King’s Row (1942)
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A paean to the sunshine and easy living of Provence inspired by Peter Mayle which stumbles in the attempt to turn itself into a romantic comedy
Firestorm is the kind of picture which it would be nice to be able to encourage with a sympathetic review. It is the story of heroic men—in this case the legendary “smoke jumpers” who parachute into forest fires to help put them out—fighting against both nature and bad guys and prevailing against both. Nor is…
As in Waiting for Guffman and Best In Show, Christopher Guest takes a satirical sledge-hammer to some pretty small nuts, but his film is also, and once again, uproariously funny
Steve Martin makes the mistake of over-estimating his own talents in taking on a role made famous by Peter Sellers
The Blessed Virgin as drug smuggler? It’s OK, folks, as long as her own drug of choice is the blessed freedom — and wealth — of America
A paean to the sunshine and easy living of Provence inspired by Peter Mayle which stumbles in the attempt to turn itself into a romantic comedy
Firestorm is the kind of picture which it would be nice to be able to encourage with a sympathetic review. It is the story of heroic men—in this case the legendary “smoke jumpers” who parachute into forest fires to help put them out—fighting against both nature and bad guys and prevailing against both. Nor is…
As in Waiting for Guffman and Best In Show, Christopher Guest takes a satirical sledge-hammer to some pretty small nuts, but his film is also, and once again, uproariously funny
Steve Martin makes the mistake of over-estimating his own talents in taking on a role made famous by Peter Sellers
The Blessed Virgin as drug smuggler? It’s OK, folks, as long as her own drug of choice is the blessed freedom — and wealth — of America
A paean to the sunshine and easy living of Provence inspired by Peter Mayle which stumbles in the attempt to turn itself into a romantic comedy
Firestorm is the kind of picture which it would be nice to be able to encourage with a sympathetic review. It is the story of heroic men—in this case the legendary “smoke jumpers” who parachute into forest fires to help put them out—fighting against both nature and bad guys and prevailing against both. Nor is…
As in Waiting for Guffman and Best In Show, Christopher Guest takes a satirical sledge-hammer to some pretty small nuts, but his film is also, and once again, uproariously funny
Steve Martin makes the mistake of over-estimating his own talents in taking on a role made famous by Peter Sellers
The Blessed Virgin as drug smuggler? It’s OK, folks, as long as her own drug of choice is the blessed freedom — and wealth — of America