I’ve never watched SOYLENT GREEN because I know how it ends. Dumb. If you are like me and have avoided watching the movie because you know the big twist (which I won’t give away on the odd chance you’ve never heard of the film), rectify that mistake. Because while I knew where SOYLENT ended up, […]
Read More Soylent Green: A Mark Bousquet ReviewAn intense meditation on manhood and loneliness, POINT BLANK is a stylish thriller directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin. An adaptation of Donald Westlake’s first Parker novel, The Hunter, Marvin growls and stares and sulks his way through one of his best pictures. Walker (renamed from the novel) is tough guy criminal who’s […]
Read More Point Blank: A Mark Bousquet ReviewIf you like movies, go watch THE NINTH CONFIGURATION. (It’s streaming on Prime.) I almost don’t want to say anything about it because it’s such a unique film. It’s brilliant and terrible and confused and purposeful. It’s a mess and it always knows what it is. Things happen that have no bearing on anything else, […]
Read More The Ninth Configuration: A Mark Bousquet ReviewCome for the set designs, stick around for the costumes, marvel at how the power of Farrah Fawcett’s feathered hairstyle is impervious to the passing of centuries, and do your best to ignore everything else. LOGAN’S RUN is never better than an okay, but is nonetheless so 1970s it is well worth a watch. It […]
Read More Logan’s Run: A Mark Bousquet ReviewHARLOTS 2017-2019 3 Seasons/24 Episodes Monumental Pictures Created by Alison Newman/Moira Buffini Based on “The Covent Garden Ladies” by Hallie Rubenhold Available for streaming on Hulu My wife Patricia greatly enjoyed “Bridgerton” as did millions of others and so she cast about the other streaming services looking for something similar. A few days later I […]
Read More HarlotsWhen I watched the clumsy SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL last week or so, I made the point that altering source material is not an automatic reason for me to dislike a movie. SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL isn’t mediocre because it changed almost all of Ace Atkins novel or gutted all the heart and charm from Robert Parker’s characters, or […]
Read More The Long Goodbye: A Mark Bousquet Review1975 New World Pictures Directed by William Witney Produced by Gene Corman Written by George Armitage “In fact, if you look from today’s perspective at 1970’s exploitation movies, they look like they were made on another planet. The basic elements in these movies are things you couldn’t put in movies today” -Joe Dante This is […]
Read More Darktown Strutters2019 Lucasfilm/Bad Robot Productions/Walt Disney Studios Directed by J.J. Abrams Produced by Kathleen Kennedy/Michelle Rejwan/J.J. Abrams Screenplay by Chris Terrio/J.J. Abrams Story by Derek Connolly/Colin Trevorrow/Chris Terrio/J.J. Abrams Based on characters created by George Lucas Music by John Williams Cinematography by Dan Mindel Edited by Maryann Brandon/Stefan Grube First off, we need to get one […]
Read More The Rise of SkywalkerDo what you have to do to find a copy of DR. STRANGE and watch it. While not at the level of the “Hulk” pilot, DR. STRANGE is easily the second-best Marvel-based property to hit the small screen in the late ’70s. In fact, while I was watching, I seriously wondered if they could bring […]
Read More Dr. Strange: A Mark Bousquet Review2019 Seven Bucks Production/Chris Morgan Productions/Universal Pictures Directed by David Leitch Produced by Dwayne Johnson/Jason Statham/Chris Morgan/Hiram Garcia Screenplay by Chris Morgan/Drew Pearce Story by Chris Morgan Music by Tyler Bates Cinematography by Jonathan Sela Edited by Christopher Rouse Two thoughts occurred to me about an hour into FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW. […]
Read More Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
The Ferguson Theater 