Tag Archives: exposition

Barbara Stanwyck must have liked working

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Bill Wren

Without intending to, I’ve found myself watching a lot of Barbara Stanwyck movies lately, including Double Indemnity (of which I’d like to scribble something one of these days). I believe IMDb shows she appeared in 101 movies and TV shows … Continue reading →

My Reputation (1946)

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Bill Wren

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt It seems a strange thing to say but My Reputation suffers from an actor’s performance that is too good. Barbara Stanwyck portrays Jessica Drummond so well, you almost fume with frustration with her in the movie’s … Continue reading →

20 Movies: Kagemusha (1980)

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Bill Wren

This is a review I wrote a few years ago when I first picked up the DVD of Kagemusha and saw it for the second time, some twenty years after first seeing it. I think I might write something quite … Continue reading →

Kagemusha (1980)

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Bill Wren

Directed by Akira Kurosawa I probably saw the movie Kagemusha first back in 1980 or 1981, when it was first released in North America with 20 minutes removed from the film Akira Kurosawa made. At the time, it knocked me … Continue reading →

20 Movies: Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Bill Wren

As the muddle below that pretends to be a review indicates, I’m all at sea on this one. I love the movie but my head keeps going, “This is ain’t so great.” I’ve decided I like it because 1) I … Continue reading →

Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Bill Wren

Directed by Jeremy Leven “There are only four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is … Continue reading →

Gone With the Wind (1939)

Posted on December 11, 2004 by Bill Wren

Directed by Victor Fleming It seems only fitting that a big movie would get a big DVD package, particularly when it celebrates 65 years of being one of the biggest – if not the biggest – Hollywood productions. (This review … Continue reading →