13, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Aidan Quinn, Annette Bening, In Dreams, Neil Jordan, robert downey jr, stephen rea

In Dreams is an overwrought thriller from the usually reliable director Neil Jordan. The filmmaker has always worked just outside

Action Drama Reviews

The Poison Rose (2019) – Review

May 13, 2019June 26, 2019 Jason Rugaard 2 Comments 2019, brendan fraser, Ella Bleu Travolta, Famke Janssen, Kat Graham, morgan freeman, Peter Stormare, robert patrick, The Poison Rose

“We live in a world that’s full of risk.” One character utters in the new John Travolta thriller The Poison

Action Drama Reviews

Backdraft 2 (2019) – Review

May 8, 2019June 8, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Alisha Bailey, Backdraft 2, Gonzalo López-Gallego, Ross O’Hennessy, Sal Longbardo, Sia Alipour

Ron Howard’s landmark 1991 film about Chicago firefighters gets a low-rent sequel nearly three decades after the original. This inferior

Action Drama Reviews

Ragin’ Cajun (1990) – Review

May 6, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1990, Allan Rich, Charlene Tilton, David Heavener, Ragin' Cajun, Rick Zumwalt, Sam Bottoms, William Byron Hillman

I consider myself an aficionado of bad movies. I’m not talking about the typically sub-par product churned out by the

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