Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, February 3, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has more brief reviews of mine that are inspired by posts in various film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). My thoughts on the following motion pictures typically form an extreme minority view, occasionally even the lone dissenting voice.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has more brief reviews of mine that are inspired by posts in various film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). My thoughts on the following motion pictures typically form an extreme minority view, occasionally even the lone dissenting voice.
Fatal Attraction (1987)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has more brief reviews of mine that are inspired by posts in various film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). My thoughts on the following motion pictures typically form an extreme minority view, occasionally even the lone dissenting voice.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Just added to our monthly column “Now Listen to Me…” is our Soundtrack recommendation for the month of January: The Fury with music composed by John Williams.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, January 30, 2023
As with yesterday’s “Dish of the Day”, today’s has more brief reviews of mine that are inspired by posts in various film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). My thoughts on the following motion pictures typically form an extreme minority view, occasionally even the lone dissenting voice.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has more brief reviews of mine that are inspired by posts in various film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). My thoughts on the following motion pictures typically form an extreme minority view, occasionally even the lone dissenting voice.
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991):
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Saturday, January 28, 2023
On TCM today:
Western fans should check out the rock solid The Fastest Gun Alive,
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, January 27, 2023
In the various Facebook film related chat rooms, I share notices about films to be presented on TCM. Many TCM subscribers get upset because they see my recommendations after their films are shown. And so I tell them about Watch TCM
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, January 26, 2023
I just discovered a rare classic film screening (subsequently added to this month’s “Now Listen to Me…” column) in my own backyard (relatively speaking) that I intend to make every effort to attend. All About Eve (1950)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
A topic of divisive discussion in our cinema chatroom (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) relates to:
The recently announced Oscar nominees for which a member’s reply of “Who cares?” received a flurry of heated responses including:
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The purpose of this list is not to give a critical lambasting to what a great number of viewers consider to be cinematic treasures. What I would like to provide my readers with is an alternative and admittedly more critical perspective to consider, one that hopefully will not detract from a person's appreciation for the films under review. At the same time, I'd question whether these motion pictures really deserve the high accolades bestowed upon them by many in the critical community. Perhaps it's like this: instead of "The emperor has no clothes," I'm saying "He's not quite as well dressed." (For a further introduction on this subject please see: Top Ten “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated Part 1.)
These notices are meant for viewers familiar with the following motion pictures.
* Note: Due to popular demand, I’m jumping ahead (in alphabetical order) to review The Shining and will proceed with Parts 6, 7, 8, and 10 at a later date.
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These are some of Cinema's sad departures of 2022 taken from my personal notes soon after the events took place:
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In this series, I'll outline both the finest performances by an actress and those given by an actor in a motion picture. The criteria concerns actors of both genders who are able to communicate an idiosyncratic and thorough understanding of how their characters feel toward, and relate to, the people and situations with whom they are involved. These performances are delivered in an entirely natural manner without unnecessary affectation or embellishment. Their preservation on film gives the viewer an opportunity to keenly scrutinise each thespian's work. Therefore, the acting must not only be appropriate for the cinematic medium (as opposed to a more emphatic stage delivery) but allow for new character revelations to be discovered upon repeat viewings. These second five are listed in order of the film's release date, the earliest first. (For a further introduction on this subject please see: Top Ten Treasured Performances Part 1: The Actresses).
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Sterling Silver Dialogue #24: (Answers)
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