Sarah's Movie Page
It's been awhile since I took the time to review a movie (James Berardinelli
is faster, prolific, and usually in line with my evaluations); this page is kept around more or less for
posterity and for pointers. Maybe when I'm between jobs, I'll finally get to construct lists of my
all-time favorites (such as 3 jewels from 1989: Bye Bye Blues, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Enemies: A Love Story),
guilty pleasures, and other categorizations of movies.
My On-site Reviews
My Other Reviews
The Internet Movie Database is massive, and contains some of my old posts to rec.arts.movies.reviews:
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- My Movie Remake Weekend review covers Sommersby (Hollywood, 1993) vs. The Return of Martin Guerre (French, 80's) and The Vanishing vs. The Vanishing (Hollywood, 1993 and French-Netherlands, 80's). My great-something uncle walked home from the Elmira, NY POW camp to the family farm in the South just like Richard Gere's character.
- Tongues Untied and Paris is Burning (1992)
- My 1991 Toronto Film Festival review is in two parts: my commentary on the festival itself in
my missing review of Sam and Me, and mini-reviews of Page Blanche (1991), Kes and others.
- Prince of Tides and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
- Grumpy Old Men, The Ballad of Little Jo, Malice, Jurassic Park (1993)
- The Last of the Mohicans, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Batman Returns, Patriot Games, Daughters of the Dust, The Lawnmower Man, Naked Lunch, Together Alone (1992)
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, My Own Private Idaho, The Fisher King (1991)
- Blade Runner (1982/Director's Cut later)
At some point I'll hunt for (I hope to avoid re-key) my 1992
Toronto Film Festival review, Bye Bye Blues, The Freshman, The Grifters, Havana, Ju Dou, Kindergarter Cop,
La Femme Nikita, Narrow Margin, Navy Seals, Pump Up the Volume, Terminator 2, Torch Song Trilogy,
Total Recall, Valmont (though I agree with Alan Jay's review in the IMDB), and the others.
Reviews I Wish I'd Written
Although I can't find all my reviews on the IMDB, at least I fared better than my favorite horror movie reviewer, The Phantom. I'm more squeamish than he is, but delight in some of his reviews. However, the only ones I've found on the IMDB are his reviews of Basket Case 2 and Flatliners.
Jason D. Corley (with interjections from the mysterious Ryan) wrote a stupendous review of the so-called Bram Stoker's Dracula. Maybe if Best Brains, Inc. hired them they could reverse the death spiral of the Satellite of Love. Oops, that's a Mistie reference in the middle of my movie page.
My Tape Collection
Not a complete list ...
- Movies: Impromptu, Fantasia, The Hidden, The Thing (80's), various Astaire, the uncut letterbox Spartacus.
- Series: All of Twin Peaks, many MST3K, first 12 Blake's 7, some Dr. Who, some Trek (TOS & TNG).
Yes, there is a movie about curling! Stoney is a light-hearted spoof
of Rocky I-V, produced by the Utica, N.Y. curling club. Unfortunately, the
Utica club
burned down in the summer of 1995. They rebuilt, but I'm not sure if any copies of the tape survived.
... Perhaps you were thinking of Men With Brooms, the Canadian movie,
but I haven't watched it yet.
What movies are playing at the National Gallery of Art?
What's playing at the American Film Institute?
What's playing near you?
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