As innocuous as Evil Under the Sun can get–and expecting anything else from it seems unintended–the film does have a slightly discomforting feel about it. Perhaps it’s the extraordinary level of benignity, but at times, it really does seem like Peter Ustinov (as Hercule Poirot) is going to be murdered by each and every person […]
Entries Tagged as 'Peter Ustinov'
Evil Under the Sun (1982, Guy Hamilton)
April 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Tagged: Agatha Christie· Anthony Shaffer· Guy Hamilton· James Mason· Maggie Smith· Peter Ustinov· Roddy McDowall· Universal Pictures· ★½
Lorenzo’s Oil (1992, George Miller)
May 26th, 2006 · No Comments
I’m not sure when Lorenzo’s Oil lost me. The opening credits are set in East Africa, the focus is on Lorenzo–for those who don’t know, who don’t remember the previews if not the film, Lorenzo is a kid who gets a rare disease–and the film takes a lyric quality. George Miller was a good, straightforward […]
Tagged: George Miller· Nick Enright· Nick Nolte· Peter Ustinov· Universal Pictures· ★★
The Spies (1957, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
August 15th, 2005 · No Comments
I’m not all that familiar with Clouzot, or maybe I am. I’ve seen Wages of Fear and Diabolique. I didn’t even know The Spies was one of his, I was just queuing a Peter Ustinov spy movie. Apparently, Topkapi didn’t teach me anything.
I’m kidding. About The Spies, not about Topkapi. Topkapi is pretty shitty. The […]
Tagged: Egon Hostovsky· Henri-Georges Clouzot· Jérôme Géronimi· Peter Ustinov· Pretoria Films· ★★★½
