Tag Archives: movies

“Thor”

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Kenneth Branagh has directed “Thor” with the sort of gloppy boyishness that I’ve sometimes enjoyed in his acting. The tone is consistently breathless, jaunty even, and not a frame of it is underworked. I took it as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel Comics, movies, Natalie Portman, Thor, Tom Hiddleston | 8 Comments

“Juliette”

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 1951 “Juliette” Marcel Carne attempts to evoke Cocteau but mostly succeeds in calling attention to his unCocteauness. The movie is gauche where it needs to be lyrical, deliberate where it needs to be suggestive. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Gerard Philippe, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Carne, movies, Poetic Realism, Suzanne Cloutier | 2 Comments

“An American Affair”

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I bought the DVD of this 2009 movie because Gretchen Mol is in it. It turns out to be a small historical suspense fantasia, set in 1963 in Georgetown, about a teenage boy from an uptight family … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Politics and Economics | Tagged Gretchen Mol, JFK, Mary Pinchot Meyer, movies, Ross Thomas | 9 Comments

“Until They Get Me”

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In 1916 Frank Borzage made a terrific early western, entitled “The Pilgrim.” It starred Borzage himself in the role of a drifter whose gallantry is brought to the fore by the plight of a lovely girl. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Frank Borzage, John Ford, movies, Pauline Starke, The Searchers, westerns | 2 Comments

“The Happiest Days of Your Life”

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The best of the classic English comedies are predicated on notions of Englishness. They use it as both a decorative element (as flavoring) and as an intensifier — because nothing is quite so funny as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged Alastair Sim, England, Frank Launder, John Dighton, Margaret Rutherford, movies | 2 Comments

“A Hero of Our Times”

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This 1955 work from director Mario Monicelli unspools with an ease that belies its absurd subject matter. Alberto Sordi plays Menichetti, a man so anxious to maintain his meager social standing that he just about negates … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Alberto Lattuada, Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Bertrand Blier, Dino Risi, Federico Fellini, Italy, Marco Ferreri, Mario Monicelli, movies, Pietro Germi | 2 Comments

“Truck Stop”

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Softcore French porn from the ‘70s by Jean-Marie Pallardy, in a boisterous and rollicking vein. The plot is based on The Odyssey: a couple of truck drivers lose their way and have episodic adventures, mostly of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged Jean-Marie Pallardy, movies, sex | 4 Comments

“Brick”

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Writer-director Rian Johnson has made a name for himself with his latest film “Looper.” I haven’t seen it, but I did catch up with his debut feature the other night. It’s called “Brick,” and I found it … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged brick, Film Noir, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper, movies, Raymond Chandler, Rian Johnson | 16 Comments

Exploitation Movie Posters

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: These days, everyone loves old exploitation movies — even smart people. In fact, it seems to me that old exploitation movies are to the artsy-smartsy set of today what Hollywood classics starring Bogart and Cagney were to the artsy-smartsy … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers, Sex | Tagged 13 Assassins, American International Pictures, Audition, Blaxploitation, Breakdown, Crank, Edwige Fenech, Exploitation, Frank Tashlin, Freeway, Greg McLean, Grindhouse, Herschell Gordon Lewis, horror, Ichi the Killer, Jack Hill, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Mostow, Kung Fu, Matthew Bright, Movie Posters, movies, Neveldine/Taylor, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Rob Zombie, Roberta Collins, Roger Corman, Russ Meyer, Sam Fuller, Sam Peckinpah, Sid Haig, Takashi Miike, The Devil's Rejects, The Human Centipede, Tom Six, Wolf's Creek | 18 Comments

25 Awesome Things About “Rio Bravo”

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Please feel free to add your own. 1. The names: Chance, Dude, Stumpy, Colorado, Feathers. 2. The bit where Chance kisses Stumpy on the head, then runs out the door like a little kid who’s just stolen … Continue reading →