Like some of you, I have vivid memories of opening night in 1986, which was 38 years ago. Who knows where the time goes (Judy Collins)?
But if we want to watch Aliens more or less how it looked theatrically, we can still watch our original blu-rays. I feel like the earlier blu-ray release was...
It's apparently a serious and thought-provoking movie. Variety's Peter Debruge gives it a lot of praise....
https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/civil-war-review-1235942401/
"A terrific Kirsten Dunst plays a jaded photojournalist documenting the end of democracy as we know it in what's sure...
As Matt Hough writes in his perceptive review above...
"Besides Elizabeth Taylor’s dazzling looks and strong characterization (she even seems to mature during the film, something that can’t be said for any of her co-stars), Van Johnson’s Charles offers him one of his strongest roles.... Walter...
If D2 ends up making almost double the amount of the first, then it seems like we'll probably get D3 at some point—although maybe several years from now to let the actors age in the roles. Dune Messiah starts about a dozen years after the events of the first novel.
Just out of curiosity, which science fiction novels from the 1960s or 1950s do you have high regard for?
From my pov lot of science fiction gets dated more quickly and more significantly than most other forms of literature. What was futuristic in the 1960s, for instance, might now be something...
I've been reading science fiction novels for half a century, and no science fiction novel has a plausible explanation of how faster than light travel could happen, because as we know it's impossible. "Warp Drive." "Spice." Interstellar has a "wormhole." Larry Niven has a hyperdrive "shunt."...
I'm in Louisville. Turns out my friend had to drop out bc of a cold, but I got his seat for my wife instead. She's happy to be going.
I've seen the first one about half a dozen times. The first Dune movie was magnificent from my pov, and I'm looking forward to this one.
Watched the first two episodes with my spouse. We liked it! Has some realism in it, not surprisingly. Helps you visualize some of what it was like to be in a B-17.
Enjoying this show. Quality Western inspired by a real lawman with an incredible career. Strong performances throughout, including by star David Oyelowo and Dennis Quaid.
The casting of Steve McQueen seems both flawed and perfect for Nevada Smith. He was 35 when the movie was made, but was supposedly playing someone 18 or so who was half Native American. But if you can get past that unreality, this is a well-made epic revenge Western from 1966 with a great cast...
Got a lot of KL blu-rays during the recent sale, and watched these two in the last couple of days. Backtrack is a surprising neo-noir from 1990 with some interesting cinematography and an impressive cast of players. PQ is very good. PQ even better for The Carpetbaggers, which looks probably...
Although I watched the tv series sometimes way back in the early 1970s (half a century ago!), I enjoyed my first time watching this movie quite a bit. It's corny at times, and definitely of its era, but the emotional roller coaster worked for me. Ronny Howard and Glenn Ford playing across each...
Watching this now. Just 12-minutes in, but so far liking it. Epic. Visually impressive. Gritty.
A movie that starts with an Anthony Hopkins voice over is going to draw me in.
PS Turns out Anthony Hopkins plays a major character!
40 minutes in, and so far I'm really liking it. Intense...
Just watched my new blu-ray of this movie for the first time. As RC says above, This Gun for Hire is really good. I was on the edge of my seat for parts of it, and I could feel the influence on later movies I've seen, up to and including The Fugitive with Harrison Ford. My rating for This Gun...