Movie Reviews
Titles starting with V
Volver
Means “to return.” The main plot points here are murder and incest, and possibly resurrection. For a while it seems like Hitchcock, maybe The Trouble With Harry, about comic exploits disposing of a body. There is even an echo of Chinatown (“She’s my sister! She’s my daughter!) But it’s not about any of those things. It’s mostly about women and ... Read more »
Von Ryan’s Express
Colonel Ryan (Frank Sinatra) arrives at an Italian POW camp, to learn that he is the highest-ranking officer there. He takes over from Major Trevor Howard, the SBO (Senior British Officer, like Alec Guinness in The Bridge On the River Kwai), not without some anger from the by-the-book major. Said major has been hoarding food and medicine for an escape attempt, ... Read more »