The Great Unmade Robert Aldrich Romantic Comedy

Various rantings on movies, books about movies, and other things to do with movies

Monday, December 15, 2025

Movie review - "Winter Spring Summer and Fall" (2024) ***

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 Sweet romance which hit the spot and nice to Jenna Ortega in a more regular part. The film feels as though it's headed towards a bitter...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Movie review - "Captive" (1986) **1/2

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 Doesn't quite work - Paul Mayersberg was perhaps over ambitious using the Patty Heart story as he had to demonstrate real character cha...

Movie review - "Nineteen Eighty Four" (1984) ****

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 Kind of forgotten now -  Brazil  has overshadowed it - but beautifully done. I mean, beautiful in a drab way. Like a dream, only a nightmar...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Movie review - "The Holcroft Covenant" (1985) *

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 Such a bad movie. Confusing. Slow. Devoid of action. Dull. No decent action scenes. Michael Caine replaced James Caan. Caine is bad. Everyo...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Book review - "Flashfire" by Richard Parker (2000)

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 This gets off to a slow start with Parker being betrayed feeling very rote, and the baddies not really bad more amiable, and Parker raising...
Saturday, December 06, 2025

Movie review - "Clockwise" (1986) ***

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 John Cleese argued this wasn't a success in the states because it was too indigenous. Maybe - also the film is very stressful with Clee...

Movie review - "Electric Dreams" (1984) ***

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 Sweet. Great music. Virgina Madsen so lovely. Too much Lenny Van Dohlen who isn't  up to it.
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