Archive for February, 2008

20 Feb

#50: All about Eve (1950)

Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter
Directed by: Joseph Mankiewicz
Plot: An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
But is it any good?
Yes. Actually, I think All About Eve might be the first Bette Davis film I’ve ever seen. She looks a tough old thing, […]

15 Feb

#51: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
Directed by: John Huston
Plot: Sam Spade, a private detective, gets involved in a murderous hunt for a valuable statuette.
But is it any good?
First, I must say I haven’t seen the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon, which by a few accounts is superior to this version. This one had some contradictions […]

10 Feb

#52: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Starring: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins
Directed by: David Lean
Plot: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men’s construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.
But is it any good?
I just couldn’t get […]

05 Feb

#53: Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Plot The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control.
But is it any good?
Watch only the first half of Requiem for a Dream and you’ll be signing up for drug addiction classes. The sped-up sequences of […]

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