Donald Sutherland 1935 - 2024 12 of the Best... Donald Sutherland Movies The Dirty Dozen - Robert Aldrich - 1967 IMDb Rating: 7.7 - Decinemal Rating: 72 M*A*S*H - Robert Altman - 1970 IMDb Rating: 7.4 - Decinemal Rating: 74 Klute - Alan J Pakula - 1971 IMDb Rating: 7.1 - Decinemal Rating: 80 Don't … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Donald Sutherland Movies
Greetings! Welcome to The Wasteland, or indeed welcome back if you are a returning reader of my reviews. The big news is, today, I am embracing a little tech and updating the way I post. From today, most reviews and commentaries will include a voice note / single person podcast, where the same review I … Continue reading The Wasteland Podcast
I have been absent from The Wasteland for a while. And, to be honest, I'm not watching as many movies as I used to. You know how it is: work, work, work. And sadly I don't get paid for this... but I do miss it. Often I watch something, then write a post about it … Continue reading True Story Triple Bill
This is the fifth in the series of films I would recommend to an alien to explain humanity. Not, as posted on the Instagram account, #6 - sorry for the confusion, I think I skipped #4 on there when posting for Schindler's List a few weeks ago. Anyway... today's choice is Ari Folman's extraordinary antiwar … Continue reading Alien Rec’s No.5
The fourth in my series of films you would recommend to an alien to explain humanity dovetails nicely with my Hall of Fame inductee this week. It is Steven Spielberg's seminal anti war epic Shindler's List (1993). This one speaks for itself in many ways. As an exploration of evil and the men behind the … Continue reading Alien Rec’s No.4
Where do you start with Steven Spielberg? In one way or another he has shaped our film watching habits, and controlled what we think of as BIG films for almost 50 years. He may not have reached the artistic pinnacle of Kubrick or Tarkovsky, but he has dominated our idea of Hollywood Blockbusters since 1975, … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #4 Steven Spielberg
Welcome to part 3 of the Bad Movie Triple Bills feature. As I am sure you are getting used to by now, this area is reserved for films I watched that left me palming my forehead in frustration, or puffing out my cheeks in boredom, or gritting my teeth in annoyance. Yes, those little nuggets … Continue reading Bad Movie Triple Bill #3
Today's 12 of the Best list celebrates the life and extraordinary career of Christopher Plummer, who has sadly passed away aged 91. Born in Toronto in 1929, he moved to New York to study acting in his early 20s, fast becoming a star on Broadway following his stage debut in 1954. He graduated to movies … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Christopher Plummer Films
The rule of threes is a pretty solid philosophy. We find things repeated in triplicate satisfying and complete. There is no rule of four, it isn't a thing. Four is usually one too many... and this was the fear for all Pixar and Toy Story fans when this project was announced, fairly unexpectedly, in 2018. … Continue reading Toy Story 4
The second in the series of films you would recommend to a visiting alien species in order to explain humanity. This is an effort to try and engage followers of The Wasteland a little more, both via WordPress on the actual page and through the instagram account thewasteland.art.blog If you have an idea which film … Continue reading Alien Rec’s No.2
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