Category: Film Reviews
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The Morning After #11: September 6, 2010
Although the Labor Day holiday isn’t quite over, I’m going to go ahead and post what I’ve seen so far this weekend. I may see more today, but I’ll have to save those for next week’s update. The Wicker Man came in Saturday, so I was able to get that one out of the way,…
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Feed the Queue #10
The winner this week, with a one-point advantage over its nearest competitor is The Lion in Winter. Little Women came in second with The Big Lebowski coming in a distant third. I have added The Lion in Winter to my queue today and will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend and…
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Review: Out of Past (1947)
Out of the Past Rating Director Jacques Tourneur Screenplay Geoffrey Homes (Novel: Geoffrey Homes) Length 97 min. Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Steve Brodie, Virginia Huston, Paul Valentine, Dickie Moore, Ken Niles MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Reds (1981)
Reds Rating Director Warren Beatty Screenplay Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths Length 194 min. Starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Nicolas Coster, M. Emmett Walsh, Ian Wolfe, Bessie Love, MacIntyre Dixon, Pat Starr, Eleanor D. Wilson, Max Wright, George Plimpton, Gene Hackman MPAA Rating R (original); PG…
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Review: The Great Lie (1941)
The Great Lie Rating Director Edmund Goulding Screenplay Lenore J. Coffee (Novel: Polan Banks) Length 108 min. Starring Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, Grant Mitchell, Jerome Cowan, Charles Trowbridge, Thurston Hall, Russell Hicks, Virginia Brissac, J. Farrell MacDonald, Addison Richards, Sam McDaniel MPAA Rating Approved
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The Morning After #10: August 30, 2010
Today, we look at this week’s Feed the Queue entry, noir thriller Out of the Past, Warren Beatty’s epic Reds, Bette Davis/Mary Astor drama The Great Lie and the two pilots of sci-fi western series Firefly. So, here is what I watched this weekend: REDS There have been dozens of romantic epics and each one…
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Feed the Queue #9
Do you have an opinion? Share it! Because it’s another low turn-out week. The winner this week, over a two-way tie for second, is the original The Wicker Man. The Ruling Class and Picnic came in second with the original The Taking of Pelham 123 last. I have added The Wicker Man to my queue…
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Review: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Rating Director John Ford Screenplay Frank Nugent, Laurence Stallings (Story: James Warner Bellah) Length 103 min. Starring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, George O’Brien, Arthur Shields, Michael Dugan, Chief John Big Tree, Fred Graham, Chief Sky Eagle, TOm Tyler, Noble…
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Review: Elmer Gantry (1960)
ElmerGantry Rating Director Richard Brooks Screenplay Richard Brooks (Novel: Sinclair Lewis) Length 146 min. Starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, Patti Page, Ed Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, Joe Maross, Philip Ober, Barry kelley, Wendell Holmes, Dayton Lummis MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Melvin and Howard (1980)
Melvin and Howard Rating Director Jonathan Demme Screenplay Bo Goldman Length 95 min. Starring Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen, Chip Taylor, Melvin E. Dummar, Michael J. Pollard, Denise Galik, Gloria Grahame, Pamela Reed, Dabney COleman MPAA Rating R
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The Morning After #9: August 23, 2010
This week, I’m recapping three films (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Melvin and Howard and Elmer Gantry) and the final episodes of the first season of Torchwood. So, here is what I watched this weekend: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) The proverbial yellow ribbon worn by women when their loves were sent to war.…
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Feed the Queue #8
Another low turn-out week, and without surprise, another tie. And since the two tied films are neither available to watch online, I’m going to take Out of the Past since I skipped it in favor of another film previously. I will also start listing alternates in the polling to hopefully allow less opportunity for ties.I…
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Review: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Rating Director Sydney Pollack Screenplay James Poe, Robert E. Thompson (Novel: Horace McCoy) Length 129 min. Starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red BUttons, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Conrad, MPAA Rating M (original); PG-13 (re-rated)
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Review: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath Rating Director John Ford Screenplay Nunnally Johnson (Novel: John Steinbeck) Length 128 min. Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Zeffie Tilbury, Frank Sully, Frank Darien, Darryl Hickman, SHirley Mills, Roger Imhof MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Harvey (1950)
Harvey Rating Director Henry Koster Screenplay Mary Chase, Oscar Brodney (Play: Mary Chase) Length 104 min. Starring James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Victoria Horne, Jessie White, William H. Lynn, Wallace Ford, Nana Bryant, Grace Mills, Clem Beavans MPAA Rating Approved
