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The Last Detail, a review by Antares

The Last Detail (1973) 75/100 - Hal Ashby is my favorite seventies director and this film has always been a glaring omission in his canon for me. It's always had the reputation as being one of Ashby's greatest achievements, yet after finishing it, I have to rate it around the middle of the pack when taken in consideration of the other, better films he made in that decade. The acting performances of all three leads is good, and there are a few pretty good laughs during its duration, but The Last Detail doesn't have much there, depth-wise, when it comes to the story. It just exists for its short 104 minutes, a lot like many of those other pre-Jaws films of the early to mid-seventies.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 14th, 2013)

Torn Curtain , a review by Tom

Torn Curtain (1966/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writing: Brian Moore (Writer) Length: 122 min. Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

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Stars:
Arthur Gould-Porter as Freddy
Gloria Gorvin as Fraulein Mann
Paul Newman as Professor Michael Armstrong
Julie Andrews as Sarah Sherman
Lila Kedrova as Countess Kuchinska

Plot:Extras:

• Featurettes
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann
• Trailers

I enjoyed the beginning and the end. It suffered in the middle. My favorite part of the movie was the bus ride.
It seems that this is one of Hitchcock's least favorite movies of his.

Rating:

(From Alfred Hitchcock Marathon on August 6th, 2011)

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

09. What's My Line Pt. 1 (1997-11-17)
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Howard Gordon (Writer), Marti Noxon (Writer)
Director: David Solomon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), David Boreanaz (Angel), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Seth Green (Oz), James Marsters (Spike), Eric Saiet (Dalton), Kelly Connell (Norman Pfister), Bianca Lawson (Kendra), Saverio Guerra (Willy the Snitch), Juliet Landau (Drusilla), Armin Shimerman (Principal Snyder), Michael Rothhaar (Suitman), P. B. Hutton (Mrs. Kalish)

An episode I always liked. The introduction of Kendra and thus a second slayer (which paves the way for Faith ). Bringing Oz and Willow closer. I always felt that from this episode on, Buffy started its rise to greatness.

Rating:




10. What's My Line Pt. 2 (1997-11-24)
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Marti Noxon (Writer)
Director: David Semel
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), David Boreanaz (Angel), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Seth Green (Oz), Saverio Guerra (Willy the Snitch), Kelly Connell (Norman Pfister), Bianca Lawson (Kendra), James Marsters (Spike), Juliet Landau (Drusilla), Danny Strong (Hostage Kid)

This episode turns the table for Dru and Spike. Now she's the strong one, and he will be bound to a wheelchair for awhile.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on February 14th, 2009)