Recent content by Vic Pardo

Sorry, the film brought out the worst in me. I just needed to vent. (Besides, the remark was meant as a not-so-subtle reference to Rodriguez's extramarital affair with his star, Rose McGowan, on the set of PLANET TERROR.)

Banal dialogue, dull characters, terrible acting, miscasting across the board, where do I begin? The two leads give the worst line-readings I’ve heard in a movie since THE PHANTOM MENACE and ATTACK OF THE CLONES. And what’s with all these 21st century teenage hipsters in the 26th century? You...

Just for the record, I find JQuintana's positions to be quite valid, just as I find Tino's positions to be equally valid. (And Edwin-S. And Jake...And Josh and...) I like reading this debate. You can all be right. That's the beauty of this topic. JQ represents one faction of viewers, Tino...

The film industry reporter for The New York Times questioned 20 anonymous Academy voters about their choices for Best Picture. I don't know that one can draw any conclusions from these comments, but they're interesting nonetheless...

Did they give you a refund at least?

It was ABC that called the meeting, that's why I blame them. If they hadn't called the meeting in the first place and just left their reservations to themselves, none of this would have happened--at least not this year. The time to bring it all up is right after the broadcast, a full year ahead...

Sounds like ABC is at fault. They should have just kept their mouths shut. I think ABC can clean up the whole mess by letting the four chosen awards categories play out in full in real time in the live commercial over-the-air broadcast, from reading the nominees to the winner's speech, and make...

I think you need a stopwatch when you watch the Oscars this year. Most speeches by winners at the Oscars are under a minute. Every so often, someone high-profile or historic runs over a minute or two. (I'm thinking Halle Berry when she won.) There may have been a rare instance or two where it...

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/02/steven-soderbergh-high-flying-bird-oscars-netflix-interview/582547/?fbclid=IwAR0hlNvDM69Gh3TXNdFP72CAoNs8CFsWfJRsGqspLSMysRRpwlduUxVTb_4 Steven Soderbergh makes several interesting comments about the Oscar broadcast in this interview.

I saw it as a kid, but never thought of it as a western. More of a swashbuckler. Fox's big-budget THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940), with Tyrone Power, is definitely always classified as a swashbuckler. However, in retrospect, I'm guessing the Disney show probably followed the template of the western...

I've said this before and I'll say it again: no need for the short categories--documentaries, live-action, animated--at all. They were only there because once upon a time the studios regularly produced documentaries and short subjects, both live and animated. Check the nominees in the 1930s...

"Have Gun Will Travel" had a great Season 2 episode, "The Moor's Revenge," with Vincent Price as a Shakespearean actor stopping in San Diego, where Paladin happens to be. Patricia Morison (who died last year at the age of 103!), a Broadway star and B-movie actress, played Price's wife and acting...

I mentioned The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp in Post #4.

I'm a big fan of westerns and I agree with the previous suggestions, esp. "Stories of the Century," an excellent show with great guest stars (Lee Van Cleef as Jesse James, Richard Jaeckel as Billy the Kid, Marie Windsor as Belle Starr, Slim Pickens as the Sundance Kid, etc.) and ample use of...

Agreed...definitely a great year for cinema. In my piece on the best films of 1956 two years ago (60th anniversary), the only Best Picture nominee I included was THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. https://briandanacamp.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/the-best-films-of-1956/