tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580978899269996730.post8424040613194075149..comments2024-03-28T09:15:00.031-04:00Comments on Scriblets: RunawayBleethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886801464672049870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580978899269996730.post-29691187611495095862011-04-26T19:33:52.951-04:002011-04-26T19:33:52.951-04:00Unstoppable was even better than I expected. I had...Unstoppable was even better than I expected. I had some confidence in the movie based on the two stars, Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, and also based on the trailer.<br /><br />I went to see it in the cinema and I wasn't disappointed. It literally held me on the edge of my seat for the duration.<br /><br />What makes it even better is the fact that it's based on a true story.Peninkcillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848625062603548050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580978899269996730.post-28299793503036035452011-04-26T13:17:30.043-04:002011-04-26T13:17:30.043-04:00'The Lady Vanishes' (1938)
In this early H...'The Lady Vanishes' (1938)<br />In this early Hitchcock thriller, everyone tries to convince Iris (Margaret Lockwood) that a certain Miss Froy she'd been talking to was never on the train in the first place. <br /><br />'Night Train to Munich' (1940)<br />A sort-of sequel to 'The Lady Vanishes,' although directed by 'The Third Man's' Carol Reed and featuring different characters. <br /><br />'The Narrow Margin' (1952)<br />Often called 'The Greatest B-Movie Ever Made,' this nifty noir wastes no time saddling gruff detective Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) with a mouthy gangster's widow (Marie Windsor). <br /><br />'The Train' (1964)<br />Burt Lancaster was always a great action hero and he did all his own stunts in this lightning-paced war film<br /><br />'Murder on the Orient Express' (1974)<br />They sure don't do "all-star casts" like they did in the '70s: Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery and Vanessa Redgrave are just a few of the names in what's widely regarded as the best screen version of an Agatha Christie novel.<br /><br />'Runaway Train' (1985)<br />Jon Voight and Eric Roberts both earned Oscar nominations for their acted-to-the-hilt roles as a hardened, legendary criminal (Voight) and a not-so-bright young bank robber (Roberts) who escape from a maximum security prison in Alaska.<br /><br />'Transsiberian' (2008)<br />The Moscow tourist board definitely never approved this film, a cautionary tale about ever setting foot in the former Russia. On the train home, American tourists (Emily Mortimer and Woody Harrelson) befriend a young couple who, they realize far too late, are heroin smugglers. Even worse: A ruthless former KGB agent (Ben Kingsley) zeroes in on them as the criminals.rcothernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666493558651227557noreply@blogger.com