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High Sierra, a review by Antares

High Sierra





Year: 1941
Film Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Genre: Crime, Classic, Drama
Length: 100 Min.

Director
Raoul Walsh (1887)

Writing
John Huston (1906)...Screenplay
W. R. Burnett (1899)...Screenplay
W. R. Burnett (1899)...Novel

Producer
Mark Hellinger (1903)
Hal B. Wallis (1899)

Cinematographer
Tony Gaudio (1883)

Music
Adolph Deutsch (1897)...Composer

Stars
Ida Lupino (1914) as Marie
Humphrey Bogart (1899) as Roy Earle
Alan Curtis (1909) as 'Babe'
Arthur Kennedy (1914) as 'Red'
Joan Leslie (1925) as Velma
Henry Hull (1890) as 'Doc' Banton
Henry Travers (1874) as Pa
Jerome Cowan (1897) as Healy

ReviewHigh SierraHigh Sierra, but also The Maltese Falcon that same year, and of course Casablanca (both film roles rejected by Raft) in 1942.

       In High Sierra Earle. Instead of only portraying Earle as an unrepentant and incorrigible criminal, he allows Bogart to add a little compassion to his ruthless character. It is this bit of humanity that will bring an end to his lawbreaking life and serve up a heaping helping of the doctrine of the day that . The anti-hero would become more popular in the counter-culture of the sixties and most of the credit for this twist in storytelling would be lauded upon the directors and actors of that time, even though this was the first film to feature this departure from the norm.

       High SierraRatings Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From High Sierra (1941) on January 17th, 2010)

Anjaam, a review by Tom

Title: Anjaam
Year: 1994
Director: Rahul Rawail
Rating: FSK-16
Length: 162 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Madhuri Dixit
Shahrukh Khan
Tinnu Anand
Johnny Lever
Kalpana Iyer

Plot:
Vijay Agnihotri is a wealthy, spoilt man who lives with his mother in the city of Mumbai. His mother has allowed him everything and more than that he wants. One day on a mishap Vijay manages to reach up with an air-hostess named Shivani Chopra, he immediately falls head over heels in love with Shivani. He tells his mother about his love, and his mother agrees to get him married, on there way to Shivani's house they get a nasty shock for Shivani had get married to Ashok Chopra, an air-line pilot. Vijay is unable to accept this proposal and continues to persuade Shivani to marry him. He even destroys Shivani's family and has her sent to jail. When Shivani is released from jail she plans to take revenge from Vijay and to make him account for all his sins.

Awards:

Filmfare Awards	1995	Nominated	Best Actress Award	Madhuri Dixit
Filmfare Awards	1995	Won	Best Villain Award	Shahrukh Khan

Extras:
Music Videos
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

A very early Shahrukh Khan movie, where he plays a character which is different then the ones he plays later on. Here is a psychopath who destroy a woman's life because she does not want to have anything to do with him.

The movie starts off like the usual romantic comedy. A wealthy arrogant man falls in love with a woman, but who rejects him. He then learns that she is marrying another man. The opening credits set in here, half an hour after the movie started, as if to say, that now, the real movie starts. SRK sets things in motion, which leads to him killing the husband of the love interest, framing her in getting her into the jail. Also her sister and daughter dies, as well as her unborn child. This is the point where the movie turns into Lady Vengeance.
SRK has deserved his Best Villain award. Also Madhuri Dixit did a great job.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 2nd, 2009)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

19. Sanctuary (2000-05-02)
Writer: Tim Minear (Writer), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: Michael Lange
Cast: David Boreanaz (Angel), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce), Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald), Thomas Burr (Lee Mercer), Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan), Alastair Duncan (Collins), Eliza Dushku (Faith), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy), Jeff Ricketts (Weatherby), Kevin Owers (Smith), Adam Vernier (Detective Kendrick)

A good conclusion to the Faith storyline. It's nice that she turns herself in. Sadly this means that we won't see her often the next few years.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on July 11th, 2009)