Grapes of Wrath: This was more of a historical lesson for me than anything else. I had absolutely no idea about the ‘Dust Bowl’ problems in the US in the early 1930s. The film starts with Henry Fonda’s character, hitching a ride with a truck driver, and showing a bit of his short temper that seems […]
Movie: Battle of Algiers (1966)
Battle of Algiers: I have to confess. My knowledge of France and their involvement in Algeria was practically non existent. I knew of some racial issues between the French and Algerians, but, had never bothered to look into it. Now, I think my understanding is a lot better. This film is about an Algerian resistance […]
Movie: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter: An interesting religious type of movie. Where a mad (not sure what else could describe him) preacher happens to convince almost everyone around him that he’s a good man. The good and evil, love/hate thing finally made a bit more sense – I’ve seen the tattoos elsewhere in films, but, […]
Movie: Amores Perros (2004)
Amores Perros: I thought this film would be in the style of ‘Crash’ – especially as this film, and Crash involve a car crash. However, the chance meetings seem more coincidental than anything else, and not central to the individual stories. The film was also very odd – I didn’t quite follow initially what exactly […]
Movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)
Tropic Thunder: A great mindless comedy. Worth watching, if you like silly comedy movies – that oddly takes itself seriously, yet, not, at the same time. The trailers at the beginning of the movie are one of the best things, and see if you can spot Tom Cruise (I’m not sure I would’ve spotted him […]
Movie: Fellini’s 8 1/2 (1963)
Fellini’s 8 1/2: What can I say. I think this was even more confusing than La dolce vita. I didn’t enjoy watching this, I saw no plot, no sense to it, just a very similar character to the guy in La dolce vita, and the same kind of surrealism. Also, I couldn’t figure out the […]
Movie: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt: Another excellent Hitchcock film, with only the acting being a bit weird. I also never quite understood the beginning, and what exactly happened with the two strangers. I can’t really think of anything else to write on this one. I give it 8/10
Movie: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk: A slightly different take on the Hulk franchise, which I thought was quite enjoyable, though, I did hope for more action than was in the film already – IÂ am greedy, obviously. I think, though, perhaps my expectations were warped when I heard when this film was out that it had a lot […]
Movie: Les Diaboliques (1955)
Les Diaboliques: A fairly slow moving mystery/thriller kind of film, initially I really wasn’t too sure where it was going. When things started happening, it did start to move rather rapidly. As might be obvious from the synopsis, there is a twist in this movie, that you’re not meant to tell people! The twist was […]
Movie: Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
Judgement at Nuremberg: (I’m using the British spelling). I seem to have gone through a few World War II movies in the past few weeks. This is, of course, another one. Set not long after Germany’s fall, this film is about the trial of four judges who are on trial for their part in sending […]