Blogs Posts in Old Movies category; 18 blog posts

King's Speech wins early Oscar buzz at Telluride

Has Telluride done it again? As the film festival wrapped its 37th year in Colorado's San Juan mountains Monday, the prevailing wisdom was that the event had launched yet another serious Oscar contender in the British royalty drama & [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Movie Review - 'Amelia' circles but is sadly off-course

Considering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don't put much on the line in their film biography "Amelia." Swank and Nair play it safe to the point of benu [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Black Dynamite Movie Review

"Watch out, Shaft! Black Dynamite's in town!" is what I would write if I did was not raised to honor and respect the private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks. (And had a lack of respect for myself). Regardless, Black D [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Capsule reviews - `Wild Things' and others

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "New York, I Love You" The title is "New York, I Love You," and it's a collection of shorts intended as one big love letter to the city and all the romance it has to offe [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

District 9 Movie Review

District 9, the original sci-fi doc-style drama by Neill Blomkamp, produced by Peter Jackson, has been building a strong following online ever since it first started to debut marketing material. The film takes place in Johannesburg, South A [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

'Fast & Furious' released on DVD

Zooming in on DVD today is "Fast & Furious," the latest chapter in the popular series. Star ratings are by Seattle Times movie reviewers, freelancers or wire services Chow Yun-Fat goes for the laughs as Master Roshi, trainer t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

To Catch a Thief: DVD Review

Another Paramount classic, given the lavish “Centennial Collection” treatment – Cary Grant at the height of his powers as the suave and debonair reformed jewel-thief, once known as “The Cat”, Alfred Hitchcock a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Laaga Chunari Mein Daag - The Figurative Womb

It's not very often that I am able to take away a meaningful message from a Bollywood flick so I had to write about it. The movie in question is Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. The story is an old chestnut overdone Bollywood-style. A family of f [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

JK Rowling writing new Harry Potter story

JK Rowling is writing a brand new Harry Potter story – and it will be turned into a short movie. The film will be shown at new theme park The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida. All the stars of the movies – i [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Capsule reviews of 'The Incredible Hulk' and other films

"The Happening" - Not much happens in fright specialist M. Night Shyamalan's latest. "The Sixth Sense" director effectively delivers his usual broody air of foreboding. And this fear-mongering story of an airborne toxin [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

DVD Review: Meet the Spartans - Pit of Death Edition

In 2006 Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg struck out on their own after working on the Scary Movie franchise. With them they took the naming convention,Movie. Using their considerable comedy writing skills, they delivered the hit film Date [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Myth and movies

Prior to modern usage robbing the word of its original meaning, “myth” and its derivatives stood for something else entirely. “Myth” didn’t mean something patently untrue, but the Truth as seen through the eye [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

The view: Was Kids the film of the 90s?

This week's blogs have been pondering Harmony Korine's comeback with Mister Lonely - but are we still underrating the ex-enfant terrible's first movie Kids? For once, Britain's release schedules have proved a half-step ahead of America's, m [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Nous la Libert (1931)

À Nous la Liberté is an early talkie from French filmmaker René Clair. Louis (Raymond Cordy) and Emile (Henri Marchand) are a pair of convicts whose lives take decidely different paths after prison. Emile works his wa [...]