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There Will Be Blood, a review by Jon

There Will Be Blood
5 out of 5





Frequently listed as a decade best and occasionally one of all time, There Will Be Blood, along with The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and No Country For Old Men (released the same year), proves American cinema is healthy and vibrant, which is reassuring considering the current CGI 3D obsession. Perhaps a simple way to introduce it is, The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre) and the story charts his development to oil tycoon, with his son (Boogie NightsisduhBoogie Nights had a raw Scorcese feel about it and Magnolia even had a musical number to emphasise its story of shared fate. These are fine films and when I say There Will Be Blood is better, I mean only in a consummate realisation of a larger ambition.

What few critics there are of There Will Be BloodThe Treasure Of The Sierra Madre was a proud influence on Anderson, but it also bears a resemblance to Citizen Kane

(From Jon's Alphabet Marathon 2010 on August 1st, 2010)

The Great McGinty, a review by Antares

The Great McGinty





Year: 1940
Film Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Length: 82 Min.

Director
Preston Sturges (1898)

Writing
Preston Sturges (1898)...Writer

Producer


Cinematographer
William C. Mellor (1903)

Music
Friedrich Hollaender (1896)...Composer

Stars
Brian Donlevy (1901) as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Muriel Angelus (1909) as Catherine McGinty
Akim Tamiroff (1899) as The Boss
Allyn Joslyn (1901) as George
William Demarest (1892) as Skeeters - The Politician
Louis Jean Heydt (1905) as Tommy Thompson
Harry Rosenthal (1900) as Louie (bodyguard)
Arthur Hoyt (1873) as Mayor Wilfred T. Tillinghast

ReviewThe Great McGintyRatings Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From The Great McGinty (1940) on January 19th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Conviction
Original Air Date: 10/1/2003
As the Angel Investigations team moves into the L.A. law offices of Wolfram and Hart, two old friends from Sunnydale come back into their lives: Harmony and Spike.

Guest Stars:
Sarah Thompson
Jonathan Woodward
Dane Northcutt

My Thoughts:
A pretty good start to the new season... though nothing really mind blowing. It does however give you a good idea of the turn the series has taken. I remember the first time I saw this I wasn't sure how I felt about what they did to Gunn... and to this day years later I am still not sure I am all together happy with it. But it isn't something terrible either.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 22nd, 2010)