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badblokebob's 100 Films in a Year project is a fascinating read. With an aim of watching a film every few days, this Journal is a great journey through one aficionado's film-watching habits.
2008 | Doug Liman | 88 mins | Blu-ray | 12 / PG-13 In honour of Jumper's central conceit -- that certain people can instantaneously transport themselves to any other point on the planet -- I will conduct this review by jumping about through paragraphs I wrote without bothering to link them properly. (Also done in honour of my laziness.) Jamie...
100 Films in a Year 08-02-2010 23:34
Good point. He was still alive when they recorded the commentary though, unless Robert Ross is the comedy equivalent of Derek Acorah....
Posted by Adrian Smith 08-02-2010 14:17
Oh my. What a terrible film. It's painfully embarrasing through and through. This picture says it all: an obvious back projection as Emmannuelle tries to get him to move by being sexy. He doesn't. A couple of seconds later we discover why. He's gay! Hilarious. The death nell of the Carry On series was most definitely rung with Carry On Engla...
Retro Ramblings 07-02-2010 23:16
The vampire: that harbinger of everlasting life and eternal damnation. From the cloaked gothic majesty of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” to the down and dirty night-crawlers of Kathryn Bigelow’s “Near Dark”, vampire’s have formed the basis for more literary and cinematic horror than any other fictional creature. [Read More] Top 10 Modern ...
Strange Conversation 05-02-2010 12:24
"The worst piece of crap I've done in twenty years." Those were John Ford's own words when assessing Two Rode Together (1961). Even now, critics never seem to have anything very positive to say about this film. Ford's work in the 60s was certainly patchy, even more so when it's held up for comparison against his earlier movies. I'm not sure th...
Riding the High Country 03-02-2010 14:25
New year, new decade, new resolution to keep the blog up to date. Starting from this month, I'll be posting a monthly round-up of my trips to the cinema. As they will be very short reviews, it hardly seems worth publishing them separately, but hopefully once a month won't be too arduous for anyone. I'll also try and post initial reactions via Twitt...
THE ARK 31-01-2010 15:17
"In the last days of planet Earth everyone had bad dreams." No this isn't little Britain, this is/was/will be the final adventure (for now) of the tenth Doctor David Tennant. The BBC gave Tennant a right old send off putting him on a dozen other shows on the BBC over Christmas, along with the idents (program introductions), repeats, sticking his ex...
All of this has happened before 31-01-2010 10:44
Director: Corey Yuen Kwai Main cast: Michelle Yeoh; Cynthia Rothrock; John Shum; Mang Hoi; Tsui Hark Territory: Hong Kong An incriminating piece of gang-related evidence has been inadvertently stolen by a pair of bumbling crooks (John Shum and Mang Hoi), who take great pains to save their skin while on the run from the police and the Triads....
Heroes of the East 19-01-2010 22:57
13th Jan- WALL*E (Bluray) ***** Pixar's finest? No, but the first section is one of the most interesting and arresting examples of cgi animation that they have yet produced and hints at true greatness. The production design for the whole thing is just beautiful and shames most live-action sci-fi 'epics'. Ah, if only Pixar could make a Star Wars ...
Musings of the Ghost Of 82 14-01-2010 16:09
My excuse is that I've had a hideous backlog of database work to do on the excessive number of DVDs and Blu-rays I've acquired since September and so have been unable to make weekly updates during this period. Pretty pathetic excuse. However, all is now forgotten, I'm reasonably on top of the database, and I'm now reporting in with news of watched ...
Nobody Knows Anything 10-01-2010 14:28
Meqe viti u mbyll, "sipas tradites", me poshte po rendis listen totale e filmave TE RINJ qe kam pare ne 2009, sipas shkalles se pelqimit : Filmat i kam ndare ne 4 kategori : A. Filmi i vitit, ose ndryshe, filmi qe do doja ta rishihja menjehere ! B. Filma qe me kane pelqyer shume shume (e qe do i rishihja me kenaqesi !) C. Filma qe pak a...
AUTORI 06-01-2010 15:43
Well, December 18th 2008 to be precise. Wuhhheeeey!...
Posted by Adam Schofield 08-02-2010 14:13
Jack Douglas died two years ago I'm afraid....
Posted by Adam Schofield 08-02-2010 14:04
I remember seeing and enjoying this on TV ages ago - especially liked the final scene which I still remember vividly!...
Posted by Judy 06-02-2010 21:40
What's really intriguing about Two Rode Together is that the real Quanah Parker was the son of a Comanche chief, Peta Nocona, and a Cynthia Ann Parker captured in a raid on a Texan fort - the real incident on which the story in The Searchers was based. Henry Brandon, in effect, is playing 'son of Scar' (whom of course, he also portrayed). Unfort...
Posted by John Hodson 06-02-2010 12:42
Thanks Dan. No, I don't suppose I'd recommend this to anyone unfamiliar with Ford. Although I don't think it would chase anyone away and deter them from seeing his other movies it might leave them wondering what all the fuss is about. Something I neglected to mention initially is the depth of talent in the support cast (the "Stock Company" as i...
Posted by Livius 05-02-2010 12:29
Cheers for this review Livius. I've only seen Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels and have been looking for other good films she's in. She might not have had the range of some of her contemporaries but she is one of the most visually arresting femme fatales. Her troubled life offscreen makes her an even more interesting (and alluring) piece of Holl...
Posted by Dan (Top10Films.co.uk) 05-02-2010 12:22
I always liked Air Force One. It's derivative but entertaining. I like to think of it as Airport meets Die Hard....
Posted by Daniel Stephens 05-02-2010 12:10
Excellent review Livius. Ford is still a director I've yet to fully explore. I don't think this is the one to start with if you're new to the director but you've intrigued me. I tend to like films the general consensus says are less worthy....
Posted by Dan (Top10Films.co.uk) 05-02-2010 12:08
"As far as dueling partners goes, how do Stewart-Widmark rank against some of the other 50s-60s duets?" I'd say they hold up pretty well. The thing is, the movie in general doesn't help them much and those two are left to carry it along on force of personality. As for what Ford might have regarded as being worse 20 years before, I'm not sure....
Posted by Livius 04-02-2010 12:34
You've got my attention -- i will peck around and look for it. Considering the comfortable-star power of its leads, I'm surprised that this one hasn't caught my attention before. As far as dueling partners goes, how do Stewart-Widmark rank against some of the other 50s-60s duets? Oh, and it makes me wonder what Ford considered his worse movie 20 ...
Posted by burlivespipe 04-02-2010 10:07
