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Aug 25, 2023 · The Comeback: Directed by Ariel Julia Hairston. With Taye Diggs, Apryl Jones, Sherry Richards, Judi Johnson. A couple moves with their daughter back to Atlanta, their hometown. They remember exactly why they left when an old flame and family issues resurface.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Ariel Julia Hairston
- 2023-08-25
- Dolemite Is My Name (2019) Since his '80s heyday as an SNL cast member turned action comedy star, Eddie Murphy has had his ups and downs, career-wise. Movies like The Nutty Professor (1996) and Dreamgirls (2006) could be regarded as comebacks, but outside his voice work in the animated Shrek films, Murphy's 21st-century oeuvre has mostly been made up of Rotten and Razzie-nominated flicks.
- First Reformed (2017) Hard as it may be to believe, Paul Schrader only recently earned his first Academy Award nomination with First Reformed. This is the screenwriter of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull we're talking about.
- Split (2017) In 2019, I rang in the new year by revisiting the twists, the triumphs, and the turkeys of M. Night Shyamalan's career since 1999. I'm not a Shyamalan groupie or even the world's foremost Shyamalan scholar, but in an article that spanned no less than seven pages here on /Film, I went deeper (or at least longer) with his filmography than I ever have with any other movie director.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) It's only been four years since The Force Awakens, and already it feels like the honeymoon is over with J.J. Abrams' well-manufactured franchise remix—and Star Wars in general.
- Rocky. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith. 495 votes. In this iconic boxing film, viewers witness the inspiring journey of an underdog named Rocky Balboa, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone.
- Miracle. Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich. 189 votes. The thrilling story of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team captivates audiences as they watch a group of young college players take on the seemingly invincible Soviet Union team.
- Warrior. Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte. 212 votes. This intense mixed martial arts drama tells the story of two estranged brothers who find themselves competing against each other for championship glory in a high-stakes tournament called Sparta.
- Cinderella Man. Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti. 192 votes. Set during the Great Depression, this film follows the life of James J. Braddock, a washed-up boxer played by Russell Crowe who makes an incredible comeback against all odds.
- 'Under The Skin' (2013) - 9 Years After Previous Film
- 'Margaret' (2011) - 11 Years After Previous Film
- 'Women Talking' (2022) - 10 Years After Previous Film
- 'Private Life' (2018) - 11 Years After Previous Film
- 'A Passage to India' (1984) - 14 Years After Previous Film
- 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999) - 12 Years After Previous Film
- 'Damsels in Distress' (2011) - 13 Years After Previous Film
- 'The Thin Red Line' (1998) - 20 Years After Previous Film
- 'tar' (2022) - 16 Years After Previous Film
- 'Songs from The Second Floor' (2000) - 25 Years After Previous Film
One of the most versatile filmmakers of his time, Jonathan Glazer is an accomplished director of feature films, short films, commercials and music videos. After polarizing critics and audiences alike with his 2004 film Birth, Glazer took off 9 years before directing Under the Skin, loosely based on the novel by Michael Faber, about an extraterrestr...
Having completed filming in 2005, Kenneth Lonergan's tragedy epic Margaret stalled in post-production hell for several years. Only having grown in reputation since release, the film follows a young woman who witnesses a freak accident and attempts to hold someone accountable. Although now regarded as one of the best films of the 2010s, the film was...
Among the most intelligent and sensitive youth actors of her generation, Sarah Polley made a natural transition to filmmaking with her 2006 drama Away from Her. Following directing the comedy-drama Take this Waltz and acclaimed documentary Stories We Tell, Polley didn't make a film until 2022's Women Talkingabout a group of women in an isolated col...
One of the best ears in cinema today, Tamara Jenkins has a real skill at capturing vivid human relations. Taking 9 years between her first two features, Jenkins took another 11 before making Private Life. Starring Kathryn Hahn andPaul Giamatti, the film concerns a New York couple struggling to conceive a child whose lives change when their niece co...
A Passage to India was a long time coming for David Lean. Having pursued adapting the E.M. Forsternovel since 1960, there were many rights issues regarding the novel which became easier to untangle after Forster's death in 1970. Epic in scope, the film concerns the relationship between English and Indian characters during the period of the British ...
The final film by famed auteur Stanley Kubrick is a cryptic masterpiece. An erotic daydream, Eyes Wide Shutwas notable upon release for its nude scenes, long filming and the relationship between its stars. Led by the couple at the time Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, the film surrounds a doctor who goes on a dazing odyssey following a confession made...
Known for his "bourgeois in love" trilogy of the 90s, Whit Stillman was one of the decade's pre-eminent writers. Stillman was missing in the filmmaking space for the 21st century until his 2011 film Damsels in Distress. Led by an ensemble cast, the film covers a group of college girls who attempt to change their male-dominated campus. Stillman's ex...
Perhaps more than any other director, Terrence Malick has been hailed as an elusive and enigmatic cinematic figure due to the ethereal nature of his works and the rarity of his projects. Succeeding 1978's Days of Heaven, it took Malick 20 years to release his next film, The Thin Red Line. Featuring an ensemble cast of some of the biggest actors of ...
Tar is a return to form for one of the greatest filmmakers alive. Before Tar, director Todd Field had only two directed feature films to his name, both masterpieces for almost any other director. Starring Cate Blanchett in a roaring, tour de force performance, the film concerns the fictional composer and conductor, Lydia Tar. After his dazzling 200...
Director Roy Andersson is now considered one of the defining voices of Swedish cinema, but that was not always the case. Known for his prolonged takes and absurdist humor, Andersson came into mainstream conscience with his black comedy Songs from the Second Floor. The first of his "living trilogy," the movie presents disconnected vignettes that que...
- Anthony Clifton
Apr 23, 2024 · These are the rankings for the seven best comeback movies ever. Our picks include two movies from Quentin Tarantino and an action film from 2014.
- Dan Girolamo
Love Is Forever (also known as Comeback) is a 1982 adventure drama film based on the experiences of Australian journalist John Everingham in Laos and Thailand. It was written, directed and co-produced by Hall Bartlett and co-produced by Michael Landon, who played the lead role in the film.
Jul 15, 2020 · 1. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993) Steven Spielberg’s first outright disaster was “1941” (1979), a cosmically unfunny WWII action comedy that squandered an all-star cast. However, since his last two movies were “Jaws” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” Hollywood let him walk that one off.
