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Calvary 2014
I wasn't sure what to expect when I sat down to watch this movie. I knew the basic plot, during confession someone threatens to kill Brendan Gleeson's Father James, not because he is a bad or crooked priest, but because he's a good one. What I didn't know was how darkly funny the movie would be, though I certainly wouldn't classify it as a comedy. This is a movie that manages to have two priests discuss felching without turning into…
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Sanshiro Sugata 1943
For my thirtieth birthday, I treated myself to the Criterion Collection Akira Kurosawa set. It's 25 of the 30 films he directed. This morning I started towards my goal of watching all of his films.
First up is SANSHIRO SUGATA, his first directorial effort. I'm no great critic, and I have seen very little Kurosawa before taking on this filmography challenge, but it's definitely not a weak first effort from a filmmaker, though it's very clear that he's learned a…
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The Great Waldo Pepper 1975
A period piece movie directed by George Roy Hill? Written by William Goldman? Starring Robert Redford? Why the hell haven't I ever watched this before?
Much like the last time these three guys teamed up, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, this is a fun little flick that also has a lot of heart.
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Sanjuro 1962
The companion piece to Yojimbo, Sanjuro tells the story of the samurai who says his name is Sanjuro when asked, which roughly translates to "thirty years old" ("Although now I'm almost forty.").
Helping out nine men looking to clean corruption out of their clan, this isn't as great a movie as Yojimbo, but it's damn close, and I'd even go so far as to say that I like the ending of this one better.
I highly recommend that you do yourself a favor and have a nice little feature with these two movies. Highly, highly enjoyable.
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