Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 11, 2017

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: The Thrill...   read more

Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on October 29, 2015

The Boys from Brazil (1978) – The Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier Blogathon 29 Thursday Oct 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1970s, Blogathon, Drama, Politics, Sci-Fi ≈ 10 Comments Tags1970s, Blogathon, Creepy True Story,   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 25, 2015

The Boys From Brazil is an odd movie in that it brings together a number of topics that seem to have been in the air at the time of its development. The film is a hybrid of science fiction, conspiracy, and spy movie, all brought together under an umbrella of...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 4, 2015

Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) is in Paraguay, where he’s discovered a group of war criminals of the Third Reich holding secret meetings, led by the infamous Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck). Barry contacts Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier), a man coined “the Nazi hunter” by the press   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on July 1, 2013

When a young man learns of a secret meeting of Nazi war criminals in modern-day Paraguay, he contacts veteran Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier). Lieberman's response is less than enthusiastic: "It may be a blinding revelation to you that there are Nazis in Paraguay, but I assure you it's   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on May 4, 2012

Now, I cannot for a second claim that my viewing of all of Brazil’s significant films in the history of the nation’s cinema is complete. However, making a watch list for myself is just one motivation for writing this piece. The others are: one, there are likely many coming across...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on March 31, 2012

I was reminded of this one in an email from my grandfather. As many of you know Walt Disney was quite fond of South America, Brazil in particular. Some of the studio’s best, but not necessarily most celebrated works, were about South America like the short vignettes that comprised the...   read more