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Archive for June, 2007

I watched the movie Venus tonight. I can’t say it’s a great film, though it’s good and Peter O’Toole’s performance is wonderful. (As are many of the other performances.) A bit too much grim, gloomy British mood for my taste. (The British really have to lighten up, at least in their films. Geez…)
However, Peter O’Toole […]

For me, The Shootist (1976) is a funny movie. Not funny “ha-ha” but funny in the oddball sense. I really enjoyed it. It’s a good, maybe even close to great movie. But at the same time, there are aspects of it that don’t quite work for me.
I think what I have problems with are Don […]