Get Low won the hearts of many film critics, and I found it to be definitely worth the view as well. It’s an actors’ showcase: you have your Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray. All are veterans, and I watched the movie to see them, if nothing else.
1 comment Friday 25 Feb 2011 | blogadmin | drama, movie reviews
Oftentimes, when a successful book is transferred to the big screen, the complaint is that the essence of the source material has been lost in translation due to any number of factors, legitimate or not. It’s not unreasonable; so many novels are unwieldy, overstuffed with minor characters and illogical narratives, [...]
2 comments Thursday 27 May 2010 | blogadmin | action/adventure, blu-ray, drama, movie reviews, recommendations, suspense/thrillers
Crazy Heart is your solidly good movie. I was expecting that Jeff Bridges’ acting would be more than adequate in his role as Bad Blake, but he surprised me by being really outstanding. So his Oscar for Best Actor was not one of those rewards for his entire body of work, [...]
1 comment Thursday 22 Apr 2010 | blogadmin | blu-ray, drama, movie reviews, music & musicals, recommendations, romance
I goofed. I thought I was signing up to review A Christmas Tale with Catherine Deneuve, but I accidentally signed up to review Four Christmases instead. I’m not a big fan of slapstick humor or “physical” humor, and hated I Love You, Man. So you can see already that I have little credibility when it [...]
0 comments Thursday 26 Nov 2009 | blogadmin | comedy, movie reviews
