Posted in Austin Powers, DVD, Mike Myers, Movies on November 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Last night I watched Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. I realized afterwards that the movie came out in 1997. That makes it 10 years old (obviously).
And what can I say about this movie? Not a heck of a lot. This will be a very short post.
Two things struck me about the film. The first […]
Posted in Directors, Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Movies, Rio Bravo on September 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Although I’ve had the relatively recent release of Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition), it has taken me most of the summer to get around to actually watching it. And I actually picked up Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition), which is the same thing just with more stuff like a comic book of Rio Bravo […]
Posted in DVD, Directors, Movies, Myrna Loy, W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell on August 21st, 2007 No Comments »
This summer has not been a summer for movies, for me. With having moved across the country, getting a new house, renovating and now welcoming a new dog, the skittish Molly Bloom, movies have taken a back seat.
But that’s okay. I’ve still been picking them up and have a fine backlog to make my way […]
Posted in DVD, Movies, Myrna Loy, William Powell on July 4th, 2007 4 Comments »
It’s unlikely you’ll recall this but, about a year ago, I was Happy with the Thin Man. Well, I anticipate being happy again.
Somewhere about August 7th, Warner will make me happy when they release the Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection. Between the previous set, The Complete Thin Man Collection which had six Thin Man […]
Posted in DVD, Movies, Peter O'Toole on June 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Actors, DVD, John Wayne, Movies, The Shootist on June 1st, 2007 No Comments »
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 […]
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 […]
