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It’s summer. Surely that calls for a “popcorn” movie? I suggest The Core (2003), a “world facing imminent destruction that only a well chosen quirky few can save it from,” kind of movie. You don’t look to disaster movies for credibility. A disaster movie that takes itself too seriously … now that is a genuine [...]
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Directed by the Joel and Ethan Coen I watched the Collector’s Edition version of the The Big Lebowski and while I still feel the same way about the film, I have to say the intro they add to this DVD edition is incredibly funny. Especially if you waste a lot of time in the world [...]
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Directed by Charles Laughton I think it’s fair to say 1955′s The Night of the Hunter is one of the oddest films to ever come out of Hollywood. According to many, it’s also one of the greatest. This may be true; I’m not sure. But it’s definitely worth seeing a time or two to decide for [...]
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The few references and reviews you’ll find online about A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) tend to make the same observation: a pretty good romantic comedy that few people today have seen. The movie did pretty well in 1943 – I believe it was the third highest grosser that year. It’s also seldom referred to, [...]
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I saw on the TCM home page something that caught my eye: The African Queen (1951) being released on March 23, 2010 in a “Commemorative Box Set.” I care less about the box set business than I do about this note (found in the information on Amazon): “Fully Restored using state-of-the-art restoration process.” I have [...]
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Directed by Jon Amiel Simply put, The Core is a guilty pleasure. I watch a disaster movie like this and think, “This is junk. I shouldn’t like it.” But I do. Sometimes junk is exactly what you want. And when you’re in that mood, nothing fills the bill better than well-made junk. And that is [...]
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I rewatched for the nth time (I’ve lost track) Howard Hawk’s Bringing Up Baby (1938). Apart from being great fun each time I watch it, this time was a bit different having read Marc Eliot’s book, Cary Grant: A Biography, and having previously watched Cary Grant: A Class Apart (a documentary on the second disc [...]
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Directed by Clint Eastwood I never know what to say about Clint Eastwood movies, except maybe, “Watch ‘em.” At their best, as in Million Dollar Baby, they are entirely about the story. If the story sucks, so does the movie. But Eastwood seems to have an eye for great stories so it’s not likely you’ll [...]
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I watched and wrote a review of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington the other day. After writing and posting the review I discovered that I had already written a review of it back in 2002. And here’s the thing: the first was a helluva lot better than the one I had just written. On the [...]
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Directed by Stuart Heisler Here’s a review of a movie no one else seems inclined to review. It’s the review of Along Came Jones that I posted on Amazon … Overall, this is an entertaining movie though it moves slowly. It’s not a great film, but definitely worth seeing and a bit of a curiousity [...]
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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media and movie enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick (Canada). My other blog is Writelife.
