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Untimely Movie Review: A Clockwork Orange
The next entry in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection is the second Stanley Kubrick offering in the set: A Clockwork Orange. Yet, despite the unmistakably ambitious nature of the film, I found it had more in common thematically with … Continue reading
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Untimely Movie Review: Dirty Harry
Going from Willy Wonka to Dirty Harry practically gave me the bends. But Clint Eastwood’s signature performance was next up in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection. Like Bullitt, this is a movie about police officers in San Francisco. Unlike Bullitt, … Continue reading
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Untimely Movie Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
I was eager to dive into the next film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, because I hadn’t seen the movie in many years. In fact, my first exposure to it was in a … Continue reading
Untimely Movie Review: Bullitt
Bullitt, the next film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, is the perfect palate-cleanser after the fantastic but mystifying 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rather than exploring existential questions of humanity and our place in the universe, Bullitt is quite simply an action-packed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bullitt, Commentary, Jacqueline Bisset, Movies, Reviews, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Untimely Movie Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey
For about 25 minutes, there’s not a single line of dialogue in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yet, Kubrick, using only a phenomenal, classical score (WHOOOO!) and striking, brutal, beautiful, and sometimes alarming visuals produces a remarkably well-told story. As a … Continue reading
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Untimely Movie Review: Cool Hand Luke
With my renewed, pandemic-commitment to reviewing the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, I moved on to the next film in the collection, Cool Hand Luke. Like Doctor Zhivago and numerous other titles in the set, Cool Hand Luke is based on a book I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Don Baker, Movies, Paul Newman, Reviews, Strother Martin, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Wayne Rogers
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Untimely Movie Review: Doctor Zhivago
I thought there could be no better time to resume my on-again, off-again relationship with the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection than during a global pandemic. In fairness to me, the reason I hit pause after the most recent few … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Guinness, Commentary, Communism, Julie Christie, Movies, Omar Sharif, Reviews, Rod Steiger, Russia, USSR, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Timely Movie Review: The Rise of Skywalker
*MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD* “The dead speak!” The first line of The Rise of Skywalker‘s opening crawl was an immediate red flag. In Episode IX, the dead don’t just speak. They give speeches. Much as I did with The Last Jedi, I made … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Driver, Commentary, Daisy Ridley, Episode IX, Episode VII, Episode VIII, Finn, JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Kylo Ren, Movies, Nerd Alert, Rey, Rise of Skywalker
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Untimely Movie Review: How the West Was Won
As part of my flagging recommitment to this blog, I’ve dusted off my Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, which I purchased back in early 2014. I fairly regularly provided reviews of the films in that collection, which I’ve gradually watched … Continue reading
Untimely Movie Review: The Exorcist
The Exorcist provides another example of a cultural touchstone film that, somehow, I’ve never seen. That’s right—despite owning about 500 movies on disc, and seeing perhaps hundreds more over the years, this one escaped my view. This is the next … Continue reading →