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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.
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) is a film that I'd imagine few people are aware of. Apart from the fact that it's not well known, those who have seen it tend to be ill-disposed towards it. I think part of the problem is that the tone seems to change abruptly about half way through and that can have a jarring effect on the viewer. It is,...
Riding the High Country 22-03-2010 01:08
Thanks for this article. I love this film - its in my top five favourite Alan Ladd films. The scenes with William Bendix (who was Ladd's best friend) are wonderfully funny in a warped way (eg when he says they going to a small room upstairs so that they won't waste time with Ladd (who he calls "little rubber ball") falling down and Bendix having to...
Posted by karin 21-03-2010 12:55
2004 | Clint Eastwood | 125 mins | TV | 12 / PG-13 This review contains major spoilers. Million Dollar Baby currently places 143rd on the IMDb Top 250; it's on the 2010 iteration of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?'s fairly definitive list of critics' greatest movies ever (albeit down in the 900s); it was Empire's 13th best film of 2005 (no dou...
100 Films in a Year 21-03-2010 23:57
Watched Pandorum last night. It made me think about sci-fi films of late and how so many of them are simply broken movies. Pandorum is hopelessly derivative- so many movies these days just demonstrate the directors/screenwriters DVD collection. As if its all by the numbers. Pandorum though is derivative of movies that themselveswere derivative, I m...
Musings of the Ghost Of 82 21-03-2010 12:27
Director: Park Kwang-hyun Starring: Shin Ha-kyun; Jeong Jae-yeong; Kang Hye-jeong Territory: South Korea It’s 1950, and the Korean War has just got underway. High up in the hills, the remains of a North Korean unit are all but annihilated by troops from the South. The three survivors happen upon a village in the valley called Dongmakgol, a...
Heroes of the East 19-03-2010 08:42
I was lucky enough to attend the Empire Movie-Con II last August where they managed to wheel out an impressive number of movie previews. I assumed everything I saw there would be out by the end of the year, but I was wrong. At the time of writing this Iron Man 2 is still in the “coming soon” category, and that was one of the big scoops of t...
Retro Ramblings 19-03-2010 00:36
BFI to launch DVD and Blu-ray ‘Dual Format Editions’ The BFI has announced the introduction of ‘Dual Format Editions’, in which both the DVD and Blu-ray versions of selected releases – main features and extras alike – will sit side-by-side in what they say is a 'competitively-priced single package'. Dual Format Editions launch on ...
From the Cheap Seats... 11-03-2010 17:06
Tony Gatlif eshte ndofta i vetmi regjizor ne bote me origjine rome (cigane, me sakt). Dhe eshte fort i njohur me nje film te tijin, te realizuar ne 1997, me titull "Gadjo Dilo" ("Gaxhiu Dilo"). Personalisht, nuk me kane pelqyer ndonjehere filmat e Gatlif, qe me jane dukur egzotikë, dmth eurowoodianë. Nuk kisha ndermend te shkoja ne k...
AUTORI 11-03-2010 15:16
I love the road movie, it's probably my favourite sub-genre, just ahead of movies about authors and movies with disc jockeys as the lead character. In fact, it's such a prominent sub-genre that I think it's about time that it was upgraded to full genre status, like the way a loveable old building gets itself listed at some point or another. Anyw...
Wired Up Wrong 07-03-2010 14:44
The Princess and the Frog (2009) Disney returns to its familiar hand-drawn animated musicals at long last with this loose adaptation of the old Frog Princess fairy tale. Set in 1920s New Orleans, it features the usual mixture of beautiful girls, handsome princes, dastardly villains, comedy animal sidekicks and love conquering all. It also fe...
THE ARK 28-02-2010 21:11
It was the morning of January 22nd 2008 when I woke up and looked outside my window to see it snowing. I stepped outside to view the snow having not seen it for quite some time. Returning inside I sat down and started to eat breakfast while watching BBC News as I did every morning. I had missed the opening headlines so I watched each report to ...
All of this has Happened Before 23-02-2010 17:38
News update, the New Alien Prequel which is being directed by Ridley Scott will be in 3D....
Posted by DominicDagon 20-03-2010 15:45
I think he meant the film is regularly on TV not the Black Bart series!...
Posted by Nick Selwood 18-03-2010 11:31
The new Second Run DVD is absolutely stunning - a better picture even than their already excellent Marketa Lazarová, and there's not a single area where it doesn't significantly improve on the Facets release. It's now the best English-friendly Vláčil DVD on the market....
Posted by Michael Brooke 17-03-2010 13:43
Really? Black Bart is regularly on TV in the US? But they only made one episode didn't they? Or have I misunderstood this completely?...
Posted by Adrian Smith 17-03-2010 12:27
Unfunny moments and embarassing bits???!!! Youve got to be joking!!! This is probably my favourite comedy film of all time and its an absolute riot. No matter how many times I see it, it still makes me laugh and never gets dull. The Producers (1968) is great but this is better in my view. Young Frankenstein was great too and Spaceballs is underappr...
Posted by Nick Selwood 17-03-2010 11:23
Second Run DVD based in the UK release a re-mastered version on DVD on March 22nd with much improved image quality and new English subtitle translation....
Posted by Rob R 17-03-2010 10:47
Believe it or not, you can usually find it on tv a couple of times a month....
Posted by Devin U 17-03-2010 05:04
Cheers. Todd made a handful of thrillers in the 50s that are worth a look but haven't made it onto DVD yet. Intent to Kill and The Venetian Bird are two that spring to mind. The latter is a fine little movie which even boasts a Nino Rota score - somewhat bizarrely, I picked this one up as a newspaper freebie in Greece about 5-6 years ago but it's ...
Posted by Livius 16-03-2010 10:42
I remember Richard Todd's passing from last December and the write up the New York Times gave the actor. When I read it, I realized I'd seen and enjoyed more than a couple of his performances over the years (The Big Sleep [1978 version], Operation Crossbow, The Longest Day, etc.). I've not seen this one, but it does sound like a thriller worth find...
Posted by le0pard13 16-03-2010 02:20
The first time I saw this I can't say I especially enjoyed it - I think part of the problem then was trying to keep a handle on what exactly was going on. However, faults and all, it does tend to grow on you and it's one of those movies that rewards repeated viewings. Once you've got a grip on the plot and understand the characters better you can s...
Posted by Livius 14-03-2010 12:11
