ph: Enrique Badulescu
Saturday, September 14, 2013
First Lines: Andrew Krivak - The Sojourn
And so I was saved by the simple act of a boy who dived into that river, icy as hell and too strong for even a grown man to swim, stroked hard to reach a babe sinking under the weight of the wraps that bound him, and floated to the safety of the opposite shore almost a half mile downstream.
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Three stories about the lives and loves of those who own a certain yellow Rolls-Royce.
Three light love stories all done in good taste, but without much depth and not giving its stars much of a challenge.
Halliwell*: "Lukewarm all-star concoction lacking either good stories or a connecting thread."
Maltin***: "Slick Terrence Rattigan drama...; contrived but ever-so-smoothly handled."
Friday, September 13, 2013
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New York
A crew of observers on the Empire State building, New York City, during an air defense test. 1941
Thursday, September 12, 2013
New Stuff: The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation
Recommended by Bavarian radio's Harry Lachner this is a winner.
New Stuff: Hans Magnus Enzensberger
A collection of bad traveling experiences, chosen by Hans Magnus Enzensberger so they must be good ones.
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
An vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.
Great production value doesn't work amid a senseless plot and endless fighting scenes.
Maltin**1/2: "New look at Robert E. Howard's pulp-fiction hero may not be inteelectually stimulating but it's never dull with great action scenes, visual effects and two formidable villains: warlord Lang and McGowan as his sorceress daughter."
