Once Upon a Time in America: A bit of an epic, this. At 220 minutes long, it felt like an epic too. A film following the lives of a bunch of childhood friends. Mostly concentrating on two – the characters played by Robert De Niro and James Woods. It was another relatively complicated story line, […]
Day: 2009/05/27
Movie: High Noon (1952)
High Noon: A western, though that’s probably obvious from the title. I thought this film was a bit slow in places – I really do seem to want things to happen now, in films. I think this list is getting to me. I am getting to the bottom of the top 250 though, but, that […]
Movie: The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep: A private detective is hired to clear up some blackmail being thrown towards a rich family. That’s the start of the job for the detective in this story.Obviously, things aren’t quite so simple, and it gets more complicated. Especially as the private detective doesn’t seem to want to give up in finding […]