Tag Archives: Reviews

Untimely Movie Review: The Exorcist

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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 →

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Untimely Movie Review: A Clockwork Orange

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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 →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Alex DeLarge, Commentary, Malcolm McDowell, Movies, Reviews, Stanley Kubrick, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 2 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: Dirty Harry

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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 →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Commentary, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Movies, Reviews, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | 2 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: Bullitt

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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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Untimely Movie Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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 →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged 2001, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Commentary, HAL9000, Movies, Reviews, Stanley Kubrick, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 3 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: Cool Hand Luke

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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 →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Commentary, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Don Baker, Movies, Paul Newman, Reviews, Strother Martin, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Wayne Rogers | 3 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: Doctor Zhivago

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Tom Garrett

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 →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Alec Guinness, Commentary, Communism, Julie Christie, Movies, Omar Sharif, Reviews, Rod Steiger, Russia, USSR, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 1 Comment

Untimely Movie Review: How the West Was Won

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Tom Garrett

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 →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Carroll Baker, Commentary, Debbie Reynolds, George Peppard, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, How the West Was Won, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Movies, Reviews, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 1 Comment

Timely Movie Review: Avengers – Endgame

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Tom Garrett

The culmination of a 22-film franchise, Avengers: Endgame represents one of the most ambitious projects in filmmaking history—if not the most ambitious. Providing a thorough synopsis of a complex, multifaceted, three-hour film is both overly cumbersome and unnecessary for a review like this … Continue reading →