Prolific director King Vidor was a master of the melodrama, and this dark romance set in the bayou features the versatile and dynamic Jennifer Jones as a girl from the wrong wide of the swamp who refuses to be tamed, or compromise her love for young Charlton Heston. With Karl Malden. Tight at 82 minutes.
Two parents from different backgrounds search for their children in the aftermath of London's 2005 terrorist bombing. Brenda Blethyn is awesome, as usual. Quiet, beautiful film.
http://www.londonrivermovie.com/ Brilliant, funny drama; great script, characters, dialogue: loved it!
Susan Hayward is stunning in this drama about a promising singer who discards her talent to support her husband and his singing career. She loses it to booze. Hayward is gorgeous and vulnerable, rewarded with an Oscar nomination: love her! Cool nightclub scenes, and glimpse into the world of radio before television. Dorothy Parker and Frank Cavett nominated for best original screenplay.
My obsession with James Purefoy has been compromised by this dreadful film that fittingly includes Paul Giamatti. Couldn't get past twenty minutes... fine for hardcore Knights Templar geeks.
Yes, you should see this documentary about Sudanese refugees in the U.S.A..
http://www.lostboysfilm.com/ "Beat" Takeshi Kitano returns to hardcore yakuza action: lots of violence and brutality. Not a great film but worth it if you love his messed-up face, gangsters and imaginative murders.
Daytime drama / soap opera fans rejoice! Woody Allen has made you a two hour movie with beautiful movie stars set in London! Jonathan Rhys Meyers is perfectly cast. Typical bad romance story classed up with literature & opera-goers. The Academy thought this was worthy of a best original screenplay nomination? Did not love it.
http://www.matchpoint.dreamworks.com/main.html Michael Shannon; huge head, can speak without moving his lips, mumbles, most moodiest actor since Oliver Reed, intense, amazing: love him. This story suits him, and Jessica Chastain is good too. Excellent film.
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