Movie Night with Josh Barry

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Boomerang  (1992), directed by Reginald Hudlin from a story conceived by Eddie Murphy with writers Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield, is a sleek romantic comedy about a womanizing ad executive whose world flips when he meets a female version of himself. Set in a high‑end Black corporate milieu and backed by a powerhouse R&B/New Jack Swing soundtrack, it became...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Boomerang  (1992), directed by Reginald Hudlin from a story conceived by Eddie Murphy with writers Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield, is a sleek romantic comedy about a womanizing ad executive whose world flips when he meets a female version of himself. Set in a high‑end Black corporate milieu and backed by a powerhouse R&B/New Jack Swing soundtrack, it became...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry When Harry Met Sally…  (1989), directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Nora Ephron, follows Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) over 12 years of chance encounters, friendship, and romantic confusion around the question: “Can men and women ever just be friends?” Set largely in New York City, it pairs Ephron’s dialogue with Reiner’s staging, a Ha...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryWhen Harry Met Sally… (1989), directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Nora Ephron, follows Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) over 12 years of chance encounters, friendship, and romantic confusion around the question: “Can men and women ever just be friends?” Set largely in New York City, it pairs Ephron’s dialogue with Reiner’s staging, a Harr...

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@movienight-with-Josh-Barry The Godfather Part III  (1990), again directed and co‑written by Francis Ford Coppola, concludes the story of Michael Corleone as he tries, late in life, to legitimize his empire and escape his past. Starring Al Pacino as an aging Michael and Andy Garcia as his volatile heir Vincent Mancini, it weaves Mafia intrigue together with Vatican finance scandals, family guilt,...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry The Godfather Part III  (1990), again directed and co‑written by Francis Ford Coppola, concludes the story of Michael Corleone as he tries, late in life, to legitimize his empire and escape his past. Starring Al Pacino as an aging Michael and Andy Garcia as his volatile heir Vincent Mancini, it weaves Mafia intrigue together with Vatican finance scandals, family guilt,...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry The Godfather Part II  (1974), again directed and co‑written by Francis Ford Coppola, is both a sequel and a prequel to  The Godfather . It intercuts Michael Corleone’s consolidation of power in the late 1950s with the early 20th‑century rise of his father, Vito, turning a crime story into a grand meditation on family, power, and the cost of ambition. Many critics consi...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry The Godfather Part II  (1974), again directed and co‑written by Francis Ford Coppola, is both a sequel and a prequel to  The Godfather . It intercuts Michael Corleone’s consolidation of power in the late 1950s with the early 20th‑century rise of his father, Vito, turning a crime story into a grand meditation on family, power, and the cost of ambition. Many critics consi...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryThe Godfather (1972), directed by Francis Ford Coppola from Mario Puzo’s novel, is a crime epic about the Corleone family that doubles as a meditation on power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream. Across a decade, it charts Michael Corleone’s transformation from decorated war hero and reluctant outsider to ruthless Mafia boss, framed by Nino Rota’s melanch...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry The Godfather (1972), directed by Francis Ford Coppola from Mario Puzo’s novel, is a crime epic about the Corleone family that doubles as a meditation on power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream. Across a decade, it charts Michael Corleone’s transformation from decorated war hero and reluctant outsider to ruthless Mafia boss, framed by Nino Rota’s melanc...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry My Favorite Year (1982), directed by Richard Benjamin from a script by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo (story by Palumbo), is a 1954‑set comedy about a young TV writer assigned to “babysit” a washed‑up swashbuckling movie star through a chaotic week of live television. It mixes backstage farce, affectionate homage to early TV, and a surprisingly touching mentor‑prot...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry My Favorite Year (1982), directed by Richard Benjamin from a script by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo (story by Palumbo), is a 1954‑set comedy about a young TV writer assigned to “babysit” a washed‑up swashbuckling movie star through a chaotic week of live television. It mixes backstage farce, affectionate homage to early TV, and a surprisingly touching mentor‑prot...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Boyz n the Hood (1991), written and directed by John Singleton, follows Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his friends Ricky (Morris Chestnut) and Doughboy (Ice Cube) as they grow up in South Central Los Angeles amid violence, racism, and limited opportunity. The film combines an intimate coming‑of‑age story with social commentary, powered by a hip‑hop/R&B soundtrack...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Boyz n the Hood  (1991), written and directed by John Singleton, follows Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his friends Ricky (Morris Chestnut) and Doughboy (Ice Cube) as they grow up in South Central Los Angeles amid violence, racism, and limited opportunity. The film combines an intimate coming‑of‑age story with social commentary, powered by a hip‑hop/R&B soundtrac...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Beverly Hills Cop (1984), directed by Martin Brest, is an action‑comedy about a fast‑talking Detroit detective whose murder investigation drags him into the slick, alien world of Beverly Hills. Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley, Harold Faltermeyer’s synth score (especially “Axel F”), and a tight blend of comedy and cop‑movie plotting turned it into the biggest box‑office hit of...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Beverly Hills Cop (1984), directed by Martin Brest, is an action‑comedy about a fast‑talking Detroit detective whose murder investigation drags him into the slick, alien world of Beverly Hills. Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley, Harold Faltermeyer’s synth score (especially “Axel F”), and a tight blend of comedy and cop‑movie plotting turned it into the biggest box‑office hit of...

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryApocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, and Dennis Hopper, is a Vietnam‑War reimagining of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Its hallucinatory images, rock‑and‑classical score, and notoriously chaotic production turned it into both a landmark war film and a legend of directorial risk.

@movienight-with-Josh-BarryApocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, and Dennis Hopper, is a Vietnam‑War reimagining of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Its hallucinatory images, rock‑and‑classical score, and notoriously chaotic production turned it into both a landmark war film and a legend of directorial risk.

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman, is a witty, melancholy Western about two charming outlaws out of step with a changing West. Paul Newman as Butch and Robert Redford as Sundance turn a loosely fact‑based story of train robbers into a buddy film that blends comedy, action, and fatalism, helped enormousl...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman, is a witty, melancholy Western about two charming outlaws out of step with a changing West. Paul Newman as Butch and Robert Redford as Sundance turn a loosely fact‑based story of train robbers into a buddy film that blends comedy, action, and fatalism, helped enormousl...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry White Men Can’t Jump (1992), written and directed by Ron Shelton, stars Woody Harrelson as Billy Hoyle and Wesley Snipes as Sidney Deane in a streetball hustling comedy set in Los Angeles’ Venice Beach courts. Rosie Perez shines as Gloria Clemente, Billy’s sharp‑witted girlfriend obsessed with $5,000 for a Lotto dream. Technical advisor Rob Ryder trained the cast for au...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry White Men Can’t Jump (1992), written and directed by Ron Shelton, stars Woody Harrelson as Billy Hoyle and Wesley Snipes as Sidney Deane in a streetball hustling comedy set in Los Angeles’ Venice Beach courts. Rosie Perez shines as Gloria Clemente, Billy’s sharp‑witted girlfriend obsessed with $5,000 for a Lotto dream. Technical advisor Rob Ryder trained the cast for au...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry The Killing Fields  (1984), directed by Roland Joffé, stars Sam Waterston as New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg and Haing S. Ngor (in his debut) as Cambodian interpreter Dith Pran, chronicling their friendship amid the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975. John Malkovich (Al Rockoff), Julian Sands (Jon Swain), and Craig T. Nelson co‑star in this harrowing...

@movienight-with-Josh-Barry Train Dreams  (2025), directed by Clint Bentley (co‑writer with Greg Kwedar) and starring Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, adapts Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella about an early 20th‑century logger navigating loss, love, and change in the American West. Shot in the Pacific Northwest, it’s a meditative character study praised for Edgerton’s subtle performance, stunning cine...