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
Recommend on MahaloLorenzo’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 […]
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 […]
