Tag Archives: Reviews

Untimely Movie Review: Amadeus

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Tom Garrett

There are two vital pieces of insight I’ve learned about Amadeus in the years since I first saw it. The first was Milos Forman’s observation that the film had not two brilliant stars, but three: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: Risky Business

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Tom Garrett

Risky Business is a weird movie. It gets a lot of things right, but, even within the context of 80s teenage-themed films, I don’t think it holds up particularly well. It’s not as entertaining as the John Hughes canon. It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Bob Seger, Commentary, Joel Goodson, Movies, Rebecca De Mornay, Reviews, Risky Business, Tom Cruise, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 2 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: Chariots of Fire

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Tom Garrett

Watching a Best Picture winner typically leaves me with one of two reactions. Either, “I completely understand why this won Best Picture,” or “This is a decent / interesting movie, but the field must have been weak that year.” Chariots … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Ben Cross, Chariots of Fire, Commentary, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Movies, Reviews, Vangelis, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 1 Comment

Untimely Movie Review: The Shining

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Tom Garrett

The genius of Stanley Kubrick is readily apparent in the opening “segment” of The Shining, in which Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) painstakingly drives to, arrives at, and participates in an almost-real-time job interview. The exquisitely slow burn takes the audience … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Commentary, Jack Nicholson, Movies, Reviews, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 1 Comment

Halfway Home

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Tom Garrett

I purchased the Warner Brothers 90th Anniversary blu-ray Collection over six years ago. It took me quite a while, but, as I’ve been on a pandemic-fueled review flurry of late, I’ve finally been able to finish the first half of … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: Superman

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Tom Garrett

Approaching the turn in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, I encounter a familiar face: Superman. I’m too young to have seen the 1978 movie in a theater, but I’m the perfect age to have experienced the film’s frequent showing as … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Christopher Reeve, Clark Kent, Commentary, Gene Hackman, John Williams, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Movies, Reviews, Superman, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers | 2 Comments

Untimely Movie Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Tom Garrett

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the third film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection that revolves around a central struggle of the individual against institutionalization. Like Cool Hand Luke and A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest … Continue reading →

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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 | 3 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 →