Movie Reviews
Titles starting with Q
Quinceañera
… is a celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday in many Latino cultures. If there is an equivalent thing for boys, I don’t know about it. It’s like a Bar (and more recently, Bat) Mitzvah, in that you’re coming of age, but you don’t have to study for it. It’s also like a debutante ball, though Latinos often do those in addition to the Quinceañera. They ... Read more »
Quintet
Robert Altman made two films starring Paul Newman, and neither was a commercial or critical success. This was the weakest of the two. It’s his only real science fiction film (I don’t count the horrible Countdown or the fantasy {{Brewster McCloud). It is in some undefined place, maybe Earth, maybe not, but an ice age has descended and the few survivors are huddled ... Read more »
Quo Vadis
There really should be a question mark after the title, as it translates as “Whither goest thou?” Or as I prefer to think of it “Where da fuck ya think you goin’?”
Robert Osborne at TCM said this was, at the time, the biggest cinematic spectacular ever filmed. It probably stayed that way until The Ten Commandments came along in ... Read more »