Reviews – Foote & Friends on Film https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com Any film you haven't seen -- is a new experience! Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:47:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-FF-1-32x32.png Reviews – Foote & Friends on Film https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com 32 32 REVISITING GANDHI (1982) /2021/06/06/revisiting-gandhi-1982-2/ /2021/06/06/revisiting-gandhi-1982-2/#respond Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:47:05 +0000 /?p=17605 By John H. Foote (**) Sitting shocked and livid with anger, I watched as Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi (1982) the “biography” of the man who fought for the independence of India from British rule collected eight Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Ben Kingsley), Best Director (Attenborough) and Best Picture. 1982 was a very strong year…

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]]> /2021/06/06/revisiting-gandhi-1982-2/feed/ 0 REVISITING DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) /2021/06/03/revisiting-dead-poets-society-1989/ /2021/06/03/revisiting-dead-poets-society-1989/#respond Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:23:42 +0000 /?p=17587 By John H. Foote (****) There is something deeply melancholy about watching this film after the passing of Robin Williams seven years ago, and the fact it includes the shocking suicide of one its promising young men. I slipped the Blu Ray in after having not seen the film since the late nineties. I remember…

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]]> /2021/06/01/review-cruella/feed/ 0 REVIEW: A QUIET PLACE PART II /2021/05/31/review-a-quiet-place-part-ii/ /2021/05/31/review-a-quiet-place-part-ii/#respond Mon, 31 May 2021 12:03:16 +0000 /?p=17562 By John H. Foote (****) In theatres Actor John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place (2018) remains one of the most extraordinary directorial debuts in film history, a deeply terrifying horror film that used silence to build dread. Few humans are left after an alien invasion in which the aliens quickly wiped out most of humanity, hunting…

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]]> /2021/05/31/review-a-quiet-place-part-ii/feed/ 0 THE GREATEST AMERICAN FILMS OF THE NINETIES: #2 /2021/05/30/the-greatest-american-films-of-the-nineties-2/ /2021/05/30/the-greatest-american-films-of-the-nineties-2/#respond Sun, 30 May 2021 20:12:39 +0000 /?p=17554 By John H. Foote 2. GOODFELLAS (1990) Ten years after his dark masterpiece Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese unleashed the film that has come to be known as his absolute masterpiece, GoodFellas, a journey through the inner workings of organized crime. In the years between the two films, Scorsese focused on the kind of films he…

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]]> /2021/05/30/the-greatest-american-films-of-the-nineties-2/feed/ 0 REVIEW: ARMY OF THE DEAD /2021/05/28/review-army-of-the-dead/ /2021/05/28/review-army-of-the-dead/#respond Fri, 28 May 2021 12:31:22 +0000 /?p=17548 By John H. Foote (***) Streaming on Netflix Like the rest of the yawning press around me, I did not expect much when I attended the screening for Dawn of the Dead (2004), a remake of the 60s classic from George Romero. But they had the good sense to cast Sarah Polley, and I adore…

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]]> /2021/05/28/review-army-of-the-dead/feed/ 0 THE 10 BEST OF KEVIN COSTNER /2021/05/28/the-10-best-of-kevin-costner/ /2021/05/28/the-10-best-of-kevin-costner/#respond Fri, 28 May 2021 12:13:49 +0000 /?p=17523 By Marie-Renee Goulet Movies and music were always a source of joy, adventure and escape. However, the world being what it was from 2016 to June of last year, I completely stopped watching movies, and even listen to music. I had news channels on in the background for every waking hour, as if life depended on it. A year ago this…

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]]> /2021/05/28/the-10-best-of-kevin-costner/feed/ 0 REVIEW: FOUR GOOD DAYS /2021/05/25/review-four-good-days/ /2021/05/25/review-four-good-days/#respond Tue, 25 May 2021 12:05:33 +0000 /?p=17461 By John H. Foote (***) Streaming on Netflix The performances of Mila Kunis and Glenn Close are so astounding in this film, so biting in their visceral honesty and raw power, it is not out of the realm to start talking Oscar for either of them. At least nominations! Is it cruel to talk Oscar…

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