Twelve Monkeys, 1995

Terry Gilliam’s 1995 Twelve Monkeys went largely unnoticed by most of the cinema-going public, but contains one of the best performances of Brad Pitt’s career and one of the best and most original performances in, at that time, Bruce Willis‘ career.  Also starring Madeleine Stowe, Twelve Monkeys is the story of a man named James [...]
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Seven Years in Tibet, 1997

The story of the last few years of the Dalai Lama residing in Llasa, Tibet as seen through the eyes of two Westerners stranded there by World War II is the story presented in Seven Years in Tibet by director Jean-Jacques Annaud.  The movie is based on the true story written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich [...]
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Se7en, 1995

In my opinion Se7en is easily one of the forty best movies ever made.  It is cast with fantastic actors like Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Morgan Freeman, and Brad Pitt, each portraying their well-developed characters in a manner that should have put them all into consideration for major awards.  The visual effects are haunting and [...]
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Fight Club, 1999

Fight Club is a cult-favorite both in its cinematic adaption and in its novel form as written by Chuck Palahniuk.  The film adaption employs Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, and Helena Bonham Carter to bring Palahniuk’s novel to life.  Brad Pitt is reported to have exclaimed to Palahniuk on the set, “Thank you [...]
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