Pixar Studios has been the gold standard of animation for so long now that it seems surprising when another studio presents a movie of comparable quality. Especially the Walt Disney studio, because audiences have not embraced their films with the […]
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All About Eve (1950) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Our fifth classic of 2014 is a show business drama of the New York theater scene, All About Eve. It is a 1950 movie which, in a very strong year for really good movies, set a record with an astonishing […]
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by Barb Lentz The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: All About Eve (1950) David Copperfield (1935) Ikiru (1952) The Sea Hawk (1940) Sleeper (1973) I chose All About Eve from this […]
Continue reading »Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) ☆ 1/2
The Coen brothers as filmmakers are hit and miss with me. For every one of their on-target skewers of life as we know it they produce something that I just don’t get, like Burn After Reading or O Brother, Where Art […]
Continue reading »Labor Day (2013) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Meryl Streep is the most honored performer in Academy Awards history, with a total of eighteen acting nominations — including a current one for August: Osage County, in which she once again proves her incredible range and talent. Over the […]
Continue reading »12 Years a Slave (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have to admit that I have not been looking forward to seeing this, for the subject matter inevitably leads to viewer depression and guilt. Misplaced guilt, perhaps, but guilt nonetheless. My trepidation was absolutely realized; 12 Years a Slave is […]
Continue reading »The Monuments Men (2014) ☆ ☆
Cinema can serve as a wonderful introduction to real-life stories, especially those which have, for many reasons, remained largely hidden from public view. I have always held a special appreciation for movies like Argo (2012), or The Raid (1954) or The Man […]
Continue reading »Grand Hotel (1932) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Our fourth classic of 2014 is the Academy Award-winning Best Picture of 1932, Grand Hotel. It was a huge production for MGM at the time, reputedly the first movie to star more than just two or three top studio stars; […]
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by Barb Lentz The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951) Becket (1964) Dr. Cyclops (1940) Grand Hotel (1932) Napoleon (1927) I chose Grand Hotel, […]
Continue reading »Lone Survivor (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Modern warfare is the milieu of Lone Survivor, a movie about a team of Navy Seals on a special mission in Afghanistan that goes horribly wrong. It’s based on a real mission (which actually lasted longer in real life, believe […]
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