THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR (1961) A few nights ago I subjected myself to watching a movie that had been the fifth-highest grossing film in the USA back in 1961. Regretfully, I assumed it must have been a great deal better than its dubious title (The Absent-minded Professor) suggested. To […]
One of the very first movies I recall seeing was the 1955 World War Two ‘epic’ Battle Cry. I suppose the word ‘epic’ is a bit of an exaggeration, but it was based on Leon Uris’s novel of the same name, and at 704 pages it was certainly long […]
Per Oscarsson as the priest in The Last Valley I have never fully comprehended why The Last Valley (1971) bombed at the box office and suffered at the hands of the critics. Perhaps, its negative approach to religion (both Catholic and Protestant) and its pointed abhorrence of every aspect of war […]
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