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Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:10:00 GMT |
Vanishing Point |
Wow, with my wife in Puerto Rico, I'm really behind in all my TV watching. However, with her being away, it gave me some time to rewatch one of my favorite films from the early-1970s: "Vanishing...
Posted by on Fri, 18 May 2007 16:11:00 GMT |
Heathers |
Hard to understand why some people become leaders if they have no more in the way of personal qualities than the rest of us. No -- I mean high school, not politics. In a way, high school status sphere...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:45:00 GMT |
Mulholland Dr. |
So many people seem puzzled by this film but I don't know why. The interpretation is clear enough.You see, the thing is, the apartment manager Coco (Miller) is simply dreaming that she is Betty (Watts...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:44:00 GMT |
Bad Lieutenant |
What would this movie be without Harvey Keitel? It's so easy to see how this production could have gone terribly wrong. Just put Brad Depp in the lead role. There isn't a laugh in this story, and Keit...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:43:00 GMT |
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry |
The premise and characters for this movie are good ones, for the simplistic genre at which they're aimed. But I found it took me quite a while to really warm to any of the characters, and felt that if...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:01:00 GMT |
Bullitt |
I don't know how this film can be criticized as "dated," except in the most superficial sense of the word. It stands by itself. There hasn't been another movie quite like it, before or since. Essentia...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:41:00 GMT |
The Last Detail |
Jack Nicholson is a performer with the rare ability to completely immerse himself in a chosen role and convince the audience of the stark reality of his performance. Playing Navy Signalman First Class...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:55:00 GMT |
Saturday Night Fever |
"Saturday Night Fever" is an example of a youthful but very real desperation and frustration, ones that permeate all of existence. It is also in many respects a wonderful "time capsule" of the 1970s, ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:55:00 GMT |
Deliverance |
There are a couple of great things about this movie -- and it IS very good indeed.One is that James Dickey (who does very nicely with the role of sheriff) has structured the plot in three acts. Ordina...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:40:00 GMT |
