‘A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults.’ Mario Puzo “I came here today because I heard Don Corleone is an honorable man”. Ah, yes, The Godfather. One of the greatest Hollywood films ever created, with a superstar cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard Castellano,Continue reading “Book Review #10: The Godfather”
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Andrew’s Highlights #14
October 2023 – Feb 2024 Film Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004) Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) Crimson Tide (Tony Scott, 1995) Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948) Insomnia (Christopher Nolan, 2002) The Killer (David Fincher, 2023) Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1993) The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002) Seven (David Fincher, 1995) The Untouchables (Brian de Palma, 1987) Raging BullContinue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #14”
Film Review #8: Chimes at Midnight
We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow. John Falstaff This week on Andrew’s Reviews, I look at one of the greatest Shakespeare films of all time and Orson Welles’ cinematic masterpiece – Chimes at Midnight. Throughout his distinguished career, actor/director Orson Welles was a lifelong fan and lover of William Shakespeare and hisContinue reading “Film Review #8: Chimes at Midnight”
Film Review #7: The Irishman
Epic in terms of its scope, length and time period covered, The Irishman is one of Martin Scorsese’s finest films and an elegiac summation of his six decade career in filmmaking. An adaption of Charles Brandt’s true crime novel I Heard You Paint Houses, The Irishman tells the story and life of truck driver turnedContinue reading “Film Review #7: The Irishman”
Martin Scorsese Films in 250 words or less
Ahead of the release of Martin Scorsese’s new film this month, Killers of the Flower Moon, I take a brief look at some of his most (and least) well known films… Taxi Driver (1976) One of Scorsese’s earliest works, Taxi Driver brilliantly captures the depression, loneliness and dark world of its protagonist, Travis Beckle (RobertContinue reading “Martin Scorsese Films in 250 words or less”
Andrew’s Highlights #13
July – September 2023 Film: All is True (Kenneth Branagh, 2018) Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) The Equalizer 3 (Antoine Fuqua, 2023) Fantasia (Various Directors, 1940) Fantasia 2000 (Various Directors, 1999) Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992) Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) Mission: Impossible – Dead ReckoningContinue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #13”
Film Review #6: The Equalizer 3
Nine seconds. That’s what I’ll give to decide your fate. Robert McCall Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua return for their fifth collaboration in The Equalizer 3, the third and final installment of the Equalizer trilogy. This time around, law abiding citizen and vigilante Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is enjoying retired life in a smallContinue reading “Film Review #6: The Equalizer 3”
Andrew’s Highlights #12
April – June 2023 Film: 2 Guns (Baltasar Kormákur, 2013) Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959) Fast X (Louis Leterrier, 2023) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992) The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) Midway (Roland Emmerich, 2019) West Side Story (Robert Wise & JeromeContinue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #12”
Book Review #9: With a Mind to Kill
The criminals and conspiractors he had been fighting all his life were becoming superannuated as time moved on, and another decade, youger and brasher than any that had gone before, imposed itself. With a Mind to Kill, written by British crime author Anthony Horowitz, is the latest James Bond novel published by Jonathan Cape andContinue reading “Book Review #9: With a Mind to Kill”
Album Review #6: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
If love is the answer, you’re home… Daft Punk A decade after its original release in 2013, French electronic duo Daft Punk’s iconic final album Random Access Memories gets a rerelease for its 10th anniversary, with 35 mins of bonus content. Perfect time for a reappraisal then… Upon its original release in 2013, Random AccessContinue reading “Album Review #6: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories”
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