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Way too much narration, exposition and backstory at the beginning of 47 Ronin filled me with dread. It takes a few minutes and then we get Keaneu Reeves’ character, an orphaned servant, along with a batch of samurai going up against a mythical monster. Disgrace and dishonor take place. Then things drag out longer than…
In 2007 an animated feature based on the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark was released. Shout Factory now has the film available on DVD. Putting it in my player I was presented with two English and one Spanish audio option. Selecting one then kicked the film into gear with auto-play. Oh dear. This doesn’t bode…
I have wanted to see The Agony And The Ecstasy for a long time. This dramatic recreation of Michelangelo’s painting of the Sistine Chapel from 1965 is based on the biographical novel from a few years earlier. As a fan of art, especially having seen the Sistine Chapel, this is one of those films that…
I don’t know how many years (decades, actually) it has been since I’ve seen A Chorus Line. I never have seen the Broadway show the film is based on, and some were upset at some of the changes made in this adaptation, and at some point I would like to see the stage show, but…
Dead In Tombstone is a direct to video action film set in the “old west” starring Danny Trejo as the leader of a gang that is wanted dead or alive. Anthony Michael Hall is his half-brother and Mickey Rourke is Lucifer. A big score is established and the gang heads out. Unfortunately Danny Trejo’s character…
Clark Gable stars as Jack, the main character in Call Of The Wild, a 1935 film adaptation (the first) of Jack London’s popular 1903 novel. William Wellman directed the picture, and if that name means nothing to you don’t know film history. He directed the first Academy Award winner for Best Picture as well as…
Desk Set stars one of the silver screen’s greatest duos, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Through nine films they cemented themselves as a benchmark for romantic comedy duos. Their off-screen relationship helped. This may not be the best of the duo’s films and the material may not be earth-shattering great, but Tracy and Hepburn are…
Yesterday came the news Peter O’Toole had died. This was sad news, as it is when any great actor with a long career that has touched many lives is. There are plenty of tributes to the man and his work. I’m not going to try and touch on those. I simply don’t have the authority…
People were shocked with Henry Fonda portrayed a bad guy in 1968’s Once Upon A Time In The West. It was, however, not his first turn as a villain. In 1939’s Jesse James Henry Fonda portrayed Frank James, brother and coconspirator to outlaw Jesse James, here portrayed by Tyrone Power. The film was so successful…
Have I watched this before? I have vague memories of The Ghost And Mrs. Muir. The book was written in 1945 and this film version was released in 1947. The story would be then turned into a television sitcom in the late 60s. Widow Mrs. Muir (Gene Tierny) moves away from her ex-in-laws and finds…