MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR — Good album, awful movie.  Improvisation is a very tricky thing that depends on having a good starting point and an ability to edit yourself.  The Beatles had neither of those things in this case.  The two films they did with Richard Lester felt improvised at times, but both films had scripts (in…

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR — Good album, awful movie.  Improvisation is a very tricky thing that depends on having a good starting point and an ability to edit yourself.  The Beatles had neither of those things in this case.  The two films they did with Richard Lester felt improvised at times, but both films had scripts (in…

I realize that there is very little new under the sun, but can we at least see SOME attempt to approach the Five Basic Stories with something like originality, instead of simply ginning up a pastiche of what has already been done?  Not every movie can be wildly original, but it would be nice if it were something…

I realize that there is very little new under the sun, but can we at least see SOME attempt to approach the Five Basic Stories with something like originality, instead of simply ginning up a pastiche of what has already been done?  Not every movie can be wildly original, but it would be nice if it were something…

Actually, the "Western Union" quote was apparently uttered by Louis B. Mayer, not Frank Capra.  Capra's films, with the general exception of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, were sending messages all the time . . .

Actually, the "Western Union" quote was apparently uttered by Louis B. Mayer, not Frank Capra.  Capra's films, with the general exception of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, were sending messages all the time . . .

Jim Garrison started "investigating" the Kennedy assassination for two reasons:  (1) People had started to figure out the he was lots of lip and little do as DA and (2) he was worried that someone would start catching on to his very cozy relationship with the Carlos Marcello, was was THE mob boss in New Orleans at the…

Jim Garrison started "investigating" the Kennedy assassination for two reasons:  (1) People had started to figure out the he was lots of lip and little do as DA and (2) he was worried that someone would start catching on to his very cozy relationship with the Carlos Marcello, was was THE mob boss in New Orleans at the…

Basically a socially-conscious soap opera, with a few thriller overtones.  The idealistic student is an annoying character.  The no-good married girlfriend and the blackmailing pye-ano player are a lot of fun though.  Closas is perfect as the male lead — like all "heroes" in seedy thrillers, he has the moral fortitude…