**_Western in north-central New Mexico with Ethan Hawke and Travolta_**
This takes the plot of “First Blood” and transports it into a Western frame similar to “High Plains Drifter” with influence from Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns from the ’60s. The town set is the same one used for “Silverado” and “Appaloosa” (2008).
People tend to compare it to “The Hateful Eight” because it came out several months after that film and similarly focused on a limited cast in a stagey production, not to mention features a sly sense of humor. Yet “Hateful” is the better production due to its wintry s…
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Stewart Granger is "Adam", a rather raffish gambler who, when his wartime friend "Chris" dies, adopts his daughter "Evelyn" (Jean Simmons) who has hitherto been living in an orphanage. Initially he pretends that he is her father, but that is soon exposed by his friends and so the two must now treat honestly - or as honestly as he knows how - with each other and their bond begins to mature, much to the chagrin of the rather calculating “Moira” (Helen Cherry). Both stars work well together, and the simple story is a well written and directed tale of deceit, deception and some good old-fashioned …
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Fantastic movie! Idris Elba is one of my favorite actors and this had lots of action, a great story excellent twist and was funny. Great job guys! Only thing missing for me since I'm a sci-fi fantasy guy was the aliens, haha.…
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After a surprisingly short wait, successful publishing executive “Carly” (Sharon Stone) finds herself able to move into an apartment on the twentieth floor of a plush Manhattan block. Initially, her neighbours remark on how similar she looks to it’s previous occupant - a woman who leapt from the balcony! She’s made of stronger stuff, though, and sets no store by superstition until she meets “Lansford” (Tom Berenger) who starts to fill her head with conspiracy theories about “Zeke” (William Baldwin) - a slickly creepy fellow whom we know has an array of illicit surveillance equipment dotted abo…
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I remember all the fuss about this film at the time because it was directed by blonde heart-throb Peter Howitt, famed as “Joey” from the hit BBC sitcom “Bread”. Ha also wrote the screenplay and the concept is really quite decent. “Helen” (Gwyneth Paltrow) leaves her boyfriend “Gerry” (John Lynch) in bed and races for a tube. The doors are closing but will she make it or not? Well in one version of her future she does and in another, she doesn’t. One sees her befriend the charismatic “James” (John Hannah); the other sees her struggle on with her relationship with a man that we know, right from …
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> This thing reeks not only of the usual DEI idiocy I've come to expect from UK
Sounds great based on MovieGuys review, I like perspective, I'm checking it out now.…
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If you saw the 1972 version with Olivier and Caine then that will likely have robbed this iteration of a fair chunk of it’s jeopardy, especially in the latter stages as Sir Michael's "Andrew" invites playboy “Milo” (Jude Law) to his ultra-modern country pile where his host suggests a plan by which he can continue to cheat with his wife. Indeed, not just that but secure the funds to keep them both in the style to which she has already become accustomed. Thing is though, has the cocky young man the intellect to match the wily and shrewd “Andrew”? Is there a deal on the cards to keep both men hap…
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When some eminent scientists start to go missing, journalist “Polly” (Gwyneth Paltrow) finds herself embroiled in a plot that seems to involve some enormous great robots and, of course, the end of the world as we know it. She becomes even more convinced when “Dr. Jennings” (Trevor Baxter) gives her what snippets he knows about the scheme - and that may well centre around the long-absent and enigmatic “Totenkopf”. Pretty much out of her depth, she seeks the help of her ex “Joe” (aka “Sky Captain” - Jude Law) and with the help of his right hand man “Dex” (Giovanni Ribisi) tries to find the sourc…
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I know, the animation isn’t really anything like “Captain Pugwash”, but that was all I could really compare this with to as it tells us a seafaring yarn with one obvious message. A woman is captured by pirates and promptly made to walk the plank. They all then proveed to get legless on rum and fall asleep. Meantime, a smaller ship is sailing nearby crewed by a captain, an enormous great sailor (think “Bluto”) and a cat. This skipper is not the bravest man on deck, but when he realises his would-be foes are all out for the count and the he espies a treasure chest, he takes advantage of the situ…
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Two US Marshals arrive at a remote island sanatorium to investigate the disappearance of one of it’s patients. “Teddy” (Leonardo Di Caprio) is a confident, bullish man who has only recently returned from combat duty in Germany at the end of the war, whilst his partner “Chuck” (Mark Ruffalo) is a long-term beat cop. The place has it’s own fairly heft security arrangements and neither “Dr. Cawley” (Sir Ben Kingsley) nor his enigmatic consulting physician “Dr. Naehring” (Max Von Sydow) have much time for his heavy-handed demands. Quite swiftly, their work begins to unveil some sinister undercurre…
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