The Fisher King (1991): A story of redemption.
I quizzed my friends and asked them to name three Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges films worthy of a movieContinue Reading
Tag: Great movies
My Top 5 Jerry Lewis Films of All Time (Updated).
The French love him, I love him and those in his own country love to hate him. Many people considerContinue Reading
My Sight and Sound List.
Held every ten years since 1952 to select the 100 greatest films of all time, Sight and Sound film magazineContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Ben-Hur first meets Jesus.
There had been nothing like it before with its scale, sweeping scope and spectacle. It smashed box office records andContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The French Connection’s Car Chase.
The Library of Congress wasn’t wrong to include The French Connection into its registry as being “culturally, historically or aestheticallyContinue Reading
Halloween Special: Cinemas Greatest Scenes: ‘The Closet’ scene from Halloween (1978).
John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) just might be the mother of all slasher movies. It launched forty years of knock offsContinue Reading
What makes Mildred Pierce a great film noir? Joan Crawford, of course!
Up until about a year ago, I had never seen a Joan Crawford film. Probably an astonishing remark for someoneContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator speech.
In 1938, Charlie Chaplin set to work on his first talking film that would ridicule the German tyrant Adolf Hitler.Continue Reading
Anyone care for some Duck Soup? The Marx Brothers, Revisited.
Mention the Marx Brothers and I instantaneously break out into that stooped walk, with a cigar in hand, made famousContinue Reading
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