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Ice Cold in Alex, a review by Antares

Ice Cold in Alex (1958) 4/5 - Tense and well written war film about an ambulance crew trying to get to Alexandria ahead of Rommel's Afrika Korps in the early days of the North Africa Campaign. The dialog and the pacing are taut and the performances are all first rate. John Mills plays the crew leader who has seen too much time on the front lines and is dire need of rest, while Anthony Quayle plays a South African whom they meet on the way, but are not quite sure of his authenticity as an Allied soldier. The only time this film falters is near the end when all of a sudden they make Sylvia Syms character instantly fall in love with Mill's character. It comes out of nowhere and it doesn't not work at all. Aside from this little blip, the story keeps your attention for its entire duration. I'll definitely be re-visiting this one again in the future.

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 20th, 2011)

Reservoir Dogs, a review by DJ Doena

Today it get's a bit bloody.

Reservoir Dogs



Harvey Keitel    ...    Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
Tim Roth   ...    Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
Michael Madsen   ...    Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega
Chris Penn   ...    Nice Guy Eddie Cabot
Steve Buscemi   ...    Mr. Pink
Lawrence Tierney   ...    Joe Cabot
Randy Brooks   ...    Holdaway
Kirk Baltz   ...    Marvin Nash
Edward Bunker   ...    Mr. Blue
Quentin Tarantino   ...    Mr. Brown

2 men return from a robbery that went bad, one of them badly wounded. In the course of time others also come back and they try to figure out what went wrong and why - that means, as long as they aren't busy with threats of killing one another.

My opinion:
Tarantino movies are never shown in the order of the events that have taken place, this one's no different. This one starts at the beginning of the second quarter, jumps to the third quarter and then fills the gaps of the first, second and fourth quarter. Of course one has to like Tarantino's way of spilling blood or else one wouldn't like this movie.

(From Tarantino-Mini-Marathon on February 5th, 2008)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Blackadder's Christmas Carol ()
Writer: Richard Curtis (Writer), Ben Elton (Writer)
Director: Richard Boden
Cast: Rowan Atkinson (Blackadders), Tony Robinson (Baldricks), Miranda Richardson (Queen Elizabeth I/Asphyxia XIX), Stephen Fry (Lord Melchett/Frondo), Hugh Laurie (Prince Regent/Pigmont), Robbie Coltrane (Spirit of Christmas), Miriam Margolyes (Queen Victoria), Jim Broadbent (Prince Albert), Patsy Byrne (Nursie/Bernard), Denis Lill (Beadle), Pauline Melville (Mrs Scratchit), Philip Pope (Lord Nelson), Nicola Bryant (Millicent), Ramsay Gilderdale (Ralph), David Barber (Enormous Orphan), Erkan Mustafa (Enormous Orphan), David Nunn (Enormous Orphan)

For the christmas marathon:
In this twist on the Christmas Carol tale, a good-hearted descendant of Blackadder learns the advantages of being evil by seeing flashbacks of his ancenstors. Through these we get to meet the characters of Blackadder 2 and 3.
Although not as good as the episodes of the series itself, it is quite entertaining.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 6th, 2008)