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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 2:40 pm
by dreaMaker
Angels and Demons
6/10
I forgot it already... However, the sound and visual effects, art direction and music are great.
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:13 pm
by mlrg
Greg wrote:mlrg wrote:Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrel are goo in it.
You mean they melt in each other's arms?
I think they melt in each other's brains
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:00 pm
by Sabin
...or under each other's feet?
I love Fat City. This is such a great movie. So superior to Million Dollar Baby in its short story beauty.
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:06 am
by Greg
mlrg wrote:Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrel are goo in it.
You mean they melt in each other's arms?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:16 am
by Big Magilla
Brainstorm (1965) William Conrad - 6/10
Little known suspense film directed by the actor with Jeffrey Hunter in a nicely controlled performance as a man being driven crazy by his employer (Dana Andrews) after he rescues and then falls in love with the boss's slutty suicidal wife (Anne Francis). He then fakes insanity to cover up the boss's murder, but does he really go crazy in the end or is he still faking it?
Promises in the Dark (1979) Jerome Hellman - 6/10
The only film ever directed by the legendary producer with Marsha Mason as a recently divorced doctor who develops an emotional attachment to a dying teenage patient (Katheen Beller). Mason, appropriately low-key throughout, won her third of four Oscar nominations that year for Chapter Two but she's better here. The entire cast, including Beller and Susan Clark and Ned Beatty as the girl's parents, are first rate.
My Sister Eileen (1955) Richard Quine - 6/10
Two years after Wonderful Town hit Broadway, Columbia, which owned the rights to the original property, decided to make their own musical version which isn't half bad. Betty Garrett is Ruth, Janet Leigh is Eileen and the men in their lives include Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse, Dick York, Tommy Rall and Kurt Kasznar as the landlord.
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 2:32 am
by mlrg
Fat City (1972) - John Huston
6/10
Interesting little film about lonelyness with a theatrical mood to it. Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrel are goo in it.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:57 am
by Precious Doll
Wind Across the Everglades (1958) Nicholas Ray 4/10
Broadway to Hollywood (1933) Willard Mack 4/10
Insignificant Things (2008) Andrea Martinez 6/10
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:37 pm
by Sabin
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams) - 8/10
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:33 pm
by inky
Inky's weekly update:
A Fishy Story (1989; HK) - 4/10
Fireball: Muay Thai Dunk (2009; Thailand) - 2.5/10
I Do (1983; HK) - 2/10
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979; USA) (re-visit) - 5.5/10
Gu Gu, The Cat (2008; Japan) - 6.5/10
Angels and Demons (2009; USA) - 4.5/10
True Women for Sale (2008; HK) - 6/10
Anna Magdalena (1998; HK) (re-visit) - 6/10
Innocent Lust (1977; HK) - 3.5/10
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:23 pm
by OscarGuy
Sunset Blvd. is a terrific movie, but I think The Witness for the Prosecution and The Lost Weekend are better movies. As are Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, but if you just look at those five films, you have a rather impressive oeuvre no matter who you are.
And, since I've not heard an actual Trekker/Trekkie's review of the new Star Trek movie, let me weigh in. As a movie, it was well paced, well designed, well plotted and an enjoyable ride. As a Star Trek film, it didn't betray the core principles of Star Trek, though it focused on a completely different aspect of them than most of the previous films. However, I am not happy with many of the changes made to the history of Star Trek so that they could manipulate and sensationalize the movie. Personally, I hope a time paradox fixes the problems in the next installment.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:06 pm
by dreaMaker
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10/10
Absolutely brilliant. The best Wilder's movie... Gloria Swanson is tremendous, just as everything else - acting, screenplay, directing... wow.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:03 pm
by Eric
Best direction: Cabaret
Best screenplay: Pink Flamingos
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:45 pm
by Big Magilla
Best screenplay - Cabaret. Best direction - Luis Bunuel, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:13 pm
by Damien
Damien wrote:mlrg wrote:Cabaret (1972) - Bob Fosse
7/10
I had great expectations for this one but was rather dissapointed with the film as a whole. The dance sequences are beatifully directed and the best part of the film. Michael York is miscast in my opinion.
Christopher Isherwood thought Liza fect as Christopher Isherwood.
I think both gave great performances.
I don't know why my post got garbled. What I thought I had typed was "Christopher Isherwood thought Liza Minnelli was badly miscast but that Michael York was perfect as Christopher Isherwood.
I think both gave great performances."
I'm the opposite of most people regarding Cabaret. I love the interaction among the characters and think Jay Pressen Allen's script is brilliant, but Fosse's "Hey, Look MA! I'm Directing!!!" visuals irritate the hell out of me.
I thought the Academy royally screwed up when it gave Cabaret Best Director and The Godfather Best Screenplay -- I have always firmly believed that the results should have been in reverse.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:00 pm
by mlrg
Big Magilla wrote:I think Cabaret is absolutely brilliant when sticking to the music. The scenes at the boarding house do not have quite the same impact.
My thoughts exactly. This is what I felt while watching the film.