[3] March 12, 2012
Gary Oldman is often described as an actor’s actor...which in his case apparently means an incurable ham. But in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [4] he gives a marvelously restrained performance.
[3] Gary Oldman is often described as an actor’s actor...which in his case apparently means an incurable ham. But in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [4] he gives a marvelously restrained performance.
[6] Young Adult [7] doesn’t always work. But it takes enough chances to be kind of bracing in its bad taste ... sort of like a Christmas package with a bomb inside.
[9] Mogambo [10] was a very big deal when it was released in 1953. This African adventure made $5.2 million and turned newcomer Grace Kelly into a major star.
[12] When I first saw Drive [13] in the theater, I absolutely loved parts of it but it didn’t seem to add up to much. On the plus side, it cements my belief that Ryan Gosling is an absolutely great actor.
[15] If How Green Was My Valley [16] isn’t John Ford’s [17] finest film, it’s certainly the most honored. Nominated in 1941 for 10 Oscars, it won five - in a year when Citizen Kane was up for most of the same honors.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-2011
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Gary+Oldman%22+title:%22Tinker+Tailor+Soldier+Spy%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16384#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-young-adult-2011
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Charlize+Theron%22+title:%22Young+Adult%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16354#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-mogambo-1953
[10] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046085/
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16324#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-drive-2011
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Ryan+Gosling%22+title:%22Drive%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16320#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-how-green-was-my-valley-1941
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Ford%22+title:%22How+Green+Was+My+Valley%22
[17] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406/
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-how-green-was-my-valley-1941#comments
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=35
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=32
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=33
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=34
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=37
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=38
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=39
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=40
[28] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=61