One of the apps I use on almost a day to day basis is Just Watch. It shows which movies have been added to Netflix (and other services) each day. It keeps me up to date and makes me aware of titles I wouldn’t normally notice. Recently this movie was in the list and I had never heard of it, even though it has an Oscar nomination for best female supporting role. With Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in the leading roles, I was interested in seeing it. Continue reading
Last week the Monday Question was about Revenge movies. Dan Heaton from the Public Transportation Snob blog (which is an excellent movie blog worth checking out by the way) suggested Point Blank, which I had never seen. My thoughts on it after the break. Continue reading
In the Heat of the Night is an important movie in movie history. It was made in 1967 and was one of the first movies in which the main part was played by a black actor who had the role of a character that was smarter than the other white characters.
Sidney Poitier (as Virgil Tibbs), who had won an Oscar 3 years earlier for his role in Lillies in the field, plays a police officer who, because he happens to have change trains in a small town in the south of America, ends up at the wrong place at the wrong time. Reason for this is that a murder has been committed that evening and he is arrested as suspect. Continue reading
Like the world championship football has shown, it’s very important that there is one team who all have the same goal (no pun intended). It takes time before each team member knows what he can expect of the rest and even longer before they work together as a team. If there is any friction in the team during the matches, chances to win are a lot smaller, as France has shown.
When the American army has to do a very difficult mission against the Germans in the second World War they ask Major Reisman to lead a team into this mission. When he hears that this team consists of soldiers that are on death row he’s not too thrilled to do it. Because of previous behaviour he has no choice, has to accept and will have to work with these 12 convicts. Continue reading