Drama > H Drama > Huston, John

Advantages: Superb dramatisation of the book
Disadvantages: None

...isn't missing one. Even worse, the police think that Sam may have something to do with the murder of his sister and a man called Joel Cairo threatens him at gunpoint. Eventually, he works out that what everyone is getting worked up about is a statuette called the Maltese Falcon, given to Charles V of Spain by the Knight Templars of Malta - people will apparently pay anything to get hold of it and Brigid appears to be the key. Will Sam help them find ...
...based on a book of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Although this is not the only film of The Maltese Falcon that has been made, it is, as far as I and many a film buff is concerned, the definitive version, with Humphrey Bogart giving his arguably best performance ever. As Sam Spade, Bogart is a character of several layers. At first glance, he is as unpleasant as some of the criminals he chases - he sleeps with his partner's wife and is apparently ... Read review

Advantages: Original story, actors performances
Disadvantages: Knowing it's Monroe's final film, slightly slow in places

An Outline: ************ The Misfits was the last ever movie filmed starring the Hollywood icons that were Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. However, despite the significance of this fact, it has been a relatively overlooked movie by film-lovers since its release in 1961. Over time it has gained increasing popularity and acclaim due to The Misfits original storyline and the casts impressive performances. However, I wish to review it purely to draw ...
...its free-spirited lead characters. The DVD Itself: ***************** The copy I have of this PG-rated film is the MGM DVD version. It is approximately 2 hours long and is in black & white. As to special features it contains only the Original Theatrical Trailer and interactive menus for chapter selection, etc. The theatrical trailer is actually quite interesting as it is produced in a very different style to those of modern movies. It is in black ... Read review

Advantages: Offbeat, humorous and thought-provoking
Disadvantages: A little too offbeat for some

...The Basic Plot Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is an assassin living in Jersey City (although, we're never told that) who holds true to Bushido, the ancient Japanese chivalric code of the Samurai, and is guided in particular by the tenets of Hagakure, a series of commentaries and guidelines that were outlined in the early 18th century. The Samurai is a servant or retainer who pledges his life and sword to a master, and in Ghost Dog's case his ...
...several years before (or so Ghost Dog thinks) and by so doing unwittingly earned the future assassin's loyalty. Between jobs Ghost Dog lives in a shack on the roof of a building with only some carrier pigeons and some books to keep him company. His only human friends are a Haitian ice-cream vendor and chatterbox, Raymond (Isaach de Bankolé), who can only speak French, and a precocious-but-sweet little girl, Pearline (Camille Winbush), with whom Ghost ... Read review

Advantages: great story
Disadvantages: n/a

I watched this film last night on sky and I cannot believe that I have not seen it sooner especially as I have always been a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio and I was not disappointed by this film in the slightest. This film does require some concentration and at just over two hours it is a long film, but it well worth the watch with a great plot with enormous detail in the film as it based on a real event of Sierra Leone on the 1990's. Solomon Vandy ...
...family, his son goes to school and loves it, one day on the way home from school the village comes under fire and Solomon hides his son and tries to save the rest of the family, unfortunately he manages to saves his family but he is captured and is a slave for a rebel gang and is forced to mine diamonds. One day he finds a rare giant pink diamond which he manages to hide. Solomon then meets Danny Archer played by Leonardo DiCaprio who is a South ... Read review

Advantages: Good story, Witherspoon and Metwally are great
Disadvantages: Gyllenhaal is disappointing, torture scenes are horrid

...on DVD to see it! Rendition was one such film. The adverts on the television looked great and I was keen on seeing it, but didn't round to it in time, so I decided last week to hire it out on my Online rentals service and got around to watching it this week whilst Harry was napping. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian by birth, but has living in America for 20 years, works as a Chemical Engineer, and is married to an all-American woman, Isabella Fields ...
...subject but such films as Rendition and The Kingdom have taken tentative footsteps in that direction. They have begun to examine terrorism from both points of views, have filmed tough torture scenes for us to watch and have really brought a humanist element to the whole scenario. For me, this was quite a hard watch due to some of the scenes included, but it really made it hit home for me how hard the US strikes when they suspect foul-play, no matter ... Read review