Saturday, December 2, 2017
First Lines: James Hilton - Knight Without Armour
There died on the 13th floor inst. at Roone's Hotel, Co. Cork, where he had been staying for some time, Mr. Ainsley Jergwin Fothergill, in his forty-ninth year.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Wonder Woman (2017)
When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
This over-average super-hero movie has a conventional plot for its genre, and the exposition is a bit overlong, but it wins with an enjoyably refreshing feminist stance, its amiable hero perfectly cast with Gal Gadot, great action sequences and a fine sense of humour.
The Movies I Watched in November
Against All Flags 1952 6
Baron Blood 1972 6
Confessions 2010 7
Dark Places 2015 6
Freedom Writers 2007 6
Iraqi Odyssey 2014 7
It 1990 5
Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966 7
Lone Survivor 2013 6
Man of Steel 2013 6
Planet of the Vampires 1965 8
Rebecca 1940 8
Slow West 2015 7
Solace 2015 6
Survivor 2015 6
The Art of War 2000 5
The Little World of Don Camillo 1952 7
Killing for Love 2016 6
The Return of Don Camillo 1953 6
The Roommate 2011 5
The Story of O 1975 5
To Die For 1995 6
Welcome to the Rileys 2010 6
Wonder Woman 2017 7
Baron Blood 1972 6
Confessions 2010 7
Dark Places 2015 6
Freedom Writers 2007 6
Iraqi Odyssey 2014 7
It 1990 5
Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966 7
Lone Survivor 2013 6
Man of Steel 2013 6
Planet of the Vampires 1965 8
Rebecca 1940 8
Slow West 2015 7
Solace 2015 6
Survivor 2015 6
The Art of War 2000 5
The Little World of Don Camillo 1952 7
Killing for Love 2016 6
The Return of Don Camillo 1953 6
The Roommate 2011 5
The Story of O 1975 5
To Die For 1995 6
Welcome to the Rileys 2010 6
Wonder Woman 2017 7
First Lines: James Hilton - Lost Horizon
During that third week of May the situation in Baskul had become much worse and, on the 20th, Air Force machines arrived by arrangement from Peshawur to evacuate the white residents.
Slow West (2015)
A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.
Indeed slow (and short) elegiac Western gives its conventional story depth with its good cast, beautiful landscape cinematography and a sense for the madness of violence.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Solace (2015)
A psychic works with the F.B.I., in order to hunt down a serial killer.
A good cast and some directorial expertise help, but can't quite redeem the nonsensical story of two clairvoyants in battle with each other.