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The Insider 1999
1. This is a long, but pretty darn exciting movie. Wait, do I like Michael Mann?
2. Russell Crowe is Dr. Jeff Wigand, as far as I know. Compelling.
3. Christopher Plummer is Mike Wallace. Tan, arrogant, almost had the voice down.
4. Al Pacino is Al Pacino. Note: Lowell Bergman is a big deal.
5. Diane Venora reminded me of a brunette Jessica Lange.
6. Great supporting cast—really nice to see Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Lynne Thigpen and Gina…Translated from by -
Stormy Waters 1941
Two Jeans (Gavin and Grémillon), a Jacques ( Prévert), a Madeleine (Renaud) and a Michèle (Morgan) make for one stormy movie.
It took me a couple of tries to get through this film. Just wasn’t feeling it—even with Jean Gabin. It needed a cold rainy day like today.
I started jotting down my favorite lines (see below) around the halfway mark so I’m sure I missed some good first half ones.
Gabin plays André Laurent, the captain of a rescue…
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The Red House 1947
Golly, that was pretty awful. Lots to mock here, but I’ll just say that:
Edward G. Robinson and Judith Anderson were wasted in this weird rural docudramaesque story.
Julie London should have known that HS dropout Rory Calhoun was up to no good when he asked her to . . . buy him a government bond. 😒
I’m not sure what all the staring into space by Allene Roberts was all about, but if it was for pointless drawn out…
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The Sleepy Time Gal 2001
I’m trying to watch 4-5 movies that are leaving The Criterion Channel at the end of the month—“28 days hath February.” By some mystery of the Rokuian forces, Three Wise Girls, the first in the queue wouldn’t play.
With little time to waste, I moved on to The Sleepy Time Gal. I’d never heard of it, but it was on My List because it stars another of my birthday twins, Jacqueline Bisset. 🎂
Bisset was radiant and annoying and wise and thoughtless and…
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