By: R. D. Finch
Sam, I didn’t see it. The cast and director sounded intriguing, but what I read about it was so tepid that I didn’t feel inspired to go out of my way to see it. If you’ve seen it, what did you think?...
View ArticleBy: Allan Fish
Sam rates most musicals as masterpieces, to be fair this one isn’t bad. Burton isn’t capable of producing a great film, but this one is probably alongside Edward Scissorhands, his best. ***½ for me....
View ArticleBy: Sam Juliano
I DO NOT rate “most musicals” as masterpieces. OLIVER, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, MARY POPPINS, CAROUSEL, CAMELOT, SEVEN BRIDES, THE MUSIC MAN,...
View ArticleBy: Allan Fish
Hang on, you said Oliver is in contention for your best of the 60s lists, despite mentioning at least 60 films from the 1960s only a few days ago that you DID consider masterpieces. What gives? Here’s...
View ArticleBy: Sam Juliano
I NEVER made a statement that implied that EVERY film in contention for my decade listing was a “masterpiece.” That is YOUR designation. OLIVER get 4.5 of 5. That is NOT a MASTERPIECE, but rather a...
View ArticleBy: Allan Fish
You said “are not masterpieces by a stretch” Didn’t realise ½ a star was a stretch. As for masterpieces, it was the other night, when I counted 57 certainties for your 25…IN YOUR OWN WORDS…
View ArticleBy: Sam Juliano
I NEVER used the word ‘masterpiece’ in describing those 57. That is your own embellishment. Actuallt 1/2 is a stretch, by my rating system, as a five star designation could well eclipse 4 1/2 by quite...
View ArticleBy: Allan Fish
well, you said “well, that’s a amasterpiece”, or “that’s an absolute masterpiece”, or “that’s a shattering masterpiece”, so sorry, old man, I thought that meant you thought it was a masterpiece. My...
View ArticleBy: Ron Tennant
How dare you say P.J. Proby is long forgotten!! He’s just started a big 2010 Spring tour of the U.K. & in the Autumn will be part of a 60′s tour visiting 40 U.K. towns & cities. You’re right on...
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