Coffin for a Gunfighter-that was the name it was released in Malaysia in the late 1960s.

It was then the era of the spaghetti western and stars like Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef held sway. And then there was Franco Nero.

He was different. He was sullen. He had no horse. He is seen just dragging along a coffin. The music is nostalgic and the violence was never seen before-the gatling gun action is just stupendous!

Simple revenge story with a gold heist in between.

The gunfight in the graveyard is great.

Another Type of Legend?

I Am Legend is another film of the future-the background-a deserted New York after the world has been ravaged by an unknown virus that slowly killed everyone except for one million people.

Will Smith stars with a dog in the main part of the movie. It documents how he adapted to life scrounging in empty homes for canned and bottled foods and his experimentation on zombie-fied beings affected by the virus, trying to find a cure.

Oftentimes he goes crazy and shoots things up.

The movie ends with his demise after he has found the cure to the viral inflicted condition on humankind. Exciting at times.

Watchable fare.

Classic Capra!

It's a Wonderful Life is a classic of all times. A really feel-good movie, it centres around the life of George Bailey and a thrift and loan society. He got the girl of his life but never got his ambition realised nor a chance to see the world as he is embroiled in the affairs of Bedford Fall. He intention to commit suicide because of the fear of an embezzlement charge led him to meet Clarence, a second class angel waiting to get his wings!

His wish never to have been born let George to see that many things did not materialise without his touch. Realising this, he got his wish to come back into the real world and to savour its goodness.

Wonderful performance by James Stewart and a charming Donna Reed.

Great movie to watch and continues to delight even though it is old vintage!

Unlikely to Happen!

It Happened One Night, another Frank Capra offering, as usual entertains with the flavour of the early years of the era of the black and white movies. Here, we have a news hound Gable as Peter getting entangled with a heiress,Ellen (Claudette) who has run away from her father, as they spend time together from a bus journey through hitch-hiking to staying in a barn.

Another feel-good movie just like the other Capra classics like Mr Smith Goes to Washington and The Best Years of Our Lives.

Brilliant movie. See it!

The Death Wish Trilogy

In those days of the mid 70s to the mid- 80s, Charles Bronson was the he-man of thriller movies. Apart from The Mechanic, there was the Death Wish trilogy.

Bronson's wife was murdered in the first Death Wish and his daughter, Carol raped and institutionalised. He seek revenge against muggers and the police force under Inspector Ochoa (Vincent Gardenia) were hot on his trail. The scene where he used a sock of coins to thwart a mugger and the killing in the subway are legendary.

However, his vigilante exploits brought down crimes in New York and so the authorities got him out of New York to Chicago as a way out of avoiding making him a martyr. This movie spawned The Brave One starring Jodie Forster in 2007.

The Other Boleyn Girl?

I never knew that. All the while, we knew only about Anne and her reign as Queen for a thousand days. So my information gap has now being filled complete through this Scott Rudin film.

As the story unfolds, Mary was the first Boleyn daughter to be bedded by Henry the King, in a plot to help the Boleyn family to get out of debt and into fortune, in spite of the fact that she already been married. When Mary was shut from Henry's sexual appettite for fear of losing a baby, a plot was hatched to get Anne, banished to the French court to enticed the King.

All came to naught because Anne was beheaded for adultery and incest with his brother, George. However, she had a daughter, Elizabeth who succeeded Henry as Queen.

Good movie, great editing and you can feel the excitement tingling in the air as the film transports you back into the days of the great amorous Henry VIII and the historical events that unfolds as he bends to the wishes of Anne.

Great acting by Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johanssen and Eric Bana.

A wonderful movie to behold. Enjoy!

John Wayne's Best!

It's sheer magic to have a stupendous cast of Duke, Glen Campbell and Kim Darby to lend their weight and appeal to this classic movie.

This late 1960's fare features a run-of-the mill story; a young girl in search of her father's murderer with the help of two lawmen.

Beautiful scenery, a bewitching music score and clever dialogue. Good editing and no smart gun-play. It is a tell it as it unfolds in plain cowboy action.

Love every minute of it.

Wonderful movie. See it again.