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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 19, 2011
When a vacancy in the senate pops up, there is a mad dash to fill the seat with the right kind of person. Under the thumb of James Taylor (Edward Arnold), the corrupt political boss, the governor looks for their new senator to be someone who won’t get in their way. They find a young man who leads read more
Of Mice and Men
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 17, 2011
First off, I cannot discuss Of Mice and Men without giving away some major plot spoilers, you deserve fair warning. Second, I want to encourage everyone to read the book by John Steinbeck before seeing the film, I feel it only enhances the experience. Besides, it’s a pretty thin book, not like read more
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 15, 2011
Most schools have that one old teacher who seems be part of the school and has taught one family member after another. Author of the book the film is based on, James Hilton, created the character Mr. Chips after his old classics teacher at The Leys public school in Cambridge who taught there for ov read more
Ninotchka (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 13, 2011
While in Paris to sell some jewelry for the government, three Russians get distracted when they justify checking into a suite at a swanky hotel because it has a safe large enough to store the jewels. They settle into their lavish suite, enjoying the western capitalist comforts, until a higher rank read more
Stagecoach
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 11, 2011
After seeing John Ford’s Stagecoach, I don’t think I could ever complain about modern day travel. Being stuck between two overweight businessmen on an airplane is a luxury compared to the wilds of the open west, even when the flight attendant passes you up for peanuts. In the days of stagecoach read more
Dark Victory (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 10, 2011
Bette Davis plays Judith, a young, carefree socialite who’s life revolves around partying, raising dogs and training horses. Lately she has been suffering from strange headaches, and perhaps the reason she sleeps all day is because the light bothers her, but she just ignores these ailments. read more
Love Affair
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 8, 2011
People get married for a variety of reasons, the most noble and happy of them is love. But there are also the financial benefits of getting hitched. That whole what’s-yours-is-mine line can often be one sided, but a pretty face can help that balance. In Leo McCarey’s Love Affair, we have Terry read more
Shakespeare in Love (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 3, 2011
Writer’s block. There are very few things that can really inspire the words to flow again, I suspect even fewer were easily accessible in the Elizabethan era, where just preparing a quill can be time consuming. What we have here in John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love is a fictional portrait read more
Life is Beautiful (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 2, 2011
Good parents can make up the wildest ideas to protect their children from harsh realities. Around seven years old, I was preparing for surgery, which included drawing some blood, in case I were to lose too much during the operation. That fact could have sent me into hysterics, imagine a small chil read more
The Thin Red Line
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 30, 2011
What I understood best from Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line was not a narrative idea about WWII soldiers at Guadalcanal, though that is the film’s story. What was most present in my mind after seeing this film was an idea about nature, beauty, death and how war destroys all of those sacred read more
Saving Private Ryan
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 29, 2011
There are two main things that I am reminded of whenever I see Saving Private Ryan. First off, like the rest of my family, I remember that my grandfather was part of the invasion of Normandy. To imagine my own grandfather among the bullets, blood, death and gore shown in this gritty take on the read more
Elizabeth
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 26, 2011
The way Elizabeth begins, with it’s intensely epic music, blunt summary of history and horrific images of burning heretics writhing in flames at the stake, makes it feel like a historical horror film. That’s not a bad thing, the turmoil England was in between Henry VIII and Elizabeth is shown read more
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 25, 2011
Steven Spielberg’s iconic masterpiece, E.T., is the heartfelt story of a little lost alien. The scientific specifics about him and his people are kept a mystery, enticed with a quick view of misty mushrooms on his ship. We are just shown that he and other aliens were exploring the forests and read more
Gandhi (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 23, 2011
At some point in our lives, most of us were probably told to or taught to fight back, to raise our hands against any wrongdoing. Most of western civilization encourages this brawn to some extent, but Gandhi once said, “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” To never make read more
Good News! (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 22, 2011
Ah, wonderful to see my written words again, right? Life is very busy right now, in fact, this post comes from on the road. Rest assured, I’m working on my reviews for E.T. and Gandhi, so hard to do those films justice while I’m so distracted. Look for one tomorrow. Until then, the read more
Tootsie
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 18, 2011
In Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack, Dustin Hoffman plays Michael Dorsey, an out of work actor in New York with a bad reputation. The reputation comes from being difficult and taking stands against simple direction on stage. He’s also an acting coach, his speeches give great confidence to inspi read more
Missing
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 17, 2011
In an unnamed South American country (Chile), American couple Charlie (John Shea) and Beth Horman (Sissy Spacek) have been living, writing and soaking up the culture. When civil war breaks out, the streets are filled with danger, night and day. Charlie takes notes on everything that happens around read more
The Verdict
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 16, 2011
Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) is a down-on-his luck, alcoholic lawyer in Boston. In the past three years, he’s had four cases and spends most of his time either at a bar playing pin ball and shooting whiskey or peddling his business cards at funerals. When a friend gets him an easy hospital negligenc read more
Inglourious Basterds
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 15, 2011
More daring than a gritty war movie, is rewriting the history of WWII. In Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, we are taken to Nazi occupied France where we meet SS officer Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), nicknamed The Jew Hunter. The riveting and mesmerizing opening scene establishes read more
The Hurt Locker
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 14, 2011
I would dare to say that I’ve reviewed close to a hundred war movies on this blog. Most of those deal with WWII, usually with a sense of pride and valor. Coming in second would be Vietnam, with a more jaded and anti-war agenda. Then there were some dealing with WWI, the Civil War and other wars read more