Archive for October, 2008

31 Oct

#6: Casablanca (1942)

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Directed by: Michael Curitz
Plot: Classic film set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
But is it any good?
Maybe I’m cold-hearted, I don’t know, but I felt strangely unmoved by Casablanca. Perhaps it was all the hype that […]

25 Oct

#7: Schindler’s List (1993)

Starring: Lian Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Plot: Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.
But is it any good?
This is certainly not a movie I could bring myself to watch again, but I remember being very […]

25 Oct

#8: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Starring: Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, hobbits, elf etc.
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Plot: In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.
But is it any good?
This is the one […]

20 Oct

#9: Citizen Kane (1941)

Starring: Orson Welles
Directed by: Orson Welles
Plot: Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
But is it any good?
This remains my favourite movie. Out of context it is a powerful biopic-style film of a media baron. In context it is a powerful biopic-style film of a […]

05 Oct

#11: Star Wars (1977)

Starring: R2D2
Directed by: George Lucas
Plot: Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
But is it any good?
Aww. How could anyone have anything bad to say about this movie? I wasn’t born when it came out but it still shaped […]

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