All Encores this week---

ENCORES:

The Foxes Of Harrow (1947) Maureen O'Hara, Rex Harrison, Richard Hadyn, Vanessa Brown, Victor McLauglen, Patricia Madina, Gene Lockhart.  Irish man born out of wedlock, to a noble father and peasant mother, comes to America and makes his fortune gambling and winning a great plantation in Louisiana.  He woos a haughty aristocrat and wins her but they have a stormy relationship.  Melodrama with a great cast and fine cinematography.  Nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. 8/10   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039394/combined

St. Elmo's Fire (1985) Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Mare Winninham, Judd Nelson, Andie MacDowell.   A group of recent College graduates groups their way through romances, sexual dalliances, and various problems getting started in life.  Their main problems stem from not wanting to grow up and be responsible.  A look at the 80's with the actors eventually called "the brat pack:" who were in a series of films together in twos and threes.   7/10  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090060/combined

Doc Hollywood (1991) Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, David Ogden Stiers, Woody Harrelson, Bridget Fonda.  Young doc Stone is rushing to California from D.C. and gets lost and causes an accident where he tears down a brand new fence.  Brought before the towns judge and fence owner, he is sentenced to community service at the towns hospital.  Delightful film about the comeuppance of a city slicker by the charm and real need of a small town.  7/10  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101745/combined

A Few Good Men (1992) Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Keifer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak.  Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture and Supporting Actor for Nicholson, this is a favorite courtroom drama.  About 2 Marines accused of murder, the case is assigned to a young lawyer who has never tried a case in a courtroom.  Cast is uniformly good, and Cruise and Nicholson's final courtroom encounter is riveting.  9/10  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104257/combined

L.A. Confidential (1997) Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger.  Nominated for 8 Oscars, with a win for Basinger as Best Supporting Actress.  Corruption in the police department has never been depicted better.  Good cops eventually become compromised by the need to bring down the worst among them.  9/10  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119488/combined

Michael Clayton (2007) George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack.   Lawyer, who is his firms "fixer" is sent to find and fix their lead attorney and partner in the firm who has had a mental breakdown.  But he has problems of his own.  Great cast.  Swinton won Best Supporting Actress Oscar, and there were 7 other nominations in various fields.     8/10  
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/combined