Saturday, October 6, 2012
First Lines: Sibylle Berg - The Journey
It was that time of the year, when there were only four hours of light in Iceland.
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Love Story (1944)
When a concert pianist learns that she has a serious heart problem. she vows to enjoy what time she has left.
A typical old-fashioned tearjerker tastefully made and played so that the outlandishness of the plot is hardly noticeable.
Halliwell (no stars): "Novelettish love story which became popular because of its Cornish Rhapsody."
Breach (2007)
Based on the true story, FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
Intensive character study but a bit lacking with the figure of the young investigator.
Maltin ***: "Solid, straightforward drama with a superior performance by Cooper that reflects the many facets of Hanssen's personality...although we never really understand what makes him tick."
Monday, October 1, 2012
First Lines: Jane Rule - Desert of the Heart
Conventions, like clichés, have a way of surviving their own usefulness.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
Typically good-humored WWII star vehicle with a plot with a few twists too many.
Halliwell (no stars): "Routine war hokum with plenty of explosions and sudden death, but not much sense. Nothing, really, to do with The Guns of Navarone."
Maltin BOMB: "Awful sequel to GUNS OF NAVARONE, poor in all departments, although Shaw, Ford, and Nero give it a lift..."
