The Outrage

 

This western version of Rashomon was just ok. Claire Bloom plays the woman that Paul Newman is accused of raping and Laurence Harvey, the husband he murders. Three different versions are shown, one showing Claire Bloom as a harlot, another a saint. Paul Newman plays a Mexican. I thought he did a poor job which I never thought I would say of Paul Newman. However, one person on the internet had a valid point that he was doing a stereotyped version. If that's the case then he did an ok job. I don't know. I wanted more. 

Divorce Italian Style

 

Marcello Mastroianni plays a man who lusts after the young Stefania Sandrelli. However, he is tied down to his wife and divorce is impossible to get in Italy. So, he hatches a plan to get his wife to have an affair with an artist. The end shows him getting what I felt was justice for his behavior. This was pretty funny as was also Seduced and Abandoned also made by Pietro Germi, an underrated director indeed. 

Seduced and Abandoned

Stefania Sandrelli was in three of the best Italian movies of the 1960s (Divorce Italian Style and I knew her well are the others.). Despite this I feel she is not as well-known as she should be. She was an excellent beautiful actress. In this she plays a teenager who gets knocked up and the family tells the man he has to marry her. What follows is a pretty funny comedy. The best scene involves a kidnapping. I was kind of alarmed though at how many times she was called a tramp. I felt it was overdoing it. 

Chandni

 

This is a pretty good Indian movie despite the ending. A beautiful woman is engaged to a man who becomes a cripple from an accident. The cripple becomes a jerk and puts the blame of the accident onto her. She leaves him and gets a new job with a wealthy man who adores her. His family loves her as well. The cripple and the rich man become friends. Soon the cripple begs for her back, leaving her wit the decision to decide which man she should choose. I wasn't pleased with who she chose and most people on Netflix agree with me. 

David and Lisa

 

Don't watch the remake put out by Oprah. It was wretched stick with the original. This is a classic. This is a movie about two misfit teenagers in a mental institution. David is afraid of being touched and Janet plays a schizophrenic who speaks in rhyme. Janet Margolin should have become more of a star. I watched her in Take the money and Run recently too. She had some roles but never as compelling as this. 

Har dil de Pyar karega

 

This had a pretty low rating on imdb.com. It was generic. I'm not saying it was good, but I've seen worse. Salman Khan plays a man who is mistaken for being the husband of a girl in a coma. In the meantime, he falls for her friend Preity Zinta. But things get complicated when the Rani Mukherjee wakes up from her coma and likes him too. This is an attractive cast but there are better movies by all of the actors involved.

The Silver Chalice

 

My sister wanted to watch this movie because of Paul Newman. If I looked on imdb and saw its 4.6 rating I wouldn't have bothered. This was really bad and incredibly stagey and boring.  This was Paul Newman's debut. This movie doesn't show his potential at all and that's surprising considering that he was an excellent charismatic actor. He later apologized for this movie! Paul Newman plays a sculptor who makes a cup for the last supper. This really has a great cast Virginia Mayo, Jack Palance, and Pier Angeli. But you can't tell. All of their talent is wasted. I've always had a fond spot for Pier Angeli and wow she is gorgeous in this movie and that was the best thing about this movie.