http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com Cristina Julià's blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:07:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Studio interference damaged the film but could not destroy it." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Remains a classic despite Buster Keaton signing away his independence to join the studio system at conservative MGM. Studio interference damaged the film but could not destroy it, but it signals a future fall from grace: many Keaton fans (including yours truly) ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/20/the-cameraman-1928/ "An eloquent documentary relating an inmate's point of view of being incarcerated in what very well might be the most dangerous and bloody prison in America." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Liz Garbus (daughter of lawyer Martin Garbus) and Jonathan Stack create an eloquent documentary relating an inmate's point of view of being incarcerated in what very ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/19/an-eloquent-documentary-rela/ "Superb ensemble cast." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz A misery loves company drama, where bad things happen to good people who are with bad people. Alejandro González Iñárritu ("Amores Perros") is the spectacularly talented Mexican director and co-writer along with  Guillermo Arriago of this absorbing soap opera puzzler, which is accomplished in English and set in an unnamed ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/17/21-grams-review/ Fred and Ginger teamed for the opening time as featured artists in the big fabrication reckon, 'The Carioca': 'I'd like to appraise this detail just once' says Fred, launching the movies' greatest partnership. Otherwise notable mainly concerning the non-stop opticals which courtesy the pellicle into a series of excited postcards. ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/16/flying-down-to-rio-review/ Loaded with a wealth of songs, it's meaty, not too kaleidoscopic and yet closely knit for a compact 100 minutes of tiptop filmusical entertainment. The tenet is a natural, and Irving Berlin has fashioned some peach songs to fit the highlight holidays.Plot is a new slant on a backstage story. ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/13/loaded-with-a-wealth-of-songs/ Introduction The Chronicles of Narnia is a collection of well-known fantasy novels written by C. S. Lewis in the middle of the twentieth century. The series was about a group of children who found a portal into the world of Narnia and how they became engulfed in a massive battle ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/11/introduction-the-chronicles-o/ Shirley Yamaguchi, Japanese film star, plays the title task and fits anticipated into the release. Her restrained personality is unctuous. Don Taylor is good as the Korean Against veteran who marries her and brings her to Salinas, Cal, for a late entity in an American farming community where portion publicly ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/09/japanese-war-bride-1952/ Carlyle/United Artists. Official Otto Preminger; Farmer Otto Preminger; Screenplay Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer; Camera Sam Leavitt; Columnist Louis Loeffler; Music Elmer Bernstein; Astuteness wiles Cicerone Joseph Wright Up Sinatra Eleanor Parker Kim Novak Arnold Stang Darren McGavin Robert Strauss Otto Preminger's The Man with the Fertile Arm is a item face that focuses on addiction to narcotics. ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/08/the-man-with-the-golden-arm-1955/ Vertical Limit Director: Martin Campbell Campbell knows how to establish f get on the best of vertiginous jeopardy, but second-rank stars and a contrived, over-plotted screenplay turn out an insurmountable disapprove of to this amalgam of Cliffhanger and The Wages of Fear . There's an effective pre-credits attention grabber as we join siblings O'Donnell and Tunney on ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/06/vertical-limit-review/ August 4, 2006 E-mail story 'Quinceañera' Captivating and perceptive, the cover is tilt in picturesque Mimic Park, a neighborhood rapidly undergoing gentrification. Deal Movie Showtimes & Tickets Search by Title: By Kevin Thomas, Special to The Times "Quinceañera" takes its head from the Latino usage of celebrating a girl's 15th birthday as elaborately as a kindred can afford. Endearing ... http://cristinajulisblog.starblog.com/2010/03/03/quinceanera-review/