23 May 08 - 02:47A Guide to the Ultimate Gentleman
Welcome once again to The Movie Blog. The column dedicated to dead people, well, mostly. Actually, this week's column is, sadly, dedicated to a man who is deceased. This week I'm writing about one of my favorite movie stars of all time. As by the pictures on this page, I assume you know that I'm talking about Gregory Peck. Gregory Peck was never quite the Stewart, Wayne or Grant as far as stature goes, but I don't think there's ever been more of a classy person in movie history.
I remember seeing Jack Lemmon talk about Peck in a biography I taped a few years ago. When Peck won his one and only Oscar for To Kill a Mockingbird, Lemmon was also nominated for his film, The Days of Wine and Roses. Upon Gregory Peck hearing his name called for the Oscar he made his way to accept the award. ...
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This is The Movie Blog! In this week's edition you're getting part two of my series of "the best performances of all time". The reason I separated the performances of the men from the women would be because performances from the two sexes are almost a different medium. You expect different qualities from a female performance than a male one, and vice versa. Therefore, I spilt the idea into two columns. So, sitting here watching Sin City, I think now is as good of a time as any to complete the series.
As I'm sitting here watching What's New Pussycat? I realized two things. 1, Woody Allen is one of the greatest writers in movie history. 2, It's about time I wrote a new edition of Out of the Past. As you read in the title, this week I'm the picking the top ten greatest performances by female actors(or actresses as everyone calls them). The idea for this column came to me about two months ago went I wrote my guide to Martin Scorsese's catalog. You will notice that I'm not including any males in my selections because, well, that's for next time. So, here you have it - 
Welcome to a column that you are probably the only person to have read! I actually hope at least some of you out there have seen these two movies. See, what I have here is the first of what I expect to be many "versus" columns. What we'll have are two comparable(somewhat) movies being stacked up against each other, and the jury(me) will pick the winner. For the inaugural edition I have picked two brilliant movies. They hail from one of the best countries for movies, Sweden. The two movies I've picked are considered to be the absolute best from the infamous, Ingmar Bergman. While Ingmar has done many great movies, when ever you hear his amazing career discussed people either pick one of two movies as his best. I give you The Seventh Seal vs. Wild Strawberries. ...
The worst story I may have ever heard involving the Academy Awards would have to be when Will Rogers announced the winner for Best Director at the 1933 awards ceremony. When opening the envelope Rogers remarked "Well, well, well. What do you know. I've watched this young man for a long time. Saw him come up from the bottom, and I mean the bottom. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Come on up and get it, Frank!". Well, Frank Capra, who was nominated for his film Lady for a Day, started to make his way up the isle, but unfortunately for Capra, Will Rogers was referring to director Frank Lloyd whom was also nominated for his film, Cavalcade. Frank Capra was made to head back to his seat amongst jeers of "Sit down" being yelled at him. ...
Welcome once again to The Movie Blog. Having a week long flu sets you back I'm telling you. Anyway, enough with me, let's talk about who, in my opinion, is the greatest living director. In case you haven't read my last column(Top 10 Love Stories of All time) I'm talking about Martin Scorsese.
Okay, maybe this is not the most masculine column I could've picked to write, but it's the time of the year for it. Most guys whether they admit it or not know the occasional love story is as fun to watch as any movie. If you even have a hint of a heart you can't help but to like a sappy love story. Even if you won't admit it. Now not all of these movies would be the most happy selections, but these movies you defiantly don't rent along Die Hard or Dirty Harry. Every movie on this list is truly a touching movie, and can stand along any other movie from any genre as one of the best movies ever. That said, the movies aren't ranked for their overall quality, but rather the amount of heart and romance they display. SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
Well, it's now May and that means one thing. The NBA Playoffs are going to be rocking, so I won't be really watching much else. This week I have a great face off. Both films deal with monsters and vacation destinations! This time around The Showdown brings you a summertime blockbuster death match. It's Jurassic Park vs. Jaws!