Month: November 2012

‘Lincoln’

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Four score and seven years ago I wrote a movie review on the film, “Lincoln!”

LincolnAbraham Lincoln is my favorite president… Period. I know there’s a couple others that may be in the running for this title, but for me it is most definitely Lincoln. You’ve got George Washington, father of our country. He was considered a traitor by the Engilsh, but he believed in a great nation, and he fought for it, kicking redcoat booty all over the thirteen colonies. Then you have FDR. This optimist dragged us out of the Depression with his NEW DEAL. His unfailing optimism jolted the spirit of America. Continue reading ‘Lincoln’

“Argo” is a powerful film that will place you right back into the Iranian hostage crisis.

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ArgoWhere were you Nov. 4, 1979? I’m not sure where I was. Maybe I was playing in the back yard, flying my hula-hoop spaceship with my brothers. I was Commander Rom, and my brother Andy was Captain Juno, and I forget what Doopa’s character’s name was, but we were some imaginative children.

Maybe I wasn’t flying my hula-hoop spaceship at all. Maybe my brothers and I were pulling on our “Stretch Arm Strong” doll until all the jelly poured out of the inside of it.

Or maybe, just maybe, my mother sent me to Friendly’s to pick up a tuna fish sandwich for the nice old lady that lived in my attic,named Catherine Connolley. I’d bring her up the sandwich and she’d always give me a bite. I loved those tuna fish sandwiches. Until one day when I found out that “tuna fish” was fish. (How did I not put that together?) You see, I had a fish-stick once when I was little and I absolutely hated it. I made a vow with myself to never eat fish again. Continue reading “Argo” is a powerful film that will place you right back into the Iranian hostage crisis.

Skyfall

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SkyfallJames Bond will leave you “shaken, not stirred” with his newest film… wait a minute, that makes no sense at all! “Skyfall” is a good movie. (Yeah, that’ll work.)

 

Is Daniel Craig the best Bond ever? Let’s figure it out. We’ve had at least six actors play secret agent 007 that I know of. There has been Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, George Lazenby, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and currently Daniel Craig. Right off the bat I can tell you it isn’t Lazenby because I don’t even know who that is. It isn’t Moore or Dalton either because, much like Lazenby, who the hell are they? (But at least I’ve heard of them.) Sad to say this because I like him, but it isn’t Brosnan. Brosnan’s dashing good looks and his “Rico Suave” style may fit for Bond, but all I see is his TV persona, Remmington Steele. (No relation to Lexington Steele.) Continue reading Skyfall

Flight

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Flight“Flight” takes you on an upside down thrill ride followed up by a character driven tour de force named Denzel.

Robert Zemeckis is the man! Why is he the man? Because he has directed some of the most entertaining films of my generation.

Just look at his directorial resume: “Forrest Gump,” “Cast Away,” “The Polar Express,” (wow, that’s a lot of Tom Hanks movies) and one of my underrated favorites “Contact.” But he is “the man” because he gave us “Back to the Future.” Then followed that up with parts II and III. This is quite possibly my second favorite trilogy of all time, of course right behind “Star Wars.” But could Mr. Zemeckis do it again and overwhelm me with another wonderful film that has longevity? Short answer, yes he could. And he does with the film “Flight.” Continue reading Flight