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Nothing But the Truth (2008)
Director opts for PC
This movie would have been so much stronger, if the director had included strong opposing courtroom statements by both the Alan Alda character and the Matt Dillon character. That could have really caused members of the audience to pause and think. Instead the director gave in to his personal political bias, took the liberal PC route and allowed only Alda to make a big statement.
Typical, predictable Hollywood.
As for the rest of the movie it was OK but I had trouble suspending my disbelief. The problem for me is that the characters do so many stupid things that while watching the flick, over and over I thought, "Well, that sure was dumb move."
Danger Signal (1945)
Kudos to the stuntman
Kudos to the unnamed stuntman who (as the Ronnie Mason character) near the end of the film takes a tough fall over the cliff and lands in the ocean at an angle. I really cringed.
Also, like others I found the acting, direction, camera work and overall atmosphere in this film were terrific. Two caveats though:
First, as noted, the ending was indeed too pat and a little sugary.
Second, Anne went through some some real difficult to believe 180 degree turn arounds in this film . She quickly goes from the family devoted, all-American girl next door--to a seemingly older person who immediately assumes all of the worst about her sister--to (at the end) the innocent high school girl unaffected by what should have been deeply troubling events.
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
The Falcon series on DVD?
After doing some internet searching it appears that the Falcon series has not been put on DVDs. Does anyone know if there is a reasonable chance that that will happen? My son and I recently recorded three of The Falcon movies off of a satellite channel and enjoyed all three. I'd sure buy a DVD set of the series if it were available.
The three films we saw were The Falcon's Brother, The Falcon and the Co-Eds and The Falcon Strikes Back. That is probably the order in which we would rank the three films, but for us they are pretty close. I read a comment that the earlier George Sanders films had a more film noir atmosphere, in which case we'd definitely like to see those.
Thanks,