Posted in Blather on August 6th, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve been doing a bit of “re-watching” of some all-time favourites, such as The Philadelphia Story, which I ran in the DVD player last night. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen this movie.
In re-watching films like this I usually find, as with The Philadelphia Story, that during the first few minutes, [...]
Posted in Blather on July 21st, 2006 5 Comments »
I’m still waiting for the John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection. In the meantime, I watched Syriana tonight. I wasn’t too impressed.
The movie has received a number of very good reviews. One of them, on DVD Town, prompted me to comment and I offer that comment below:
This is one of those movies I feel garners praise [...]
Posted in Blather on July 15th, 2006 No Comments »
Except for a couple of films from th 1980’s (Terms of Endearment and Trading Places), I haven’t been watching older films recently. I certainly haven’t been watching movies from the 30s, 40s and 50s, even though I love old movies.
The reason is simple. Even though I have some pretty good ones lined up to be [...]
Posted in Blather on July 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
First, in a world where most movie comedies lack the essential element (humour!), The Matador is a wonderful movie. Dry and stupid, slapstick and witty. Compare to Failure to Launch or The Break-Up and weep. Note to directors: after script, casting is everything.
That I could watch and enjoy a film under these intemperate conditions (33C [...]
Posted in Blather on June 26th, 2006 3 Comments »
I haven’t posted anything about an older film for a bit, so I thought I’d post my take on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). (This was written a year or two ago when the DVD came out.) …
If you’re looking to be frightened by a ghost movie, this is not the movie for you. [...]
Posted in Blather on June 19th, 2006 4 Comments »
I’ve only a moment but I wanted to say, for what it is worth, I love What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. I just watched it again, this time in the new DVD “Special Collector’s Edition” which includes commentary by director Lasse Hallström and writer Peter Hedges (along with some special features).
I think, for me, Hallström may [...]
Posted in Blather on June 16th, 2006 No Comments »
I tried watching The Matrix Reloaded tonight. After 30 minutes I was so bored I gave it the heave-ho. I put Shopgirl into the DVD player.
I was no longer bored. While I would call it a “flawed film,” Shopgirl is pretty good as far as being what it is trying to be, and being engaging. [...]
Posted in Blather on June 4th, 2006 2 Comments »
I recently finished reading Ava Gardner: ‘Love is Nothing’ by Lee Server and it’s nothing if not entertaining. Somewhere, he makes mention of her living life “like a rocket.”
It’s an apt description but I think I’d say she lived like she drove cars – fast, carefree and just a little bit out of control (and [...]
Posted in Blather on May 29th, 2006 No Comments »
The theatrical version of Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven was an okay action film. This was the version initially released on DVD. Now they’ve released the 4-dics version - the Director’s Cut, what Scott calls his favourite version.
It’s like a completely different movie and it rocks! Maybe the best thing he’s done. I can’t get [...]
Posted in Blather on May 20th, 2006 No Comments »
I watched The Big Heat (1953 – Fritz Lang) again this week. I love this movie. Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame are fabulous. (In both cases, the performances are up there with their best – and in Grahame’s case, I think it is the best, at least of what I’ve seen).
And Glenn Ford plays the [...]
