Category: movie review

Hanspostcard Movie Draft Round 10, Pick 5, “Zardoz” (1974)

Title: “Zardoz”Released: 1974 (US)Genre: FantasyDirector: John BoormanFilming locations: 7 locations in Ireland Starring: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, Sally Anne Newton, Niall Buggy, Bosco Hogan, Jessica Swift, Bairbre Dowling, Christopher Casson, Reginald Jarman.Uncredited Performers: Daisy, John, Katrine, and Telsche Boorman; and David DeKeyser. [the gigantic Stone Head hovers before the worshipful horde…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #84 – May 11, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Three movies will be reviewed today. I’m also almost halfway through S1 of the TV series, “Yellowstone.” (Thanks, Fandango!) Western series aren’t usually my thing, but with Kevin Costner as the patriarch and Danny Huston as a recurring villain, how could I resist? I’m liking the series…

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Hanspostcard Movie Draft — Round 9, Pick 9, May 4, 2021 — “Natural Born Killers” (1994)

Title: Natural Born Killers (1994) Genre: Crime Director: Oliver Stone Story by: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield, Everett Quinton, Jared Harris, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Edie McClurg, Russell Means, Lanny Flaherty, O-Lan Jones, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Lineback, Kirk Baltz, Ed White, Terrylene, Maria Pitillo, Josh Richman, Tommy Lee Jones,…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #83 – May 4, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! There is a real mix of movies this week, from painful to joyful to fantastical to outright TERRIFYING. One film, John Huston’s, “Wise Blood,” an old b&w, sounded good and maybe even is good, but I couldn’t get past the ongoing racial epithets by the main character…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #82 – April 27, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Son of the Bride (2001) (El hijo de la novia – original title) Starring: Ricardo Darin, Hector Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco, Natalia Verbeke, Gimena Nobile, David Masajnik, Claudia Fontan, Atilio Pozzobon, Salo Pasik, Humberto Serrano, and many more. Director: Juan José Campanella Genres: comedy, drama Synopsis:…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #81 – April 20, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies!  I’m reviewing just 3 films today.  I also finished watching S3 of “The Sinner.”  Please please please make a S4!  I also watched disc 1 of Ken Burns’ Jazz series and am SO glad I did.  It really helps me understand the magic of jazz music; am…

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