The Fog (1980)
John Carpenter directs the story of a California coastal town haunted by the vengeful ghosts of mariners killed a century earlier.
Hal Holbrook
This archive gathers the films featuring Hal Holbrook reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Dirty Harry Pentalogy (1971-1988)”, “Lincoln (2012)”, “Midway (1976) and Midway (2019)”, and “The Fog (1980)” — 4 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Hal Holbrook serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
Dirty Harry Pentalogy (1971-1988)
Clint Eastwood’s five Dirty Harry films, 1971-1988. The original and Magnum Force are essential. Foundational American police thriller cinema.
Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln is a political procedural about the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in January 1865. Steven Spielberg directed it. Tony Kushner wrote the…
Midway (1976) and Midway (2019) — Review
Two substantial adaptations of the Battle of Midway. 1976 ensemble approach with Charlton Heston and Toshiro Mifune. 2019 contemporary CGI with Ed Skrein. 8/10.