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Cool Hand Luke
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Cool Hand Luke Review

William McPherson6 Comments

(Review originally written April 2006, contains spoilers) All throughout the fifties, sixties, and seventies cinema's began filling up with a new kind of movie character. This character was affectionately dubbed 'the anti hero'. While hero's of the past were all kind considerate and upstanding citizens who all did their best to uphold the laws of the land and the opinions of movie goers, this new breed of hero could honestly not care less about what you or anyone else thought of him. Characters…

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The Hustler
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The Hustler Review

William McPherson5 Comments

(Review originally written in April 2006, contains some spoilers) Eddy Felson is a man filled to capacity with talent, however what he sorely lacks when first we meet his character in the 1961 classic is 'character'. He first walks into 'Ames' pool hall with a cocky grin hoping only to defeat the great pool hustler Minisota Fats (Played wonderfully here by Jackie Gleason). And he does indeed do that, they engage in a grueling series of marathon pool that at one point see's Felson up on Fats by…

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The Departed
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The Departed Review

William McPherson5 Comments

In the closing scene of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed a rat crawls across a window ledge. This is a rather overt but appropriate piece of symbolism. Since, for the most part, The Departed is a movie about rats. No, not the furry little rodents your grandma used to set traps out for, the other kind of rat, that being the Henry Hill and Donnie Brasco variety of vermin that we’ve all become so familiar with in the past few decades due to movies such as this one. The movie begins with the tale of…

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For Your Eyes Only
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For Your Eyes Only Review

William McPherson

  [Warning—this review contains a couple spoilers within it, of both this movie, and also concerning ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’… If you wish not to be spoiled, cease reading now.] Hello everyone and welcome to the twelfth edition in my series of reviews chronicling the James Bond film franchise. In this review we will be shining our spotlight upon the 1981 Bond film by the name of ‘For Your Eyes Only’ starring Roger Moore in this his fifth outing in the lead role as the noted…

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The Mechanic
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The Mechanic Review

William McPherson1 Comment

I had been looking forward to watching ‘The Mechanic’ for quite some time. Every time I took a turn by the local Red Box at Wal-Mart I would check to see if it had arrived, and even though it was advertised on the box, it never managed to find its way in the machine itself. In fact, it took me the better part of half a month to finally get my hands on it, but get my hands on it I did, and so now I am finally able to deliver this write-up. I was hoping this would be a really good bad-ass…

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Moonraker
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Moonraker Review

William McPherson

Hello everyone and welcome to the eleventh edition in my series of reviews chronicling the James Bond film franchise. Tonight the picture we will be paying some extra special attention to is none other than 1979’s ‘Moonraker’ starring Roger Moore in this his fourth outing as Ian Fleming’s noted super spy, Agent 007, James Bond. Like its predecessor ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ this film was directed by Lewis Gilbert, and for sure, it features a lot of the same over the top attributes that endeared me…

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The Spy Who Loved Me
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The Spy Who Loved Me Review

William McPherson1 Comment

Hello everyone and welcome to the landmark tenth edition in my series of reviews chronicling the James Bond film franchise. Tonight the film we will be taking under the microscope for special examination is one of my all time favorites in the Double O’ Seven series, and what may be also hands down the best James Bond film of the Roger Moore era (according to this humble reviewer anyway), that being 1977’s ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring of course, Roger Moore in the…

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True Grit
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True Grit (2010) Review

William McPherson2 Comments

Now here is a movie deserving of its title, as True Grit, is truly, as tough and gritty as they come. I must confess that I do ever so love a good western. Like many, I grew up watching countless westerns with my dad and my grandfather. There's just something very special and timeless about that period of history just after the Civil War up until start of the 20th century, at least as far as movies are concerned. And when it comes to westerns, few of them were as watched and re-watched by me and…

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The Man With the Golden Gun
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The Man With The Golden Gun Review

William McPherson

Hello everyone and welcome to the ninth edition in my series of reviews chronicling the James Bond film franchise. Tonight our film of choice is 1974’s ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’ starring Roger Moore in just his second outing as the noted British super-spy, agent 007, James Bond. With this movie Roger Moore became the first actor since Sean Connery to appear in more than one movie as Bond, and so with that then you could officially say that the Roger Moore era was finally in full swing, and…

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Titanic
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Titanic Review

Gary Smith11 Comments

You know the story. A poor guy (Leonard DiCaprio) wins a ticket onto the “unsinkable” monster of luxury, Titanic, and then falls in love with the mentally and emotionally lost rich girl (Kate Winslet). They run the whole gauntlet to be together, which includes a snobbish mother (Frances Fisher), a spoiled rich boyfriend (Billy Zane), and oh yeah, a sinking ship (Titanic). All to be together and live happily ever after. I joke because Titanic has the long standing reputation of being classified…

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Live and Let Die
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Live and Let Die Review

William McPherson

Hello everyone and welcome to the eighth edition in my series of reviews covering the illustrious James Bond film franchise. In our review from last time we sadly waved goodbye to our fine friend and most capable comrade, Sean Connery, who served us so nobly through so many daring adventures as the one and only James Bond for the official franchise in six films dating from 1962 to1971. For those of you that may now already be suffering from Sean Connery withdrawal, my only solace for you is that…

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The Other Guys
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The Other Guys Review

William McPherson1 Comment

The one remaining thought in my mind after having now watched ‘The Other Guys’ isn’t how good an action comedy it is, which it is, to be sure, or how funny a pair that Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg make, which they do, but that, I now, more than anything, need for there to be an entire movie pairing up Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson as badass detectives in a major metropolitan city. Though these two were not nearly as big a part of the movie as the trailers suggested they still…

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Diamonds Are Forever
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Diamonds Are Forever Review

William McPherson

“Curious... how everyone who touches those diamonds seems to die” [Warning—this review contains a couple spoilers within it, of both this movie, and also concerning ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’… If you wish not to be spoiled, cease reading now.] Hello everyone and welcome to the seventh installment in my series of reviews covering the famed ‘James Bond’ movie franchise. This time around the movie we’ve got on tap is 1971’s ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ starring Sean Connery once more in the role…

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Review

William McPherson1 Comment

James Bond 007 is back! Hello everyone and welcome to the sixth installment in my series of reviews chronicling the entire James Bond film franchise. In this edition for the first time since I started writing these reviews we have not only a different sort of Bond movie to explore, but also a brand new Bond to examine as well. The film is 1969’s On Her Majesty's Secret Service directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring none other than the infamous model turned actor, George Lazenby, in the role of…

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You Only Live Twice
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You Only Live Twice Review

William McPherson

“ Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond…” Hello everyone and welcome to the fifth installment in my series of reviews covering the James Bond film franchise. Tonight the movie we will be examining is 1967’s ‘You Only Live Twice’. First off, as always we will start by covering the principle information regarding the overall quality of the film and a few other incidentals. This was the fifth consecutive film in the series to feature the one and only Sean Connery in the role of secret agent James Bond. Up…

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Idiocracy
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Idiocracy Review

William McPherson1 Comment

“The Future Is A No Brainer.” “Damn… I’m pregnant again!” decries one trailer bound woman holding a home pregnancy test at the beginning of this film. It’s a shame this movie wasn’t released during last year’s election cycle, because Idiocracy is the perfect antidote to the socialistic liberal policy of financially rewarding and encouraging those families who keep having child after child even though they don’t have the means to support any of them monetarily, in order that there will be…

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Thunderball
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Thunderball Review

William McPherson

"Miss Moneypenny: In the conference room - something pretty big; every double-o man in Europe has been rushed in. And the Home Secretary, too!  James Bond: Somebody’s probably lost a dog." Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth installment in my series of reviews chronicling the classic (and not so classic) movies of the James Bond film franchise. This time out the film up for reviewing is none other than ‘Thunderball.’, a wild fun romp from beginning to end, with lots of cool gadgets, cars…

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Goldfinger Review

William McPherson

“Bond: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" Hello everyone and welcome to the third entry in my series of reviews covering the James Bond film franchise. Tonight we enter into what many fans and critics alike consider to be the ‘high ground’ of the series overall. If you read my previous entry in this series, you of course know that I do not share this opinion, as I feel that designation still belongs firmly to ‘From Russia With Love’ but that aside, the film…

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Rambo
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Rambo Review

William McPherson

The Rambo series is one that is both near and dear to my heart as a moviegoer who grew up in the early to mid 90s watching and re-watching each film at least a half a dozen times each, to give a modest estimate. Now though it is the year 2008 (at the time of this original writing anyway), at least 20 some odd years since ‘Rambo 3’ the last film in the former trilogy that began in the early eighties with First Blood parts one and two. The first thing I noticed about this movie is the title…

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From Russia With Love
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From Russia With Love Review

William McPherson2 Comments

Hello everyone and welcome to the second in my series of reviews covering the James Bond film franchise. When last we left him, our hero was snug as a bug in a rug, in a boat with the lovely Honey Ryder drifting away the hours in the steamy Jamaican seas. All this of course after successfully foiling villainous S.P.E.C.T.R.E agent Dr No’s dastardly scheme for world domination and decimating his entire underground operation to boot. A tough day’s work for anyone no doubt, and one that might…

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