Movie Night with Josh Barry

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Glory (1989), Edward Zwick’s Civil War epic, chronicles the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry—the first Black regiment recruited by Northern states. Matthew Broderick’s Col. Robert Gould Shaw leads Denzel Washington’s defiant Pvt. Trip, Morgan Freeman’s wise Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins, and others through racism, training, and heroism at Fort Wagner. James Horner’s chora...

<p>@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Bodyguard: A Comprehensive BreakdownRelease Date: November 25, 1992 Director: Mick Jackson Screenwriter: Lawrence Kasdan Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill CobbsI. Introduction: The Blockbuster BalladIn 1992, two massive cultural forces collided on screen: Kevin Costner, then the biggest male movie star in the world following Dances wi...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Bodyguard: A Comprehensive BreakdownRelease Date: November 25, 1992 Director: Mick Jackson Screenwriter: Lawrence Kasdan Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill CobbsI. Introduction: The Blockbuster BalladIn 1992, two massive cultural forces collided on screen: Kevin Costner, then the biggest male movie star in the world following Dances with Wolves...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryA New Kind of Adventure FilmRaiders of the Lost Ark premiered in 1981, directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas (executive producer), and written by Lawrence Kasdan from a story by Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford as archaeologist Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr., alongside Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood), Paul Freeman (René Belloq), John Rhys-D...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryA New Kind of Adventure FilmRaiders of the Lost Ark premiered in 1981, directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas (executive producer), and written by Lawrence Kasdan from a story by Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford as archaeologist Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr., alongside Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood), Paul Freeman (René Belloq), John Rhys-D...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Sting (1973), directed by George Roy Hill and written by David S. Ward, is a 1930s‑set caper about two con men who construct an elaborate revenge scheme against a Chicago mob boss. Reuniting Paul Newman and Robert Redford after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, it mixes intricate plotting, character comedy, and a distinctive ragtime soundtrack built around Scott Jo...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Sting (1973), directed by George Roy Hill and written by David S. Ward, is a 1930s‑set caper about two con men who construct an elaborate revenge scheme against a Chicago mob boss. Reuniting Paul Newman and Robert Redford after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, it mixes intricate plotting, character comedy, and a distinctive ragtime soundtrack built around Scott Jo...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Rainmaker (1997) is a compelling legal drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, adapting John Grisham's novel about a young lawyer battling a corrupt insurance company. Its score by Elmer Bernstein enhances the gritty Memphis setting and emotional stakes.

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryRudy Baylor, a recent law grad played by Matt Damon, hustles for work in Memphis and lands at shady lawyer Bruiser Stone's firm (Mickey Rourke). He teams with paralegal Deck Shifflet (Danny DeVito), who failed the bar six times, to sue Great Benefit for denying a leukemia patient's bone marrow transplant. Rudy faces slick corporate attorney Leo Drummond (Jon Voig...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), directed by David Lean from Pierre Boulle's novel, follows British POWs in a Japanese camp during World War II as they are ordered to build a vital railway bridge—and the Allied commandos sent to destroy it. Starring Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), William Holden (Shears), Jack Hawkins (Warden), and Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Sai...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), directed by David Lean from Pierre Boulle's novel, follows British POWs in a Japanese camp during World War II as they are ordered to build a vital railway bridge—and the Allied commandos sent to destroy it. Starring Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), William Holden (Shears), Jack Hawkins (Warden), and Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Sai...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryTender Mercies (1983), written by Horton Foote and directed by Bruce Beresford, follows a washed‑up country singer in rural Texas as he stumbles into sobriety, faith, and family with a young widow and her son. Quiet, spare, and music‑soaked, it became a critics’ favorite, earned Robert Duvall an Oscar, and stands as one of the great American character studies of the 1980...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryTender Mercies (1983), written by Horton Foote and directed by Bruce Beresford, follows a washed‑up country singer in rural Texas as he stumbles into sobriety, faith, and family with a young widow and her son. Quiet, spare, and music‑soaked, it became a critics’ favorite, earned Robert Duvall an Oscar, and stands as one of the great American character studies of the 1980...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barr Straight Outta Compton  (2015), directed by F. Gary Gray, dramatizes the rise and fracture of N.W.A. from mid‑1980s Compton through the early 1990s, focusing on Eazy‑E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube under manager Jerry Heller. It’s both a biopic and a history of gangsta rap’s birth, powered by N.W.A.’s own music, a young cast (including O’Shea Jackson Jr. playing his father, Ice...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barr Straight Outta Compton  (2015), directed by F. Gary Gray, dramatizes the rise and fracture of N.W.A. from mid‑1980s Compton through the early 1990s, focusing on Eazy‑E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube under manager Jerry Heller. It’s both a biopic and a history of gangsta rap’s birth, powered by N.W.A.’s own music, a young cast (including O’Shea Jackson Jr. playing his father, Ice...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarrySchindler’s List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg from Steven Zaillian’s adaptation of Thomas Keneally’s novel Schindler’s Ark, tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saves more than a thousand Polish Jews by employing them in his factories during the Holocaust. Anchored by performances from Liam Neeson (Schindler), Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goet...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarrySchindler’s List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg from Steven Zaillian’s adaptation of Thomas Keneally’s novel Schindler’s Ark, tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saves more than a thousand Polish Jews by employing them in his factories during the Holocaust. Anchored by performances from Liam Neeson (Schindler), Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goet...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry New Jack City  (1991), written and directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Wesley Snipes, Ice‑T, Judd Nelson, and Chris Rock, is a slick, gritty crime drama about the rise and fall of a crack kingpin in 1980s Harlem. Released at the height of the New Jack Swing era, it functions both as a gangster picture in the tradition of  Scarface  and as a street‑level look at t...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryNew Jack City (1991), written and directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Wesley Snipes, Ice‑T, Judd Nelson, and Chris Rock, is a slick, gritty crime drama about the rise and fall of a crack kingpin in 1980s Harlem. Released at the height of the New Jack Swing era, it functions both as a gangster picture in the tradition of Scarface and as a street‑level look at the c...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryNoises Off… (1992), directed by Peter Bogdanovich, is a film adaptation of Michael Frayn’s 1982 farce about the chaotic rehearsals and performances of a touring theater troupe staging the sex comedy Nothing On. It features an all‑star cast led by Michael Caine (Lloyd Fellowes), Carol Burnett (Dotty Otley), Denholm Elliott (Selsdon Mowbray), Julie Hagerty (Poppy Taylor),...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryNoises Off… (1992), directed by Peter Bogdanovich, is a film adaptation of Michael Frayn’s 1982 farce about the chaotic rehearsals and performances of a touring theater troupe staging the sex comedy Nothing On. It features an all‑star cast led by Michael Caine (Lloyd Fellowes), Carol Burnett (Dotty Otley), Denholm Elliott (Selsdon Mowbray), Julie Hagerty (Poppy Taylor),...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryOn the Waterfront (1954), directed by Elia Kazan from a script by Budd Schulberg and starring Marlon Brando, is a crime drama set among longshoremen on the Hoboken, New Jersey docks. It combines a morality tale about courage and conscience with a realistic portrait of union corruption, elevated by Leonard Bernstein’s score and some of the most influential acting and writ...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryOn the Waterfront (1954), directed by Elia Kazan from a script by Budd Schulberg and starring Marlon Brando, is a crime drama set among longshoremen on the Hoboken, New Jersey docks. It combines a morality tale about courage and conscience with a realistic portrait of union corruption, elevated by Leonard Bernstein’s score and some of the most influential acting and writ...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryJaws (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg from Peter Benchley’s novel, follows a small‑town police chief, a shark expert, and a salty fisherman as they hunt a great white shark terrorizing the New England resort town of Amity Island. Its tight story, John Williams’ iconic score, and a famously troubled production combined to create the prototype modern summer blockbuster...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry J aws  (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg from Peter Benchley’s novel, follows a small‑town police chief, a shark expert, and a salty fisherman as they hunt a great white shark terrorizing the New England resort town of Amity Island. Its tight story, John Williams’ iconic score, and a famously troubled production combined to create the prototype modern summer blockbus...