Showing posts with label Sidney Poitier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sidney Poitier. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 April 2018

Sneakers (1992)



A security pro finds his past coming back to haunt him, when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

Good-humoured and harmless caper comedy, although it does presciently convey an alarming attempt at global surveillance.

Halliwell**: "Enjoyable caper that pleasantly passes a couple of hours."

Maltin**1/2: "High-tech caper yarn...Redford is in fine form in a lighthearted leading-man role, and his "team" is fun, but why does this story take so long to unravel - and why does it jettison every shred of believability toward the end?"



Thursday, 28 May 2015

Band of Angels (1957)



A young woman grows up as a privileged southern Belle in the ante-bellum South but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers her mother was black.

Lush production of an otherwise long-winding and absurd story.

Halliwell (no star): "Long-winded romantic adventure, rather lamely scripted and developed. The star's presence reinforces the impression of sitting through the ghost of Gone With the Wind."

Maltin**1/2: "Flat costume epic..."