Posted in Alfred Hitchcock, DVD, Directors, Movies, The Lady Vanishes on November 13th, 2007 1 Comment »
I don’t yet have the 2007 DVD edition of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, coming from Criterion on November 20th. And since I have the earlier, 1998 edition, I may not pick it up. But I’m debating that as the new one has a “new, restored high-definition digital transfer” and comes with features not included [...]
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 DVD, Movies on November 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Yes, I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest again last night. It was the second time I’ve watched it. It didn’t come across quite so well seeing it this second time. (Actually, it didn’t come across that well the first time either.)
The movie is certainly fun to watch. But it’s [...]
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 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 [...]
