This had me giddy over Bruce Lee in a way that The Big Boss did not. The story is better (but still not very good), the fight scenes are way better, and Bruce Lee is just on another level here. He kicks all sorts of ass and you don’t doubt for a second that he couldn’t take on twenty dudes at once. In fact, it’s hard to imagine anyone even giving him a challenge - and they really don’t. I…
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The Big Boss 1971
Definitely not good. Maybe not bad? I’ve been reading Bruce Lee’s biography so I have a newfound interest in his career. This was the movie that launched his far too short film career as an adult (he had a long run in Hong Kong as a kid). It’s fine I guess. The story is paper thin, the acting is laughably bad a lot of the time, and I unfortunately had to watch a dubbed version. But Bruce is great. This…
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A Star Is Born 2018
My goodness, I loved it. I absolutely loved it. I knew going in from how I perceived the trailer and from a couple of reviews that I read that it could be something special and A Star is Born did not disappoint. It’s a true marvel in the marriage of my two favorite art forms: cinema and music. I spent the first half of the film smiling uncontrollably as Lady Gaga’s character Ally is taken under rock star Jackson Maine’s…
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