Apr 252019
 
Robin and Marian

Rating: ★★★½☆
Unlike the majority of movies about Robin Hood, Robin and Marian is basically a romance. With a lot of action. Director Richard Lester was comfortable with swashbucklers, having made The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974) and Royal Flash (1975), but while he kept the action and humor, he added more mature scenes, providing an honest portrayal of men who try to relive their glory days, unwilling to admit that their best days are behind them. Read More…

Feb 212012
 
A Bridge Too Far

Rating: ★★★★☆

British, American and Polish paratroopers take part in a complex and risky operation to seize a series of bridges in Holland in September 1944 to enable British tanks to push through German lines and bring an early end to WWII. Read More…

Jun 202010
 
The Untouchables

Rating: ★½☆☆☆
The Untouchables (1987) is a cliche-ridden travesty that gives Treasury agent Elliot Ness all the credit for bringing down Chicago ganglord Al Capone during Prohibition, ignoring the efforts of the IRS agents, state prosecutors, judges and brave informants who actually did all the work. Read More…