How good can a movie about a broken down alcoholic real deal country singer be? In the case of Crazy Heart, it’s pretty damn good, riding on a fantastic performance by Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake. The film reminded me a little of The Wrestler… Read More
Last night we watched Das Boot, the 1981 Wolfgang Peterson film, on DVD. I had never seen it. For others in that boat, the film is a long depiction of a single mission by a captain and crew of a German submarine during the WWII.… Read More
“I think this calls for opening up a free for all on the best or at least favorite western ever made. I like John Wayne movies but I dont think any of them would really rank top 5 when you start tossing Lee Marvin and… Read More
Rio Bravo was on TV yesterday. I hadn’t seen it in years, but it was as good as I remembered it. Howard Hawks directed and it starred John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan and the very lovely Angie Dickinson. John Wayne needs all… Read More
Early this morning, we watched Clerks on dvd. Clerks is the 1994 film by Kevin Smith. It was shot for $27,575 in black & white. The film is about Dante, a clerk in a convenience store and his buddy, video store clerk Randal. They’re really… Read More
This film was directed by Werner Herzog and stars Nicolas Cage with support from Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer. It shares part of a title and the concept of a corrupt cop with the 1992 film The Bad Lieutenent starring Harvey Keitel. Herzog has stated… Read More
This film didn’t seem nearly interesting enough to go see on the big screen, but it turned out to be better than I expected when we finally watched it at home on DVD. I kind of expected a kind of Charles Bronson vigilante-type flick, but… Read More
I missed this film first time around, but watched it last night, thanks to Tuffy P who bought a pre-loved copy from the local DVD place. I had heard that Mickey Rourke did a great job, but beyond that knew little about this flick. What… Read More
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