Showing posts with label Glenn Ford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glenn Ford. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 March 2022

Superman (1978)


 

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

From memory: Entertaining, witty, star-cast screen adaptation of the classic comics superhero has a lot to offer, but is also a bit heavy-handed, and the villains are not that convincing; however, Christopher Reeves was a perfect choice to cast him as Superman.​ 

Halliwell (no star): "Long, lugubrious and only patchily entertaining version of the famous comic strip, with far too many irrelevant preliminaries and a misguided sense of its own importance."

Maltin***1/2: "Dynamic, grandly entertaining saga...mixing equal parts sincerity, special effects..., and send-up.Great fun." 




Friday, 5 March 2021

Stridulum (1979)



 

The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil. 

After an interesting Jodorowsky-like opening sequence this star-studded horror flick descends into a wildly incohesive Omen wannabee; some weird sequences do make it watchable, though.

Halliwell (no star): "Fussy direction, minimal acting and a plot that makes little sense combine to create an incoherent movie."

Maltin**: "...this passable time-killer wastes a good cast in yet another OMEN rip-off; too bad Huston or Peckinpah couldn't have directed as well." 



Thursday, 7 January 2016