Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Kristin Battestella

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List: Top Ten Gerard Butler Essentials

  Okay, okay. So we all know what's going to be the de facto Gerard Butler film. However, despite some cliché action, hammy fantasy, and a detour into the dearth of romantic comedies,...

Op-Ed: Revisiting Pierce Brosnan as James Bond

Who doesn't love Pierce Brosnan? Who doesn't love Pierce Brosnan as Bond? Unfortunately, even the most ardent fan of the fifth 007 has to admit Brosnan peaked in his debut and suffers...

Top Ten: Sean Bean Essentials

Superb television such as Sharpe, Lady Chatterley, and Game of Thrones or cameos and tent poles like GoldenEye and Lord of the Rings aside; Sean Bean has been smirking, cursing, and dying...

Op-ed: Revisiting Sean Connery as James Bond

The late Sir Sean Connery first brought Ian Fleming's MI6 Agent 007 James Bond to the big screen in 1962. Despite an uneven and interrupted tenure, Connery's smooth portrayal sets the bar...

Classic Movie Review: The Nostalgic Charm of ‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’

Advertising executive Jim Blandings (Cary Grant) is tired of cramped Manhattan living so he and his wife Muriel (Myrna Loy) buy a historic Connecticut property in the 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds...

Op-Ed: Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing Non-Horror Recommendations

Lifelong friends and Hammer bros Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are well known for their horror credentials, both together and separately. However, these May birthday boys certainly ventured into other genres, sometimes...

Op-Ed: The Inability to Quantify Guy Pearce

Almost immediately after casually pitching the idea of a Top Ten Essentials Guy Pearce ranking here at InSession Film, I realized it's nearly impossible to whittle down the decades-long tenure of an...

Classic Movie Review: ‘Hud’ – A Cowboy Catharsis

Paul Newman is the titular star of frequent collaborator and Best Director nominee Martin Ritt's (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold) Hud, a bleak contemporary western based on the novel...

Kristin Battestella

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