St. Ives
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Movie Reviews of St. Ives
Movie Review: BRONSON AT HIS COOLEST !
Summary: 5 Stars
It's King of Kings Charles Bronson time again. When my son recently put on the tape of 'St. Ives' and I heard the great score by Lalo Schifrin during the opening credits, I just had to run into the living room. I remember this score from 'St. Ives' being used by the ABC sports channel on many an occassion in the late 70's/Early 80's.
Another Bronson film theme that used to be used very often on TV and in other places was the great score from 'Breakheart Pass'. Both these films' themes are to die for.
This is one cool film reminiscent of the great mystery films of the 1940's. It's well acted, well directed, well scored and very entertaining.
Watch it and you will see what I mean.
Movie Review: Bronson
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big Charles Bronson fan. I've enjoyed all his movies. St. Ives was one that I did not have in my collection and needed to get. I also, enjoy Slueth type movies as well.Movie Review: Great 70's fare...
Summary: 5 Stars
If your a fan of Bronson and 70's movies in general then pick up a copy of this very un-Bronson movie and immerse yourself in simpler times.Movie Review: "He's clean. He's mean. He's a go-between."
Summary: 4 Stars
Although little loved by fans of Ross Thompson's novel, St. Ives is an entertaining thriller with largely unrealised aspirations to being seen as a throwback to Warners' 1940s detective movies. Charles Bronson's the heavy gambler, retired crime writer and would-be novelist of the title, hired by John Houseman's gentleman crook to act as go-between to recover a series of stolen incriminating volumes only to stumble across dead bodies in tumble dryers and burglars who've taken the shortcut to the sidewalk via the window. It's not an action film, an elevator shaft fight and a climactic shootout that enables Jacqueline Bisset to show off her familiarity with handguns notwithstanding. Instead it's a slightly quirky number full of neat little touches, be it Houseman watching The Big Parade and Birth of a Nation because, as his analyst Maximilian Schell explains, "Films really are dreams, especially old movies, and Abner loves them. They're good dreams for Abner. They're splendid, splendid therapy," Elisha Cook (no longer billed as Jr.) turning up as a hotel clerk who can even sleep through a shootout in the lobby or an amusing scene where a drop-off in the toilets in Union Station turns into a quirky discussion of restroom idiosyncrasies. With some surprising faces popping up in the cast (Daniel J. Travanti, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund among them), it's an enjoyable 90 minutes that aims to be nothing more than a good night out at the pictures, and in this case that's enough.
Warners' DVD boasts an impressive widescreen transfer, original trailer and brief 4-minute behind-the-scenes short.
Movie Review: Film Noir, in color, 1970's style
Summary: 4 Stars
The music soundtrack by Lalo Schifrin is a gas! Good sound, too. Transfer of film to DVD is nice and clear also. Cool, Fun, 1970's Noir crime mystery movie. Fine actors John Houseman and Jacqueline Bisset co-star. See Robert Englund and Jeff Goldblum in bit parts as street hoods, before they became famous (I'm pretty sure that I saw them in "Death Wish" as street hoods also!).