Browsing Archive: December, 2013
Out of Africa
Directed By: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, and Klaus Maria Brandauer
Don't take too much stock in which film wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Oscars are political, and the winners often reflect this rather than a more qualitative assessment of the films released each year. Given this, the cinematic popularity contest often gets it wrong. How else could you make the case that Slumdog Millionaire topped The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (and ... Continue reading ...
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The Sound of Music
Directed By: Robert Wise
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker, Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, and Kym Karath
My title is a dead giveaway. I love The Sound of Music. With unforgettable tunes like "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favorite Things", this undoubtedly stands as one of the great musicals of all time. With Julie Andrews of Mary Poppins lore headlining the film, di... Continue reading ...
