Daily Archives: December 3, 2007

Julius Caesar [1953] 1. Marlon’s near-shirtless entrance. Mmmmm. Who cares what he’s actually saying, he looks hot.2. Wow, John Gielgud looks young. His diction is flawless, yet completely natural-sounding. When he talks about “bending his body” to Caesar I believed … Continue reading →

The Scarlet Letter [1973]  1. The wildly inappropriate funk-lite theme music that repeats several times during the course of the movie. What were they thinking? It was Valley of the Dolls bad. In fact, Dionne Warwick would have been an … Continue reading →

Children of Men [2006] 1. The blood splattering on the camera lens during the second, extraordinary long take. Jaw dropping. Horrifying. 2. Radiohead playing softly in the background as they get stoned.3. “Britain Soldiers On.”