Singin’ In The Rain is a perfect movie. The stars shine. Gene Kelly, an effortless combination of strength and grace. Debbie Reynolds, equalling the efforts of her more famous, older and skilled co-stars through talent and tenacity. Donald O’Connor, embracing the second male lead providing comedic timing and contrasting well with the skills of the …
Steve Martin’s movie Leap Of Faith goes in some disconcerting directions. Deeply cynical and manipulative people act accordingly, until they don’t. The question is never really answered as to why they change where and when they do. It is suggested at, but never really answered. The temptation is to say that the changes just don’t …
Passage To Marseille is consciously a successor to Casablanca, sharing many cast and crew members, most notably Humphrey Bogart (this time cast as a French citizen, which is helpful to be told because he makes no attempt at an accent of any type). And though wartime uncertainties and evocative exotic cities are held in common, …
Speed aka ‘The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down’ is a pretty perfect action movie. In the immortal précis of Halliwell, it only goes off the rails at the end, but that doesn’t matter. It also surely must rate among the greatest disparity in quality between original and sequel if such things are measured. The only …
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