Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. DEDICATED TO THE YOUNG, IN WHOSE SPIRIT THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH MARCHES ON. These are the words that flash upon the screen at the end of Director Oliver Stone's controversial new film, JFK. Through this message, Stone hopes to propel the youth of America into constantly searching for the truth in all things, especially those events of November 22, 1963, in which a supposedly lo

Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. FILM - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SPORTS With the summer months in full swing and the children out of school, baseball and softball games have suddenly taken precedent over books and studying. After watching my 12 year old cousin play baseball for the first time this summer, it came upon me that I should write about some films, that with a sport as their main subject, might j

​ Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. ARE THESE THE TEN BEST FILMS OF ALL TIME? (At least in 1991) ​Every 10 years, Sight & Sound, an England based film magazine, polls the world's film critics for their 10 Best Films of All Time and then publishes a final poll based on these critics' votes. In 1982, the list looked like this: 1. Citizen Kane (U.S.) 2. The Rules of the Game (France) 3. (tie) The Seven Samu

Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. Oscar Wasn't Good to Goodfellas or Scorsese, Again ​ I thought I would write my first column for this newspaper about the film that I, along with many other critics across the nation, thought was the best film of 1990. Director Martin Scorsese's movie GoodFellas told the true story of mafia member Henry Hill and his life and partnership in the mob. The movie' script is based

Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. Spike Lee's latest film, Jungle Fever, is not on par with his 1989 masterpiece Do The Right Thing. But then again, I think Do The Right Thing is one of the top ten movies of the 1980's, so how could I expect Jungle Fever to top it? I couldn't. What I could expect though, was supreme story-telling and movie-making. Lee makes movies the way they should be made: to provoke ques

Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. If you follow movies closely and have been keeping up with the entertainment articles and television shows the last few weeks, you know that almost every film critic across America usually slams the Academy Awards for being too business oriented and not selecting films for their artistic achievement. True. Since I have been watching the Academy Awards, I don't think a year h