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Coming to America, a review by Tom

Coming to America
It is the 21st birthday of Prince Akeem of Zamunda and he is to marry a woman he never saw before. Now the prince breaks with tradition and travels to America to look for the love of his life.

My thoughts:
Probably my favorite Eddie Murphy movie. Always fun to watch.


This was it for my Cinderella weekend marathon. 7 movies in all. Not bad for three days.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Cinderella Stories on January 20th, 2008)

My Darling Clementine, a review by Antares

My Darling Clementine





Year: 1946
Film Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Genre: Western
Length: 96 Min.

Director
John Ford (1894)

Writing
Samuel G. Engel (1904)...Screenwriter
Winston Miller (1910)...Screenwriter
Sam Hellman (1885)...Story By

Producer
Samuel G. Engel (1904)

Cinematographer
Joseph MacDonald (1906)

Music
Cyril J. Mockridge (1896)...Composer

Stars
Henry Fonda (1905) as Wyatt Earp
Linda Darnell (1923) as Chihuahua
Victor Mature (1913) as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Cathy Downs (1924) as Clementine Carter
Walter Brennan (1894) as Old Man Clanton
Tim Holt (1918) as Virgil Earp
Ward Bond (1903) as Morgan Earp
Alan Mowbray (1896) as Granville Thorndyke

ReviewMy Darling Clementine is that John Wayne is nowhere to be found. I find that a lot of the films they made together tended to be rather formulaic, corny and a little boring. My Darling Clementine is quite the opposite, starring Henry Fonda and the always versatile Walter Brennan, Ford takes his shot at the often told tale of the legendary gunfight at the OK corral. Aside from Jesse James, I think this is the one event which has been brought to the screen in more variations than any other in history.

       Fonda stars as famed ex-lawman Wyatt Earp, a man that wants to make a new start out west in the cattle industry. But upon reaching the lawless town of Tombstone Arizona, he is forced to re-enter his former line of work after his brother is murdered and his livestock rustled by the ever cantankerous and downright mean-spirited Ike Clanton (Walter Brennan). What ensues is a classic chess match between the two adversaries as each tries to get the upper hand on the other and assert their own form of control over the town.

       What helps the film stay on course and remain interesting throughout is that Ford never reverts to making the film satisfy every member of the audience. He had a penchant for doing this in many of his other westerns, primarily the films starring Wayne. You could always count on at least one or two scenes that were added to the film that were put there to add homespun charm to the films atmosphere. For example; in The SearchersFort Apache we get the scene where the Irish sergeants are given orders to destroy contraband whiskey and they come up with the predictable idea of how to get rid of it all.

       Thankfully none of these unessential scenes are in My Darling Clementine and the suspense builds up to the climatic final showdown. There have been many countless interpretations of what really happened at the OK corral, and although Fords version is highly fabricated, of all the films that have been made on this subject and event, his is the most exciting.


Review Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From My Darling Clementine (1946) on July 27th, 2010)

The Flash Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Guest Stars:
David Cassidy as Sam Scudder
Signy Coleman as Stasia Masters
Vito D'Ambrosio as Bellows
Biff Manard as Murphy
Carolyn Seymour as Jocelyn Weller

My Thoughts:
This is an ok episode... but was never one of my favorites. I found I just didn't care much about the main storyline. But it still has some entertaining moments.

My Rating:

(From The Flash Marathon on April 26th, 2010)