My Remarks On Some Superb Movies
Belles on Their Toes, Here, Myrna Loy plays a widowed architect who will fight to bring up her aging brood. 20th Century Fox back lot seen at its best in recollecting early 1900s America. Clifton Webb makes a brief appearance at the finale. Cast includes Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold, Hoagy Carmichael, Barbara Bates, Robert Arthur, Verna Felton, and Martin Milner.
Barnyard, Energized craziness set on a farm where, after sundown, the animals turn the barn into a rowdy nightclub. James is Otis, a adolescent cow who is very mature, much to the annoyance of his dad, Ben Elliott, who keeps watch for preying coyotes when the others party. Dom Irrera stands out as Duke the Dog. Cast includes Courtney Cox, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Andie MacDowell, David Koechner, and Laraine Newman.
Seize the Day, Williams is momentous as Tommy Wilhelm, turning 40 and a disappointment by any standard, he is broke, damaged and despondent for love. Wiseman and Stiller offer fine assistance as his cold hearted dad and a con man he naively believes in. Lots of recognizable faces in tiny roles, Tony Roberts, Richard Shull, John Fiedler, Jo Van Fleet, William Hickey, Eileen Heckart, and numerous others. Cast includes Robin Williams, Joseph Wiseman, Jerry Stiller, and Glenne Headly.
Only You, Likable confection in reference to a young woman who invests her entire life looking for her perfect mate whose name was summoned up on a Ouija board. Cast includes Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., Bonnie Seek, Joaquim De Almeida, Fisher Stevens, and Phyllis Newman.
My Son the Fanatic, Author Hanif Kureishi once more studies a Pakistani coming to terms with his life in England. In this case it’s a taxi driver Puri who is separated from his spouse, and whose child is dissenting contrary to him for rationales he couldn’t comprehend. Cast includes Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, StelIan Skarsgard, Akbar Kurtha, Gopi Desai, Harish Patel, and Bhasker Patel.
The Sinister Urge, Loyal cops Duncan and Moore set out to beat the “smut film racket,” which is run by a brassy blonde. Illustrates with absolute confidence how pictures of overweight women clothed in merely their underwear can be a major cause of adolescent delinquency. Cast includes Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Carl Anthony, Jean Fontaine, Dino Fantini, and Jeanne Willardson.
South Sea Women, Depressing island storyline of love and dishonesty with Cadet Lancaster kindling the fire with Mayo. Cast includes Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Guards, and Paul Burke.
Down to You, Prinze and Stiles ineffectually try to buddy us up by talking directly into the camcorder, illuminating how their once pleasant college romance went bust (albeit not as bust as the film). In someway, this film manages to find room for subplots in reference to a Television show and a friend who has a try as an adult-film entrepreneur with a sort of bohemian knowledgeable porn actress. Cast includes Freddie Prinze, Jr., Julia Stiles, Shawn Hatosy, Selma Blair, Zak Orth, Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson, Henry Winkler, and Lucie Amaz.
Metropolitan, Typical comedy, filled with sarcasm, is set throughout Christmas season, with hermit Clements drawn into small gang of friends, and out of his shell. Cast includes Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Christopher Eigeman, Taylor Nichols, Allison Rutledge-Parisi, Dylan Hundley, Isabel Gillies, Bryan Leder, Can Kempe, and Elizabeth Thompson.
Knocked Up, A drunken, one-night-stand encounter between young, attractive go-getter Allison,, and a messy slacker, Ben, modifies the tracks their lives are on. It turns out he didn’t use the condom, and she’s pregnant. Can these two actually become a couple and raise a child together?
For Love of Ivy, A family wants to hang on to their servant, so they find her a man to keep her happy. The movie is a ho-hum black romance at best. Cast includes Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Guy Bridges, Leon Bibb, Nan, Martin, Lauri Peters, and Carroll O’Connor.
The 4th War, Well-finished though ever-recognizable Cold War thriller in which an American colonel Scheider and his Soviet counterpart Prochnow play a part in a isolated, feasibly calamitous fight. Stanton looks extremely out of place as Scheider’s dominating basic. Cast includes Tim Reid, Harry Dean Stanton, Lara Hatris, and Dale Dye.
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