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I'm always still a little bit excited when a new James Bond film is coming out. I know many of them are terrible, I've seen them all over the years, but I can't shake the feeling. I'm not sure if it's because I spent so much time as a child watching them… Continue reading
The 1970 film Machibuse (Ambush but often known as Ambush at Blood Pass) is notable for three reasons. One, it features Toshiro Mifune in a character that may have been intended to a reapperance of his Sanjuro character from the Kurosawa film Yojimbo and it's… Continue reading
Despite what it may seem, I don't only watch films from the 1940s. This evening I caught The Incredible Hulk, though probably a good bit later than most of you did, and thought I'd post a few impressions. I did watch the TV show as a child when it was being… Continue reading
As I mentioned last week, I plan, from time to time, to talk here about some of the lesser known films of Akira Kurosawa, especially his war-time and post-war work. Last time, we looked at his fourth film, They Who Step On The Tiger's Tail. Today, I'll be… Continue reading
I'd be a liar if I didn't say I had a huge soft spot for Dark City. To me it was one of the best science fiction films of recent years. I remember seeing it when it came out on video and thinking how original and interesting it was. Thinking about what a… Continue reading
I'd like to write a little about Monsieur Verdoux, not a review, but the film entered my head again recently after writing about Shadow of a Doubt. It's certainly not the best known Charlie Chaplin film but its one I like the story behind. Chaplin only made… Continue reading
Another trailer today, but from a completely different country and genre. Korean director Kim Ji-woon first caught my attention with The Foul King, the hilarious Korean wrestling comedy he made about 8 years ago. I never saw his first picture The Quiet… Continue reading
Takeshi Kitano is probably best known Japanese director working today, and one of the most famous Japanese filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kitano has a large following, especially in Europe, and has been receiving art house praise since the very early… Continue reading
Just two days after the death of Stan Winston, another major figure of motion pictures passed away on the 17th, dancing star Cyd Charisse. I found her death especially eerie, as I had just written about her a week or so previous, when I mentioned how Cyd and… Continue reading
Joseph Cotten was one of America's finest actors and great treasures, appearing in a variety of important films well regarded today, and yet he is so rarely mentioned in conversations about his craft. It's always been my feeling that Joseph Cotten was a… Continue reading
I mentioned briefly the other day, in my short article about Miracle at St. Anne, that I'm a fan of movies about the Second World War. As a child, one of the first movies I really fell in love with was The Great Escape, to the point where I used to carry… Continue reading
As you'll have no doubt heard by now, the great special effects man Stan Winston has passed away. The news comes as a shock, as Stan was still working away on a number of projects. Not too long ago, I remember his name being dropped as a claim of legitimacy… Continue reading
