jlrayfield

"In Cold Blood" is such a strange film that it is sometimes hard to believe that it is actually a true story. The two main characters of Perry Smith and Dick Hickock seem like such easy going people, which is what makes it so surreal when they commit the horrible crime that they commit and which is what makes them so creepy. I recommend it for its stand out performances from Robert Blake and Scott Wilson and for its haunting music score.

I think that the first few years of Saturday Night live, (1975-1980) will always be remembered as its best years. It is a show that has been through "Peaks and Valleys" in the over 25 years that it has been on. I think that it has improved in the last 4-5 years with improved writing and very talented cast members but I don't think that it will ever recapture the greatness of its first five years.

Prince of the City is probably Sidney Lumet's best film to date. It is better then Serpico because it shows how dirty police corruption can get. Everyone is guilty in this film to some degree, there are no hero's. The viewer is taken inside the world of drug addicts and drug dealers, cops, lawyers and judges and is shown how easy it is for them to sell out and how sad it is when they do sell out. While "Prince of the City is a very long film and sometimes gets a little slowed down, it is a great story that is worth watching.