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The Odyssey
from the series Movie Corner... Howard McQuitter II 5/5 Stars Universal Pictures 2026Adventure/Dark Fantasy/Adventure Hero By HOWARD MCQUITTER I anticipate a Christopher Nolan Film (Memento, The Dark Knight,Interstellar, Oppenheimer, The Prestige, Insomnia, et cetera) will be memorable.The Odyssey is no exception. Nolan avoids using Computer Graphic Imaging(CGI); applauded by many who are fans of his work.It is Nolan's version of the ancient Odyssey story that is estimated to beabout 2,700 years old and written by the Greek poet Homer sometime betweenthe 8th or 9th century BCE (Before Common Era). Some modern historiansbelieve the long oral story may have been by more than one person. Be that as itmay, Nolan makes The Odyssey a most passionate, riveting film, larger than life,an extraordinary adventure journey, a cinematic wonder, and all done on 70mmentirely in IMAX.Odysseus is a war-torn warrior, away from his wife Penelope and sonTelemachus for 10 years. He hasn't [...]
Movie Corner: Barbarian
20th Century Studios By HOWARD MCQUITTER II 20th Century Studios 2022Horror Barbarian is a very well-rounded horror film that, with its unpredictability and contradictions, is genuinely scary. For what seems like a normal house with normal trappings, below it is a house of horrors. Prepare to squirm in your seat when you see Barbarian. Tess Marshall (Georgina Campbell) is in Detroit (1980s) for a major convention. Finding hotel space full to capacity, discovers her Airbnb service has been double-booked at a “nice” house in a rundown neighborhood. It is night and pouring rain. Such a perfect setting for scares, a perfect place to be in the wrong places. She rings the doorbell to find another occupant is there. His name is is Keith (Bill Skarsgård, who played the murderous Pennywise the Clown) and he is as puzzled as she. He invites her to get out of the rain as everything seems to be “normal” inside the house. Understandably, Tess is wary of Keith; and Keith [...]
Movie Corner: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Warner Bros. By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Warner Bros. 1962Black &White Drama/Horror Thriller The drama/ thriller feels so much like Alfred Hitchcock, but it is directed by Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen , Emperor of the North ). To this day, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has aged quite well. The story of two sisters starts as children in vaudeville in the early 1900s before becoming movie stars in Hollywood’s pre-Golden and Golden Ages. As for Jane (Bette Davis), her movies are often riddled with being difficult to work with besides her heavy drinking which will carry into her years long after acting. Blanche (Joan Crawford) on the other hand, is much easier to get along with in general and is a better actress than her cranky sister. The camera moves fast forward several decades later where the two two sisters who never married live in Rudolph Valentino’s old mansion which looks more inviting from its façade than it does inside. By this time, Blanche is [...]
