Colossus is a pre-disaster movie, in the Irwin Allen sense. It has a lot in common with films like The Andromeda Strain and The Satan Bug. The problem is established and then the film’s story is an attempt to resolve it. It’s a little less character-oriented than the Allen disaster formula–Colosuss doesn’t have much lead-in, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Susan Clark'
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970, Joseph Sargent)
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Tagged: D.F. Jones· Eric Braeden· James Bridges· Joseph Sargent· Susan Clark· Universal Pictures· ★★½
Madigan (1968, Don Siegel)
June 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Madigan ends really well, deceptively well, but the whole film is rather well-written. The problems are plot and production related. I suppose there’s some problems with unbelievable character relationships too–for example, Richard Widmark’s workaholic cop and Inger Stevens’s would-be social climber are never a credible couple. There’s also a big problem with the brief implication […]
Tagged: Abraham Polonsky· Don Siegel· Henry Fonda· Howard Rodman· James Whitmore· Richard Dougherty· Richard Widmark· Susan Clark· Universal Pictures· ★★
Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969, Abraham Polonsky)
July 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Is that the one where Katharine Ross plays an Indian?
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Tell Them Willie Boy is Here starts incredibly strong. It gives a real sense of building towards something, but when that something arrives–Robert Blake and Katharine Ross on the run from a posse–it’s handled so poorly, the film falls apart. Maybe it doesn’t […]
Tagged: Abraham Polonsky· Harry Lawton· John Vernon· Robert Redford· Susan Clark· Universal Pictures· ★½
Coogan’s Bluff (1968, Don Siegel)
November 8th, 2005 · No Comments
In my youth, or until Entertainment Weekly misquoted me about it, I used to opine that film entered the modern era in 1968. I cited films such as 2001, Once Upon a Time in the West, and Bullitt. Coogan’s Bluff, released in October 1968 (who doesn’t love IMDb for release dates?), sort of goes against […]
Tagged: Clint Eastwood· Dean Riesner· Don Siegel· Herman Miller· Howard Rodman· Lee J. Cobb· Susan Clark· Universal Pictures· ★★★
Night Moves (1975, Arthur Penn)
September 12th, 2005 · No Comments
I have a confession to make with Night Moves. I first started watching it when I was fifteen and home sick from school. I wanted to see Knight Moves with Christopher Lambert and I got this one instead. I liked Gene Hackman (or said I did) so I started watching it and I turned it […]
Tagged: Alan Sharp· Arthur Penn· Gene Hackman· James Woods· Susan Clark· Warner Bros.· ★★★★




