---I watched recently:
Ransom! (1956) Glenn Ford, Donna Reed. Comments on Blog on March 3-9, 2008. See Blog Archive on right.
True Crime (1999) Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton, James Woods. Story of a man on death row and the reporter assigned to get a last minute interview with him, who discovers new evidence that convinces him the guy is innocent. Getting the govenor to stay the execution and all the bells and whistles in place in time is the story. Too many times things just happen "in the nick of time." Not Eastwoods best. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139668/
Ashes Of Time Redux (1994/Hong Kong/Dung che sai duk) Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wau. I had read about this film for years and finally ordered it on Que at Blockbuster. I was disappointed. The martial arts scenes were all in speeded up mode, It was nothing like the ballet-like beauty of Crouching Tiger. I gave up half way through. 5/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109688/
The Hunted (2003) Tommie Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Neilsen. A Special Forces trained man has tracked and killed four hunters in the deep woods, who were using illegal means to kill their prey. Now the FBI wants the man who trained him to kill, to hunt him down and bring him in or kill him. The deep north woods is the setting and the atmosphere is anything but peaceful, as Jones, the man who trained the killer is called in to track him down. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269347/
Master & Commander (2003) Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany. High adventure on the "far side of the world." Beautifully filmed with the tall ships and wide sea. The battle scenes are chaotic, as I imagine they really were. The story of the English ship tracking the French ship around South America, during the Napolianic wars, is the set up for many interesting details of life at sea on a war ship. It was a brutal life even on the best of ships. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/
Summer is almost here. Iced tea, mystery books and films, keeping cool and enjoying the flowers of the season......
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