Drama > 1942 Drama

beautifully crafted, scripted and performed

Advantages: Cast, acting, script, story
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...add to a critique of Casablanca not already said, nor much more original to say in awe and devotion of this classic... But i'm going to say my two pence worth anyway! The plot in it's most basic terms: Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), runs a bar in Casablanca during World War II. People come to Rick's bar to buy letters of transit to escape to America. One day he is approached by Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) who is well renowned as a rebel and his ...
...Rick's true love who left in Paris a number of years ago when the Nazi's invaded. Although devoted to her new husband a renewed love ignites between the two and they must make difficult decisions as to the course of the future. Humphrey Bogart plays his best in my view as does Ingrid Bergman. The script and performances sizzle as does the magnetism between the two. Special mention should go to a sterling, and under-rated performance by Claude Rains ...

Nixu1980 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Casablanca (DVD)

A "Special Edition" worthy of the title.

Advantages: A Hollywood classic !
Disadvantages: None.

...Running a bar in Casablanca is Rick, an American who left his home in mysterious circumstances and who has, apparently, spent the intervening years as an adventurer in Europe. His bar, named "Cafe Rick", is the centre of night life in the town, and anyone wanting to make a deal comes there eventually. On this particular night, German SS officers arrive in an attempt to recover stolen transit papers which would enable anyone holding them to escape ...
...Rick (played by Humphrey Bogart' is surprised when the Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) arrives at his bar in search of the documents, accompanied by his wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) - whom Rick had last seen as the Germans invaded Paris... The film goes on to explore the relationship between Rick and Ilsa, and how Rick (who is in posession of the transit documents) deals with his mixed emotions at seeing Ilsa again. The supporting cast ...

quaint1 22.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Casablanca (Special Edition) (DVD)

Women in wartime

Advantages: Brings home the situations those at home experienced during the war
Disadvantages: Not a happy ending

...Oscars for his work, including Mrs Miniver. Amongst his most famous movies are Ben Hur, Roman Holiday and Funny Girl. After a 45 year career, he died in 1981. The characters/actors The story revolves around two families, whose main characters are: Mrs Miniver, played by Greer Garson, mother of 3 children, Vincent, Judy and Toby. She loves shopping and luxury goods, has a number of servants to run her household and is considered so attractive that ...
...after his betrothal to Carol. Mrs Miniver, as the title suggests, is the main character and has to be able to handle the idea that her husband and son may never return, look after her children and her son's fiancée/wife and hide them from the horrors of the bombing as far as possible and on top of this, she discovers a missing German soldier with a gun in her garden, who threatens her with her life. The tragedy of war is shown all too clearly when ...

sunmeilan 24.12.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Mrs Miniver (DVD)

The Boulting brothers first great film.

Advantages: Essential film by the Boulting brothers
Disadvantages: Could be a better quality DVD

Thunder Rock appears to be one of those films that just seems to get consigned to history. I don't think I know anyone who has seen this and when looking for more information about it on the internet it returned very little. The reason I know this film is because a few years back I was acquiring as many films of the Boulting brothers as I could after having seen Brighton Rock (1947). I just watched this film again now for the third time. Let me make ...
...character) had isolated himself on Thunder Rock in order to escape an indifferent world, the indifferent people of film being the British public. The film was one of the most successful films of 1942 in Britian. Many people seem to make the error of regarding Thunder Rock as a ghost story similar to that of "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"(1947) which is incorrect. The visitors in the night are not apparitions but characters in David's imagination which ...

Phoust 16.06.2009 · Read full review

Review of Thunder Rock (DVD)

Sex and the City

Advantages: funny, great performance
Disadvantages: long

...so many exciting reviews on Sex and the City that I decided I watch it. It is a real chick flick romantic comedy and that evening it was the perfect entertainment for me. The film was written and directed by Michael Patrick King. Actually he was the co-producer of the film as well with Sarah Jessica Parker and Darren Star. Michael Patrick King is an American film director and screenplay writer. Besides Sex and the City he wrote the screenplay of ...
...balance. She and Steve have sex about twice a year and even then she is not so involved. She is hurt and devastated when Steve confesses that he had sex with another woman. Miranda separates immediately from him and sees no chance to forgive him. Charlotte has a happy family since they adopted Lily. She is a beautiful girl. Charlotte soon realises that since they gave up trying to have a baby she is pregnant. Can she carry out the baby? My opinion ...

D_i_a_n_e 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sex And The City - The Movie (DVD)