Crocodiles, With David Attenborough

For once, the IMDb has never heard of this. It was an episode of “Nova,” one hour long, and Sir David appears only at the very beginning, in a canoe. Other than that, he’s just the narrator, and the script doesn’t have his usual zing. It’s worth watching, but rather slow-paced and not up to the standards of the ones Sir D produces himself.

Crónicas

A dramatic film made in Ecuador. Ecuador? It’s one of those countries that, unless you’ve actually been there, you probably only know through memorizing the name of its capital city. (Quito.) I probably know more about Ecuador’s more interesting possession, the Galapagos Islands, than I do about the country itself. Well, turns out it can’t ... Read more »

Crosby, Stills, and Nash: Daylight Again

I think I have an old Laserdisc of this concert, which opened the new Universal Amphitheater, in a box somewhere. (Remember Laserdiscs? How are we going to watch them in 20 years when all the players are broken down and no one knows how to fix them? I still have a player in storage, but I have no idea if it still works.)

We had the great good fortune to get to know David Crosby ... Read more »

Crossfire

A dark and shadowy room, from a low angle. Sounds of fighting are heard; shadows of struggling figures are seen. A lamp is knocked over, casting even crazier shadows. A man falls, not moving. A door opens and two indistinct figures rush into the light outside. They might be wearing uniforms.

This is noir at its best. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, written by John Paxton, from a novel, ... Read more »

The Crown

Bravo for Netflix! They have broken the mold of having continuing TV series appear once a week. They release them all at once, and I’m not the only one who has found that to be a big improvement on the standard model. It would not have worked well in the past, but the world of television has changed radically from the days of three networks plus PBS. Way back when, there were not long, ... Read more »

The Crusades

This is a series co-written and presented by Terry Jones. I think of Terry Jones as the Forgotten Python. He’s “the fat one,” the one whose name is least likely to be remembered, despite being so common … maybe because it’s so common. All the other Pythons have bits you’ll instantly think of. Graham Chapman was Brian. Eric Idle had the “Nudge, nudge” sketch. ... Read more »

A Cry in the Dark (Evil Angels)

A few months ago we could have had this movie from Netflix just for the asking, but at it turned out we had to wait many weeks before a copy became available. The reason was that a lot of people had the same bright idea we had, which was to see it again after the announcement that, 32 years after one of the worst atrocities of the Australian legal system (that didn’t involve their horrific ... Read more »

Cry Terror!

A criminal mastermind (Rod Steiger) cons an electronics expert (James Mason) into making some bombs that are small, but capable of bringing down an airplane. Then he and his gang of pretty stupid people (Angie Dickenson, Jack Klugman, and Neville Brand) kidnap him and his wife (Inger Stevens) and young daughter, forcing the wife to collect the $500,000 payoff from an airline whose planes ... Read more »

CSNY Déjà Vu

I was not enthused about seeing this DVD, as I don’t much like concert films, and I’d already been to this concert. It was a fine concert, one of the best I’ve ever been to (after the first few numbers, when Stephen Stills finally stopped singing flat), but I had no real desire to revisit it. Browsing some of the reviews, I came across this quote from Kirk Honeycutt at THR.com:

The ... Read more »