Drama > 1966 Drama

Two for the road- a timeless classic

Advantages: Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney work so well together
Disadvantages: Slightly depressing...and too long!

...seems to be split into two sections- the happier first secion and the darker second. Arguement after arguement becomes rather monotonous in the second half, but the loveness of the pairing of Hepburn and Finney shines through. As always, Hepburn acts as rather a clothes horse during the film, and here we see her in a range of Mary Quant outfits, epitomising the 60's era. The film has many great locations from around Europe, and a lush and continual ...
...perfect direction to make this film such a memorable one, and change to what the audience would come to expect from an Audrey Hepburn picture. Sadly for Hepburn fans there are no extras on the DVD. It would have been nice to see some form of short documentary. ...

lizawithaz 26.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Two For The Road (DVD)

A Man For All Seasons

Advantages: Great Film! Very close to the play itself.
Disadvantages: Little Publicity...

A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt showing the rise and fall of its main character, Sir Thomas More. Set in 16th century England, the play exposes many similarities between its era and ours. There are of course differences, with its strong theme of social hierarchy and the immense power harnessed by the reigning monarch, King Henry VIII. While there are still elements of these in Britain they are certainly far from apparent today. The ...
...are many strong themes in A Man for All Seasons one of the strongest being corruption. A Man for All Seasons focuses as much on the fall of Sir Thomas More as it does on the rising of Richard Rich. In the first act, scene eight, Rich gives Cromwell information about a silver cup given to More as a bribe. Though More rids himself of the cup as soon as he realises this, Cromwell thinks he might be able to use this to his advantage. Cromwell, desperate ...

danbishop123 09.10.2004 · Read full review
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A GOOD REFRESHING MOVIE

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...Lune'. ****************************************** ********** Frankie and Johnny is one of the first Pacino movies i bought, and that is the only reason i bought it, i had no clue what the film was about, i was just collecting Pacino films to build up my collection as he is my favourite actor along with the great De Niro. It wasn't unitll about a year after i bought it that i was bored and decided to watch it...........now i love a good shoot em ...
...this is where he meets Frankie (pfieffer) and is immediately attracted to her. Johnny is one of those people with the gift of gab, a very charming man you can't help but like, and he try's to turn on the charm with Frankie but to no avail, but doesn't give up and persues her relentlessly. But Frankie is a troubled young woman, a loner who refuses to be drawn into any kind of relationship after a previous failed and abusive relationship, and she ...

pacinofan79 14.10.2008 · Read full review
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Murder or not? That's the question

Advantages: intriging
Disadvantages: A difficult movie for the casual viewer

Blow Up is a film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film is about a talented photographer called Thomas (David Hemmings), who becomes bored of taking glamorous photos of models. He resorts to photographing, in a documentary style, the seamy and sordid side of life in slums and flophouses. Innocently, he takes candid photographs in a deserted park of a lover's rendezvous between a young woman called Jane (Vanessa Redgrave) and a middle-aged ...
...her and the man, pursues Thomas to ask for the illicit photos. He imagines that he has witnessed a scene of sexual intrigue - never thinking that he may have accidentally obtained photographic evidence of a murder. Or has he? The film involves illusions, appearances, and reality, and the sequences of the people on the rag or mimes, as many will see them blur the line between fantasy and the reality. Interaction between the characters mainly is through ...

galaxynicole 16.03.2005 · Read full review
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A superb entertainer

Advantages: Dilip Kumar in a comic double role and the melodious music
Disadvantages: none

RAM AUR SHYAM belongs entirely to actor DILIP KUMAR... It is an entertaining comedy with Dilip Kumar playing double roles ..that of RAM and SHYAM who exchange places...quite predictable in the present day hindi cinema.But way back in 1967 such a story was a novelty and the film was recieved with a lot of enthsiasm , went on to become a major success.The concept of a simpleton guy and his street-smart look alike , and the incidents that follow kept ...
...Kuku (Baby Farida).Gajendra deides that Ram should get married to the Beautiful Anjana(Waheeda Rehman) who is very rich and about to inherit her father's vast wealth... Gajendra and his mother who also live at Ram's Palatial house have their eyes firmly fixed on the huge wealth that Ram will be inheriting in a matter of days ..they are plotting to put him away in an assylum , so that they can take over the entire lot. As things turn more and more ...

kiran8 24.09.2008 · Read full review
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