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The Missing (2003)
Directed by Ron Howard With a gathering of talent like director Ron Howard and actors Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, you would expect the end result to be pretty darn good. And the movie The Missing is pretty darn … Read more
Garbo’s Mata Hari just looks peculiar
It seems like it should be a great story. First World War. Female spy using sex to steal secrets. Executed in the end. Amidst all that? The devious user of love for espionage falls in love herself (as the movies … Read more
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The Talk of the Town (1942)
Directed by George Stevens This is a movie that mixes romantic-comedy and thriller, though the emphasis would be more on the former. But because The Talk of the Town mixes the two, it falters a bit. But not a lot. … Read more
Is Hondo the definitive John Wayne movie?
I don’t thing many people would argue that Hondo is the best of John Wayne’s movies. Similarly, I don’t many will argue against it being among his best both as a western and as a performance from Wayne. But if … Read more
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Mister Roberts more drama than comedy
Mister Roberts is a much-loved movie so I always feel bad when I say that for me it’s just so-so. I kinda like it; I kinda don’t like. It may be due to not being much of a fan of … Read more
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Mister Roberts (1955)
Directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy A very popular fictional story from the 1950s, Mister Roberts began as a novel by Thomas Heggen. It later became a stage play written by Heggen and Joshua Logan and starring Henry Fonda … Read more
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