Martial arts movies were made famous by Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Many were entertaining for their actors fight moves. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings goes beyond that. It has well choreographed fight scenes, particularly one involving a runaway bus. Andy Cheng did this one and all of the fight scenes. He […]

A film like Columbiana is different from many that are similar. The main difference is what makes Cataleya,(Zoe Saldana), a killer. This is shown in the opening sequence. A young Cataleya,(Amandla Stenberg), witnesses the death of her parents. They are murdered by a drug lord, Don Luis, (Beto Benites). Her father, before dying, has given

An actor takes a role for a few reasons. His agent says its good for his career. The actor may be under contract forcing him to accept the role. The actor may be doing a favor for a friend. it is best to think that Matthew McConaughey chose the third option. A person would like

Norma Desmond has a quote in Sunset Blvd. She says, “We didn’t need dialogue, we had faces.” This line sums up silent films. It also sums up Lon Chaney’s career. He could with any expression, sum up his character’s feelings. There is no better example of this than his greatest role, in The Phantom of

Kirk Douglas’ character, Chuck Tatum, lights a match against his typewriter. This gives the audience a foreshadowing of the story. The tale, at its best, shows how journalism works. It is at its worst,how this profession goes for a story that sells papers. Newspapers when this film was released, were the main news source. Most

Hollywood loves to do remakes. Some are better than the original. This is not the case with In the Good Old Summertime. It is a remake of the MGM film, The Shop Around the Corner. It is a big musical production with their big musical star,Judy Garland. She excels in the movie. She does what

There are many people who laugh, when John Wayne is called an actor. Those people have never seen The Shootist. Wayne, in the last film he made, gives one of the finest performances of his career. He plays John Books, a gunfighter. John Wayne over his career, played in many westerns. The majority tell the

Humphrey Bogart was still a star when he made this film. He was famous for playing gangsters, much like his contemporary,James Cagney. Like Cagney, he decided to do a comedy.This movie is the result. His style, doesn’t translate as well to the screen. It is like taking his character of Roy Earle into a comedy.

This movie is the first sound version of the novel,The Three Godfathers. It was remade twice,once in 1936 and in 1948. The 1948 version starred John Wayne, and was in color. This version is grittier and does give realism to the old west. William Wyler insisted on filming in the desert,in August, which must have

This is the Sixth Christmas movie list. This year, the list is movies that aren’t talked about on an annual basis. A person isn’t drinking cocoa with family and friends, discussing these films. The second container of eggnog has probably been opened. The seasonal beer is probably being consumed. A person in their haste to