The Great Unmade Robert Aldrich Romantic Comedy
Various rantings on movies, books about movies, and other things to do with movies
Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Movie review - "The Girl in the Picture" (1985) **
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The success of Gregory's Girl made movies in Scotland, for a time, a thing - here is the star of that movie, playing another gormless...
Movie review - "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956) ***
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Do people still watch this movie any more? It's fun. I mean, it's long, but it gave people their money's worth in 1956. Length!...
Brian de Palma elements
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1) Perviness - lots and lots of vouyerism 2) Old Hollywood - famously Hitchcock but also gangster movies, broad comedies, musicals 3) Lefti...
Movie review - "Minnamurra" (1988) **
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John Sexton had success with the horsey Phar Lap but this didn't do so well despite a lot of good things - the beautiful photography, h...
Book revue - "Future Indefinite" by Noel Coward
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Coward's adventures in the war makes compelling reason in part because he simply went so many places - Poland, Russia, Finland and Norw...
Movie review - "Patton" (1970) ****
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A movie that managed to unite hawks and doves with its blood and guts hero - isn't he great vs isn't it awful. Some terrific fresh ...
Movie review - "Love and Friendship" (2016) ***1/2 (re watching)
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Whit Stillman is an idea adapter of Jane Austen. I'm not familiar with the novel but it's clear enough - Kate Beckinsale is a flirt...
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