Posted in DVD, Movies, Seraphim Falls on May 29th, 2007 No Comments »
I watched Seraphim Falls the other night and loved it. I think others will too, unless they really have a burr in their behind about westerns.
Yes, it’s a western and, yes, it curiously stars a couple of Irish guys, Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan, and both are brilliant in it. And if for nothing else, […]
Posted in Actors, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Movies, Notes on a Scandal on May 19th, 2007 No Comments »
While the movie itself is a good, if middling, kind of potboiler, Notes on a Scandal becomes much more fascinating with its two key performances, that of Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett.
Between the two of them they turn a film about a sex scandal into a compelling study of isolation and loneliness. In fact, the […]
Posted in Actors, DVD, James Bond, Movies, Roger Moore on May 18th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve come to a conclusion that surprises me. My favourite James Bond is Roger Moore. And there is really no contest.
This surprises me because I find many people, sometimes even myself, have a tendency to dismiss Moore as Bond. Too frivolous. Too … 70’s. Too 80’s. Until recently, that’s how I felt. But …
I have […]
Posted in Actors, DVD, Directors, Movies on May 15th, 2007 No Comments »
I took a few moments to repost a couple of reviews I did a few years ago:
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Anastasia (1956)
The first one, The Long Goodbye, is the Altman film with the sleepy and slovenly Elliot Gould. As I mention in the review, it’s the kind of movie you love and hate at the same […]
Posted in Actors, DVD, Man in the Middle, Movies, Robert Mitchum on May 11th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s hard not to be drawn in by a film that stars Robert Mitchum. In the case of Man in the Middle, however, you’re drawn in well before Mitchum’s initial appearance with a riveting opening scene.
Keenan Wynn, as Lt. Charles Winton, deliberately and coldly walks across a military compound into a barracks where he blandly […]
Posted in DVD, Directors, Movies, Tokyo Story, Yasujiro Ozu on May 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
Last night I watched Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) (1953). How is it a movie made more than 50 years ago can be so relevant today?
I wish I had the time right to ramble on about it but I have a crew of people with hammers, saws and drills in my house as I’m […]
