Sean Connery

  • Lunchtime Movie Review
    The Hunt For Red October (1990)

    The Hunt For Red October (1990)

    Paramount Pictures released The Hunt For Red October on March 2, 1990. John McTiernan directed the film starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, and Scott Glenn.

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  • SummariesThe Hunt For Red October (1990)

    The Hunt For Red October (1990)

    Film and Plot Synopsis In the first film in the Jack Ryan film series that is based on the novel by Tom Clancy, Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius turns renegade after he is given command of the Soviet’s new first strike nuclear submarine, the Red October. The Red October is equipped with a nearly silent propulsion drive that makes the submarine almost undetectable and capable of launching its nuclear payload within miles of the United States. Ramius steers towards the United States, pursued by both the Soviets and United States navies. However, is Ramius’ mission one of destruction and war, or does he possibly wish to defect? ‘The Hunt For Red October’ Movie Summary The summary below contains spoilers. In the cold weather of November 1984, Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) commands the launch of the Soviet Union’s new Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarine, the Red October, from the Soviet’s naval base near the Arctic. The Red October is a prototype submarine with a new, stealth “caterpillar drive” which makes it nearly undetectable to American sonar. After launch, Ramius is ordered to engage in war games with another Soviet submarine, the V.K. Konovalov, an Alfa Class Submarine that is …

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  • Movie House Memories
    The Untouchables (1987)

    The Untouchables (1987)

    Paramount Pictures released The Untouchables on June 3, 1987. Brian De Palma directed the film starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro.

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  • SummariesThe Untouchables (1987)

    The Untouchables (1987)

    Paramount Pictures released The Untouchables on June 3, 1987. Brian De Palma directed the film starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro.

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  • Movie House Memories
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

    Paramount Pictures released Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on May 24, 1989. Steven Spielberg directed the film starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, and Alison Doody.

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  • Male Bonding
    Sean Connery: In Remembrance

    Sean Connery: In Remembrance

    Male Bonding says thank you to the first film James Bond--Sean Connery, and talk about some of his other films we love too.

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  • SummariesIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade begins in 1912 with a thirteen-year-old Indiana Jones on a cave exploring expedition with his Boy Scout troop in the Arches National Park in Utah.

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  • SummariesMurder on the Orient Express (1974)

    Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

    Murder on the Orient Express begins in 1930 with the mysterious kidnapping of Daisy Armstrong in the United States.

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  • Criterion Critics
    The Rock (1996)

    The Rock (1996)

    Buena Vista Pictures released The Rock to theaters on June 7, 1996. Michael Bay directed the film starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris.

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  • Movie House Memories
    Finding Forrester (2000)

    Finding Forrester (2000)

    Columbia Pictures Corporation released Finding Forrester to theaters on December 22, 2000. Gus Van Sant directed the film which starred Sean Connery, Rob Brown, and F. Murray Abraham.

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  • SummariesFinding Forrester (2000)

    Finding Forrester (2000)

    Finding Forrester is the Nicholl Award-winning screenplay by Mike Rich. Set in the Projects in the Bronx, New York, Jamal is a black 16-year-old son of a single mother who hangs with his boys, plays hoops on the city playground, and happens to write miraculous works of literary art in his tiny notebooks for nobody to read but himself.

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  • SummariesHighlander (1986)

    Highlander (1986)

    The year is 1986, and the immortal Connor MacLeod fights another immortal, Iman Fasil in New York City. MacLeod slices his head off...the only way you can kill an immortal, so I guess they aren’t as immortal as advertised...especially since there can only be one.

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