Paths of Glory (1957)
Stanley Kubrick directs Paths of Glory, his next movie Spartacus is one on my favorites. Kubrick directs many of the best movies of our time, movies like 2001, Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket. Paths of Glory is one of Kirk Douglas best performances as Col Dax, working to save his men from being shot [...]
Read moreFahrenheit 451 (1966)
The movie is from a Ray Bradbury’s novel, where a totalitarian society has banned books in order to eliminate independent thought, firemen are paid to burn books instead of put fires out. François Truffaut directs and writes the screen play for this movie. While Fahrenheit 451 doesn’t blow me away, it’s engrossing and does a [...]
Read moreThe Pride and the Passion (1957)
The Pride and the Passion, directed by Stanley Kramer, who also brought us On The Beach and Guess Who’s Coming to dinner. The movie is set is Spain, where the retreating Spanish army ditches a very large cannon. The British send Anthony (Cary Grant) to collect the cannon to use in fighting the French. Anthony [...]
Read moreA Lawless Street (1955)
A Lawless Street was directed by Joseph H. Lewis and stars Randolph Scott as the town marshal, Calem Ware. No surprises here, it’s a Randolph Scott western. Bad guys want the marshal dead so they can run the town, marshal wants the town to become peaceable. If you enjoy westerns, it’s not a bad one. [...]
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