Unfortunately, McLaglen is never able to draw his threads together. As in his “The Way West” (1967), he takes a panoramic theme and then gets so close to it that we lose sight of the whole. In this one, two stories are told in parallel for the first hour or so: Rock Hudson l...
Meanwhile, the evil Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) is planning an apocalyptic scheme to destroy the entire West Coast, plus Hackensack, New Jersey. He knows Superman’s weak point: the deadly substance Kryptonite. He also knows that Superman cannot see through lead (Lois Lane, alas, forgets). ...
Movie 43: Directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken, Bob Odenkirk. With Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Com
These were Atlas missile sites to protect one of the SAC bases – at Lincoln. That base, since closed, then had 120 long-range bombers. Then, by early 1962, I was a paratrooper stationed in West Germany. The U.S. and NATO were replenishing their military forces that had been allowed ...
Grapes Of Wrath Chapter Summary In the intercalary chapter with the tenacious turtle, bounteous obstacles of nature and man impeded the turtle’s lengthy journey southwest, but the turtle persevered in the end. For example, when the turtle first appears, he soon saw “the hill, which was th...
Summary Tom (Martin Sheen), an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Driven by his profound sadness and desire ...
Had to re-read the plot summary on wikipedia. CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: It had an interesting premise, but then it became more of an action movie. It was still entertaining, but not as thought-provoking or scientific. PEOPLE: Directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell, Mirror Mirror). Written by ...
the sight and goes into a coma for 8 months. During that time period, much has changed, including the fall of the Berlin wall, the GDR being dissolved, and the reunification of West and East Germany. With the fall of the Berlin wall, socialism in on the decline and capitalism begins ...
Summary In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives. Expand latest Ti West's X Trilogy is Getting a Retro Makeover for Your Book...
Silent Movie: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar. A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.