Posted in DVD, Movies on October 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Having watch Barry Levinson’s 2001 movie Bandits once again last night, I took another look at what had written about it somewhere back in 2002 — roughly five years ago.
For some reason, I went off on a tangent about chimeras. I sort of know what I was thinking at the time but, having rewatched [...]
Posted in DVD, Directors, Howard Hawks, Land of the Pharaohs, Movies on October 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Watching Howard Hawk’s Land of the Pharaohs (1955) is extraordinary but for all the wrong reasons. How is it Howard Hawks, director of Rio Bravo, His Girl Friday, Scarface and other great movies, got involved with this turgid turkey of an epic? How did William Faulkner, author of Light in August, As I Lay Dying, [...]
Posted in DVD, Movies on September 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
For whatever it’s worth (I don’t normally make this kind of a post), here are some classic movies that are being released on DVD in the next few weeks or so. Many of these have been previously released. In a number of the cases, however, the new edition is better in the sense that there [...]
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 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, 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 [...]
