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82 35%
Going My Way (1944) - Rated 08 Dec 2007
93 84%
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) - Rated 01 Dec 2007
Robert Sean Leonard is hilariously awful, and Kenneth Branagh is clearly channeling Basil Fawlty during his soliloquies, but these things make this version much more entertaining if not sublime. I wonder whether Leonard was cast intentionally to provide just the sort of laughable, wooden emotions two-dimensional Claudio requires. On the other hand, Shakespeare's hilarious passages do come across here, aided by some camera and editing ingenuity. Great stuff.
88 56%
Bubble (2005) - Rated 01 Dec 2007
60 12%
The Babe Ruth Story (1948) - Rated 30 Nov 2007
So terrible it's kinda hilarious. The scenes where William Bendix is supposed to be a "teenage" Babe Ruth will have you on the floor.
79 24%
Norman... Is That You? (1976) - Rated 30 Nov 2007
88 56%
Cleopatra Jones (1973) - Rated 30 Nov 2007
90 70%
The Mack (1973) - Rated 30 Nov 2007
92 80%
Humoresque (1946) - Rated 30 Nov 2007
93 84%
Les Misérables (1935) - Rated 30 Nov 2007
The least anachronistic (and therefore greatest) film version, mostly because Charles Laughton's Javert is such an act of virtuosity. Nervous, bullying, backing off with principle, then lighting in with vengeance, this might be his best performance ever (at least his wife Elsa thought so). Also worth checking out for the class warfare (now back in style), and the fact you'll have to check your pulse after the horse-chase scene.
90 70%
Willie Dynamite (1974) - Rated 30 Nov 2007
The title character is played by Roscoe Orman (Sesame Street's Gordon), and his cussing, bitch-slapping, and pimp outfits will drop your jaw (at one point he sports a fez!). But I love this movie because it's a transcendent commentary on free enterprise and government intervention. In this case a pimp refusing to collectivize, then getting cut down to size. Number one minus o