Showing posts with label Joanne Dru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joanne Dru. Show all posts

SUPER FUZZ (Released World-Wide 1980)*

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.9|5.0 Starsììì

Super Fuzz—not a quality watch but cutely comical—entertains even though it relies on a predictable storyline. It completely satisfies Terence Hill fans. 

 Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

A policeman gets superpowers from a plutonium bomb. 

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Sergio Corbucci for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Vittorio Galiano and Josi W. Konsi for making the film possible. Cast includes Terrence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru, and Marc Lawrence.

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. Ernest Borgnine and Terence Hill make a good casting choice for this Italian film. 

 

*Also Known as Super Snooper

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RED RIVER (Theatrical Release USA 1948)

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.9|5.0 Starsììì 

Red River can be a little campy, archaic, and weak in presentation at times. But there is an art in the movie that cannot be denied…almost like a Picasso painting where everything does not fit together perfectly but overall is likable in its uniqueness. John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, and Walter Brennan capture a certain spirit of the age that refreshingly does not apologize for its goals and how it gets those goals accomplished. Directors Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson establish the movement of the movie. The movie could be almost called a cult classic. The film has a good, light conclusion. It is worth an afternoon watch…maybe a couple of afternoons because it is over a 2-hour entertainment piece. 

Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images 

Storyline 

A man starts up a new Texas cattle ranch and moves the marketable cattle along the Chisholm Trail. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Howard Hawks for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Howard Hawks for making the film possible. Cast includes: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Coleen Grey, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Noah Beery Jr. Harry Carey Jr. Chief Yowlackie, Paul Fix, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, and Ray Hyke. 


Buy a ticket
? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. The movie shows its age both in scripting and presentation. It’s an interesting study in vintage film-ology and is a good picture to use if studying Walter Brennan, the Chisholm Trail, or John Wayne films. 

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