?Maybe she wasn?t loved widely but she was loved deeply? and isn?t that more than most of us get?? ? Augustus Waters (The Fault in Our Stars) It?s hard to find love at the movies. Well, to be fair, it?s not hard to find what they think love is. Most films seem to have some…
Lately, remakes are a dime a dozen. You can see ‘reboots’ of?True Grit and?Terminator, you can watch small screen versions of?Lethal Weapon,?Poltergeist,?Frequency, and?MacGyver.?And now, Yul Brynner’s classic, itself a remake of?Seven Samurai, received the Antoine Fuqua-ized version, complete with Denzel Washington and enough racial diversity to make?The Fast & The Furious?franchise jealous. But lost in…
Burt Kennedy, the director behind?Support Your Local Sheriff!?and a host of others (including?Suburban Commando), delivered Raquel Welch in the titular role of Hannie Caulder. Caulder is the victim first – as she watches her husband murdered, her ranch torched, and her body left broken and for dead – before she becomes the force of vigilante…
Marlon Brando directed one film, One-Eyed Jacks. The short version: in 1961, he adapted Guy Trosper’s (The Pride of St. Louis) script into a film that he largely shaped in his own way, with cinematographer Charles Lang nominated for an Academy Award (after Stanley Kubrick and Sam Peckinpah were removed from their respective roles). The…
Adam West was the first ‘famous’ person I ever interacted with, as a twelve-year-old stammering my way up for an autograph. He signed my 1980s era edition of a Batman comic and we watched the feature-length film that he and Burt Ward filmed, 1966’s Batman: the Movie. It was glorious, but the world has moved…
While John Ford might be best known for westerns like?Stagecoach?and?The Searchers, he earned Academy Awards for other projects like?The Grapes of Wrath?and?The Quiet Man. Now, Olive Films delivers the high definition transfer of the latter, a romantic drama/comedy set in Ireland. When the Irish-American ex-boxer Sean Thornton (John Wayne) arrives in Ireland, he’s looking to…
Richard Matheson wrote many science fiction?stories that continue to find themselves on the big screen, decades after he wrote them. His son, Chris, may not be as famous, but his writing -?Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures?(1989) and its sequel,?Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey?(1991) – has entertained millions and developed a cult following. Now, thanks to…
On their wedding day, a couple gets disturbing news: a gang is headed in on the noon train to avenge an old debt, and the groom is the target. He is the ex-marshal Will Kane, played by Academy Award-winning Gary Cooper in a strong performance in the waning twilight of his career. Thanks to Olive…
Back in 1984, director brother Joel and Ethan Coen teamed with first-time cinematographer Barry Sonnefeld to deliver their first feature film,?Blood Simple. They would go on to work together again on Raising Arizona and?Miller’s Crossing, but their combined filmography includes?O Brother, Where Art Thou?,?No Country For Old Men,?Men in Black, Fargo,?Get Shorty, and a host…
Let’s be honest: every satirical film I’ve seen since 2004 has been gauged against?Saved!?At the time of the film’s release, I knew only that it starred Jena Malone and Mandy Moore (two hit-list actresses at the time) and was produced by Michael Stipe of R.E.M. But after seeing the film, and reflecting on my own…
