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Movie Reviews
Aug. 26th, 2008 11:21 amI have fallen rather far behind on these, quite unintentionally.
Charade, a delightful comedic drama exploiting the star power of Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn who play off of each other very well. Also appearing are Walter Matthau, when he was thin with a full head of hair, and James Coburn. The plot is a little weak but overall the movie is quite charming. My Grade: C+
Bell, Book and Candle, from the play of the same name, a romantic comedy about modern day witches starring James Stewart (that's right) and Kim Novak, at her most beautiful. With supporting roles by Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs! The take on witches will be familiar, with them forming a separate society within the modern world, but this was probably one of the starting points for that trope. Fun but not great. My Grade: C/C+
And now for something modern: 3000 Miles to Graceland, a heist gone bad movie. It starts with a promising enough premise, the criminals use international Elvis week in Las Vegas to conceal their identities for a casino robbery. Murphy, played by Kevin Costner, then betrays his partners but fails to kill Zane (Kurt Russell). Zane gets away with the money, but has to take Cybil(Courney Cox) and her son as well, leading to a cross country chase with the Federal Marshals after them all. The plot, and Murphy's body count, quickly spiral out of control. My Grade: C-
Charade, a delightful comedic drama exploiting the star power of Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn who play off of each other very well. Also appearing are Walter Matthau, when he was thin with a full head of hair, and James Coburn. The plot is a little weak but overall the movie is quite charming. My Grade: C+
Bell, Book and Candle, from the play of the same name, a romantic comedy about modern day witches starring James Stewart (that's right) and Kim Novak, at her most beautiful. With supporting roles by Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs! The take on witches will be familiar, with them forming a separate society within the modern world, but this was probably one of the starting points for that trope. Fun but not great. My Grade: C/C+
And now for something modern: 3000 Miles to Graceland, a heist gone bad movie. It starts with a promising enough premise, the criminals use international Elvis week in Las Vegas to conceal their identities for a casino robbery. Murphy, played by Kevin Costner, then betrays his partners but fails to kill Zane (Kurt Russell). Zane gets away with the money, but has to take Cybil(Courney Cox) and her son as well, leading to a cross country chase with the Federal Marshals after them all. The plot, and Murphy's body count, quickly spiral out of control. My Grade: C-