The Comfort of Strangers (1991) *****
A few days in Venice turn out to be a few too many for a bored English couple whose romance has lost that certain something. Christopher Walken appears before them in a white Armani suit. Genius-level creepiness.
Elegy (2007) **
Beware! Self-loathing intellectual! 60-ish, surprisingly buff celebrity academic Ben Kingsley goes through coeds like kleenex, but can't be happy, even when the latest is (Lord have mercy!) Penelope Cruz. Gosh.
Vengeance Valley (1951) ***
Unexceptional brother vs. brother western notable only for Robert Walker as the scheming younger of the two, practicing up for his psycho Bruno Anthony in “Strangers on a Train” later that year.
Crossfire (1947) ***
Some good stuff in this noir-flavored mystery, with Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, and Gloria Grahame (bless her heart) all on hand. Robert Young a surprisingly cool cat as the police captain.
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) ****
Gable and Lancaster carry this top-drawer submarine flick--the old-fashioned kind in which the crew includes Don Rickles. Toy boats in tubs and an anticlimactic ending, but endearing nevertheless.
Monday, October 12, 2009
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