Just like a romantic comedy

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Bill Wren

These days my movie viewing is restricted to what limited cable offers me. The selection is not great and that may be why the recent writings have been about relatively recent romantic comedies. It’s either those or movies about sweaty … Read more →

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Can a film noir be too perfectly noir?

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Bill Wren

I think I’m one of the few people who doesn’t care much for Out of the Past. It may be that for me the closer a movie gets to film noir, the less it appeals to me. I can’t argue … Read more →

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Out of the Past (1947)

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Bill Wren

Directed by Jacques Tourneur Often regarded as one of the quintessential film noirs, if not the film noir, Out of the Past is a movie I have a difficult time watching despite its bona fides. Perhaps it is because of … Read more →

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Reacquainted with Myrna Loy and William Powell

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Bill Wren

Last week I went on a run of watching and writing about some Myrna Loy and William Powell movies I have in my collection. I went through four five of them, three four of which I’ve had here, unwatched, for … Read more →

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The Missing (2003)

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Bill Wren

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 →

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Sergio Leone and a good, odd western

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Bill Wren

I’m currently reading Marc Eliot’s Clint Eastwood: American Rebel and it inevitably got me thinking about the earlier Eastwood movies, the spaghetti westerns, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Below is my lengthy rambling about it from quite … Read more →

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Bill Wren

Directed by Steven Spielberg The most Indiana Jones of the Indiana Jones movies is Raiders of the Lost Ark. This is the film that most closely accomplishes what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg originally set out to do, which was … Read more →

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