It’s all about the first twenty or so minutes of The Hustler that’s wort watching. The back-and-forth exchange between Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason gives me chills every time. (Which is nice considering it’s still 90 degrees at half past nine at night.) The rest of the movie I could really care less about. I … Continue reading
Category Archives: 100 Movies in 100 Days
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 51 – Psycho/The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
I tried to sit thru my first Akira Kurosawa movie of this marathon, The Bad Sleep Well, but the bad/missing translation combined with this oppressive heat just irritated me to no end. I wasn’t going to sit thru two hours plus of this horrible half-assed translation. So I switched to the classic Hitchcock suspense movie, … Continue reading
Day 50 Video Review
Here’s the video review at the halfway mark of this long (insane) journey. I’ve set it so that everyone can view. http://www.facebook.com/v/644941070960 Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 50 – Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
You ever have the feeling that you’ve seen a movie but just can’t remember if you really did? Thus is the curious case of Day 50’s movie Anatomy of a Murder. It’s essentially like Law & Order: SVU but with Jimmy Stewart leading the charge instead of Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni. The thing that … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 49 – Touch of Evil (1958)
Everytime I watch Touch of Evil, I always feel dirty, like I need to take a shower to wash the filth off of me. I don’t know if it’s just the atmoshpere of the story, seeing Janet Leigh get harassed and drugged or the obese Orson Welles and the racist, unethical character he portrays. For those who … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 48 – Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
It took a while to get into Witness for the Prosecution. The first twenty minutes or so were a bit slow and I wasn’t sure where it was going. But then John Williams (the actor not the award-winning composer) appears and the murder trail begins and holy smokes, what a great movie! And just when … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 47 – The Killing (1956)
Buried beneath the mountain of classic Stanley Kubrick movies like A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr. Strangelove is a gem of a heist movie called The Killing. The story is very simple – a group of crooks plan out a robbery at a horse-racing track. Only, of course, things don’t go as … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 46 – Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Oh man, today’s one of those “suck-it-up” days. Running on four hours of sleep is no bueno and trying to watch the Robert Aldrich directed Kiss Me Deadly was not gonna happen. Don’t get me wrong, I can immerse myself in the seedy, pulpy underworld of Mike Hammer and Mickey Spillane, but only on a … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 45 – Rear Window/Dial M For Murder (1954)
I’m exhausted. And this time it has nothing to do with this movie marathon. This time, it has to do with waking up at 5a.m. to beat the crowd down to Harbor UCLA hospital to check my dad in. And seeing as how the wait times there are often ridiculous (see yesterday’s post for more … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 44 – Roman Holiday (1953)
There’s certainly a plethora of classics to choose from 1953. Stalag 17, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, From Here To Eternity, Shane, Peter Pan and the first War of the Worlds. But snce I could only choose one, I went with the Audrey Hepburn–Gregory Peck romantic dramedy Roman Holiday. Hepburn won the Best Actress Oscar, Best Actress … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 43 – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
OK, seriously, how can you not be smiling after watching Singin’ in the Rain . I mean, Gene Kelly’s smile alone is infectious, but then you add in the energentic, physical comedy of Donald O’Connor and the innocent songs and dance numbers and it’s no wonder this movie is ranked #79 in the AFI top … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 42 – Strangers on a Train (1951)
The great thing about Strangers on a Train is that it doesn’t mess around. It gets right to the point and doesn’t get all cutesy with its plot twists. You can thank the combination of a Raymond Chandler script and a Alfred Hitchcock‘s direction for that kind of singlar focus. Granted it’s not my favorite … Continue reading
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