Tag Archives: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: The African Queen

Posted on January 29, 2014 by TBM

I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen this movie and it never disappoints. This 1951 adventure film has it all: a great cast, excellent writing, romance, adventure, and humor. For those of you who have been living under a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Academy Awards, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Movie Reviews, Movies, The African Queen | 99 Comments

Movie Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Posted on November 18, 2013 by TBM

The last movie that I watched from my list was Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. While I marveled over the brilliant acting and writing, I felt somewhat scarred afterwards. It’s a difficult movie to watch. When I checked to see … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged AFI, AFI Top 100 Movies, American Film Institute, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Movie Reviews, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg | 101 Comments

The Shawshank Redemption

Posted on March 25, 2013 by TBM

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. The above is the tagline for the film The Shawshank Redemption. I saw this movie when it came out in 1994 and to be honest, it didn’t have a huge impact on me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Blog, Blogging, Morgan Freeman, Movie Reviews, Movies, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins | 47 Comments

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Posted on March 6, 2013 by TBM

When the idea for my 50 year project began to germinate I looked over the American Film Institute’s top 100 movies list. I saw the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on it. That weekend the movie was on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, Action and Adventure, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Cinematography, Best Music (Song), Best Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Writing, Blog, Blogging, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Comedy, Katharine Ross, Movie Reviews, Movies, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Westerns | 53 Comments

The Scent of the Green Papaya

Posted on January 22, 2013 by TBM

I mentioned that I wanted to travel more via foreign films this year. My first destination was Vietnam. The Scent of the Green Papaya is a Vietnamese-language film that was produced in France. Tran Anh Hung, who is Vietnamese and … Continue reading →

Posted in World Cinema Series | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film, Blog, Blogging, Camera d’Or prize, Cannes Film Festival, Films, Foreign Films, Man San Lu, Movie Reviews, Movies, Pre Vietnam War, Saigon, The Scent of the Green Papaya, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Anh Hung, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese Life and Society, World Cinema Series | 25 Comments

All the President’s Men

Posted on November 1, 2012 by TBM

All the President’s Men, released in 1976, is a political thriller. The movie won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor (Jason Robards). Alan J. Pakula directed the film, William Goldman wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 50 Year Project, Alan J. Pakula, All the President's Men, American Politics, Blog, Blogging, Bob Woodward, Boston Terriers, Carl Bernstein, CIA, Democratic National Committee headquarters, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Life, Movie Reviews, Movies, Political Thrillers, Robert Redford, The Washington Post, Thrillers, Walter Coblenz, White House, William Goldman | 39 Comments

Modern Times and Chaplin

Posted on September 25, 2012 by TBM

After watching The Wild Bunch from the AFI top 100 list, I was a little hesitant about the next movie. I was not a huge fan of the western and I was hoping the rest of the movies on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 50 Year Project, AFI, American Film Institute, Assembly Lines, Canada, Charlie Chaplin, Hollywood, Life, Modern Times, Montreal, Movie History, Movie Reviews, Paulette Goddard, Photography, Reviews, Silent Films, The Little Tramp, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Journal, Travel Photo | 14 Comments

Spartacus

Posted on May 10, 2012 by TBM

There has been a little delay in my movie challenge. And the reason is I had a difficult time tracking down a copy of the movie. The 81st movie on the top 100 AFI list is Spartacus. After watching Sunrise, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged AFI, AFI Top 100 Movies, American Film Institute, Charles Laughton, History, Jean Simmons, John Gavin, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Life, Movie Reviews, Peter Ustinov, Roman History, Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick, Tony Curtis | 29 Comments

Sunrise

Posted on March 26, 2012 by TBM

The next movie on my journey to watch all the top 100 AFI films from 100 to 1 is the 1927 silent film, Sunrise. F. W. Murnau directed this film. I haven’t watched too many silent films in the past. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged AFI, AFI Top 100 Movies, American Film Institute, Best Cinematography, Best Picture, F. W. Murnau, Hermann Sudermann, Janet Gaynor, Movie Reviews, Movies, Nosferatu, Silent Films, Trip to Tilsit | 23 Comments

Titanic Again

Posted on March 22, 2012 by TBM

When I started the movie part of my challenge I wasn’t too excited to see the movie Titanic on the list. Don’t get me wrong, the first time I saw it, I enjoyed the film. However, over the years, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Avatar, Billy Zane, Blockbuster, Celine Dion, James Cameron, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movie Reviews, Movies, My Heart Will Go On, Titanic | 44 Comments