Originally posted on Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival:
Beginning in November 2019, I embarked on the Old Hollywood Best Picture Challenge, where I will endeavor to watch all 270 films that were nominated and/or won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards between the years 1927-1969. For a list of all films and reviews,…
Month: May 2020
A is for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) — Elena Square Eyes
Originally posted on Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6RwAWZtK5Uw?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), who’s idolised Jesse James (Brad Pitt) since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader. The way this film unfolds is interesting. It’s narrated by Hugh Ross and with…
