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October 23, 2011

The Three Musketeers (Review)

The classic measure to the Musketeer movie is, of course, the 1973 version with Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, etc. That one gets 10 for 10 for following the storyline, great casting, great pacing, and wonderfully choreographed sword-play. Since then, there have been several excretable versions of this classic tale, most of them having nothing to do with the original. The Three Musketeers (2011) is not a bad little version. I wouldn’t want to see it with literate friends but it’s fun enough. Its a rather steampunky affair (the 1973 version had a spring dagger in the hilt of […]

December 8, 2011

Movie Guide

A friend asked if I would recommend my favorite movies of all time. In that, I went through my collection, looking for dear old favorites. Many made the top set of favorites. Some just fell short – I’ll include them too, further below. The best…. Amelie – Simply put, the cutest movie ever made. Adorable. Blade Runner – We’re talking director’s cut here. Mortality and morality, all in a grim futuristic setting. The Blues Brothers – A car-crashing music video. I don’t even like R&B, but I do when I watch this. Still hate Illinois Nazis. The Blue Max – […]

May 20, 2012

God Bless America (Review)

Everyone remembers Deathwish, the suburban revenge-fantasy flick out of the last century where an angered father takes on street crime, doing that vigilante stuff that seemed so cool until the real world implications (i.e. Zimmermann/Martin) intruded. So much for escapism revenge fantasies. But now we have Deathwish for the new generation. God Bless America was assembled by Bobcat Goldthwait (yeah, that guy). Basically, its about middle-aged loser Frank, tuffed out of his job because he made a nice gesture of sending flowers to a receptionist (yet violated company policy in using her personal information (i.e. address) do do this nice […]