I've never been in love with Silence of the Lambs. It's a fine psychological thriller but I never saw the 'great thespian' as more than a decent actor who leans on stock mannerisms. Seeing Manhunter many years ago stapled my eyelids to my forehead: instead of an overwrought and dramatically baroque Hollywood production we get a lean, mean, taut, and moody psychological noir from Michael Mann. He just cuts out the fat and gets to the bone- shooting at night,…
Shown at the classic repertory moviehouse the Brattle Theatre in a gloriously slightly worn 35mm print and with their speakers cranked- PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD!- and a lively, big crowd for a rare lovely weather day after a shitty Boston winter.
This movie still slays.
The slow-burn scene culminating in Vincent and Jules reclaiming their boss' stolen suitcase containing “The Great Whatsit” and the following crisis caused by careless handling of firearms made Samuel L. Jackson a household name. The…
This movie has a lot of heart, soul and, despite Gabe Kaplan's monotone delivery, a good story in which the basketball stuff is plausible, The dramedy stuff is clichéd melodrama whenever Coach Kaplan is negotiating family relations with his Jewish mother and romantic relations with his frustrated longtime partner.
But when the focus turns to the players the film is at its most charming. Harold Sylvester and real-life hoops star Bernard King have real charisma and the court action is…
RIP Joe Don Baker
Speedtrap is nothing but a meat n' potatoes crime action programmer, good old excuse for career assistant/2nd unit directors and veteran stunt drivers to put on a show. Add some sort of script with words for veteran actors Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Richard Jaekel, Morgan Woodward, and Robert Loggia to say. Throw in Lana Woods for va-voom. Throw in Timothy Carey for...that Timothy Carey feeling.
JDB schleps around his meaty frame, his frog face and…
You there. Yes, you, you fool! You will go and watch The Invisible Man now, do you hear? Now! And you will see it's the best Universal Horror there is, do you hear? Soon, the world will realize its greatness, its genre-bending mix of horror, comedy, science fiction, melodrama, romance, and crime movie. They'll see! They will all see, the fools! HAHA [laughs maniacally]!!!!
Carl Laemmle/Universal Pictures had no idea what a treasure they had in director James Whale (the…
“Be a good girl and put her on automatic. We could do with a couple of glasses.”
Well I don't know if I'm feeling sad over waving goodbye to the best James Bond, yes Sir Roger Moore IS James Bond in my estimation, or if this Bond-A-THON is weakening my critical eye but I had a ball with A View To A Kill. Yes, Moore is old but look at him relative to what he was in Live And Let…
