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My wife and I finished watching In the Heat of the Night on TCM, then watched Saving Private Ryan--again--on the History channel.Just finishing: In The Heat of the Night
My wife and I finished watching In the Heat of the Night on TCM, then watched Saving Private Ryan--again--on the History channel.Just finishing: In The Heat of the Night
then watched Saving Private Ryan--again--.
Oh, I know, but it's not a bad movie and is usually better than whatever is on the other channels. Any time a movie is advertised as a "true story" I take it with a grain or two of salt.Ryan is replete with error, which I will avoid entirely here...
I've never so much as heard of either of those, so I'm now on the lookout for them. Thank you!...A film called Hell is For Heroes with Steve McQueen is quite realistic cinema.
Another, Ambush Bay focuses a Marine Raider PBY insertion in the Philippines.
The latter is perhaps more fact driven with its portrayal of a small team's destruction.
Goldfinger remains a favorite Bond, but this one scene really ended 007's credibility.
Goldfinger, a gambler would have let the hand play out. Bond's quip, considered, but rejected
inside the opponent mind essentially finished the hand. 007's retort seen for what it was,
a desperate bid of little substance. A bluff. Seen and raised-no pun intended.
This movie won't be out until the end of the month, but I'm really looking forward to it: The Dig, which tells the story the discovery and excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1939. Aside from the fascinating subject matter, I'm looking forward to all of the period outfits and cars and so on. The movie will be released on Netflix on January 29. https://www.theguardian.com/science...3-IzO1MVsSGuUFPZXemXpmews3RkJcJOXW1tiagF0v9eM
Is Auric really a gambler, though? The first time we see him he likes to give the impression he's gambling, but he's sure to fix the odds heavily in his favour by cheating. .
Came in last night on the second half of "The Taking Of Pelham 123," the original 1974 version (accept no remakes), and was impressed once again with how perfectly cast, written, and directed it is -- in these days of bloated, bone-dumb action thrillers, it's taut, lean, and intense.
Being fans of the original, a good friend and I saw the 2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 remake on opening day. I think we might have made it about half-way through when we looked at each other and shrugged, mutually deciding we were going to stop trying to figure it out and just watch Travolta ham it up. Above all, we couldn't decide if Director Tony Scott forgot to tell Travolta that it was supposed to be an action drama, or if he forgot to tell Denzel Washington that it was supposed to be a comedy. Regardless, this is another movie we could not recommend to anyone.Came in last night on the second half of "The Taking Of Pelham 123," the original 1974 version (accept no remakes), and was impressed once again with how perfectly cast, written, and directed it is -- in these days of bloated, bone-dumb action thrillers, it's taut, lean, and intense. And it's also definitely in the running for the "Most New York Movie Ever Made" award.
^^^Did it again FF. I have to see this and reread Wharton, always a pleasure. Great review.
Thank you. If you haven't seen it, I recommend the 1993 "Age of Innocence" with Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder as the much better version. And, for what it's worth, "House of Mirth" is my favorite Wharton novel and "Summer" is tied with "Ethan Frome" as my favorite "novelette" of hers.