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, 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 […]
