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Monthly Archives: September 2019
Albert Finney is Hercule Poirot in “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” (1974) – reviewed by George
1930 – the Long island Home of the Armstrongs A mewspaper photo of the mansion and the headline “Armstrong Baby Kidnapped”, with a subhead “Crushed Toys, Crushed Hopes” and a photo of baby things broken on the floor. Then we … Continue reading
Posted in A, M, Movies
Tagged Agatha Christie, Albert Finney, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Anne V. Coates, Anthony Perkins, Charles Lindbergh, Colin Blakely, Denis Quilley, Geoffrey Unsworth, George Coulouris, Hercule Poirot, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Pierre Cassel, Jeremy Lloyd, John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Michael York, Murder on the Orient Express, Paul Dehn, Rachel Roberts, Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Widmark, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, Tony Walton, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) – reviewed by George
This two-hour animated feature brings together Spider-Men (and -Women and -other life forms) from different universes in aid of Earth’s new Spiderman, a middle-school student named Miles Morales (voice of Shamiek Moore). Miles has taken and aced a test that … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, S
Tagged Bob Persichetti, Brian Tyree Henry, Hailee Steinfeld, John Mulaney, Kathryn Hahn, Kimiko Glenn, Liev Schreiber, Lily Tomlin, Lina Lauren Velez, Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Peter Ramsey, Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman, Shamiek Moore, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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Jonny Lee Miller is Sherlock Holmes in “Elementary”: Season 3, Episodes 10, 11, and 12 – reviewed by George
Episode 10: Seed Money At an NA meeting Kitty (Ophelia Lovibond) shares that her initial plan was to learn from her mentor and leave. But now she has friends and life is good. After the meeting, one of the participants, … Continue reading
Posted in E, Sherlock Holmes, TV
Tagged Aidan Quinn, Brian Rodenbeck, Elementary, Guy Ferland, Jason Tracey, John Polson, Jon Michael Hill, Jonny Lee Miller, Kate Finneran, Lucy Liu, Murphy Guyer, Ophelia Lovibond, P.J. Sosko, Robert Doherty, Salar Ghajar, Seith Mann, Stuart Townsend, Tammy Blanchard, Zuzanna Szadkowski
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Clara Bow in “The Primrose Path” (1925) – reviewed by George
The older son of the Armstrong family is squandering his life on the Primrose Path – the path of folly, bordered by beautiful blossoms that beckon the young. I hope you can tell I didn’t write that, but am quoting … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, P
Tagged Clara Bow, Harry O. Hoyt, Leah Baird, Lydia Knott, Mike Donlin, Pat Moore, Stuart Holmes, Templar Saxe, The Primrose Path, Tom Santachi, Wallace MacDonald
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Rowan Atkinson in “Johnny English Strikes Again” (2018) – reviewed by George
At MI7 one lone night duty agent (Kevin Eldon) is monitoring all the screens in the data room. Except he’s not. He’s playing games on his cell phone. So when someone starts revealing the identities of all of MI7’s agents, … Continue reading
Rowan Atkinson in “Johnny English Reborn” (2011) – reviewed by George
This is magnificent movie-making. Agent One (Eric Carte) has a problem. A contact will only talk to Johnny English, and his information is sorely needed. But English did a cockup in Mozambique five years ago that really disgraced MI7, and … Continue reading
Rowan Atkinson in “Johnny English” (2003) – reviewed by George
Johnny English sneaks into a mansion, past guard dogs, armed men, and one armed woman. He proceeds with great panache and total confidence, winning all encounters. Then his daydream is interrupted. He’s told that Agent One (Greg Wise) is on … Continue reading
The Mikado (1987) – reviewed by George
It’s probably obvious that I’m a lover of stage musicals, so you might think I’d know a lot of Gilbert and Sullivan. Well, you’d be wrong. Go beyond “H.M.S. Pinafore” and “The Pirates of Penzance” and I’m lost. So it … Continue reading
Posted in M, Movies, TV
Tagged Anthony Van Laast, Arthur Sullivan, Bonaventura Bottone, Eric Idle, Ethna Robinson, Felicity Palmer, Findlay Wilson, H.M.S. Pinafore, John Michael Phillips, Jonathan Miller, Lesley Garrett, Peter Robinson, Richard Angas, Richard Van Allan, Susan Bullock, The London Nationl Opera, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, W.S. Gilbert
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Harold Lloyd in “Number, Please?” (1920) – reviewed by George
“An old, old story of men who have loved, lost, and tried to forget. Some seek the whispering shadows of the great outdoors, haunted always by the face of the ‘one girl’. Some would lose ‘her’ image in the mystic … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, N
Tagged Fred Newmeyer, H.M. Walker, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Number Please?, Robert Israel, Roy Brooks
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