In memory of the great and very beautiful actress Elizabeth Taylor who died a few days ago at the age of 79. This being my first time seeing it I enjoyed it a lot. I really liked Dennis Hoppers Performance as well as Dean's. This is my first time seeing James Dean in a film. It touched on the subject of Racism. I liked this film and think that anyone who likes movies should watch this. 
A few days ago I watched the classic action film Die Hard. It is the first in the trilogy and stars Bruce Willis as New York police officer John McClane. In the film a group of terrorists led by Hans Grumber(Ronald Rickman) take over a building in LA. The film also stars many of the Dalton Villans including Andreas Wisniewski who played Necros in The Living Day Lights and also Robert Davi who played drug lord Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill. In this film he plays an FBI agent. Although the film was alittle far feched in such parts like when he is waliking on glass in his bare feet. None the less it's still very entertaining.
Rango is about a lizard voiced by Johnny Depp. Who is knocked out of the car he's in and has to adjust to life in the desert. It is an animated version of good the bad and the ugly and High Noon with a Don Knotts like sheriff.The film also stars Ned Betty. It was very entertaining.
To finish off Mason week I watched The Fall of the Roman Empire. It stars not only Mason but also Christopher Plummer, Alec Guinness,Stephen Boyd and Sophia Loren. It was directed by Anothony Mann who is known most for his work with James Stwert In many Western films such the Man from Laramime, Winchester 73, The Naked Spur, Bend in the River to name a few.
North by Northwest what can I say about this film that has not been said already. It is one of my top five films. It also has one of my top favorite movie scores.
After the two Fox's I watched a movie made from a Jules Verne book called Journey to the Center of the Earth. The film did not use Ray so the monsters were not as good as the monsters in mysterious island another Verne book made into a movie. I thought it was entertaining but once again like all James Mason Movies it is way to long. The tall blond Swedish guy looks like could be a bond villain's henchman. Bernard Herrmann's score is good as well.
"The desert fox" is about the life and death of one of the axis best. Mason plays Rommel again and is great at the role. I don't like how the Germans were translated into English in this film but not in the desert rats. I did not know he was part of operation Valkyrie the plot to blow up Hitler. The trailer makes you think this is a war film with lots of fighting and battles but really the only fighting is at the beginning when the British commandos try to kill Rommel. You could tell that the Nazi's end was soon due to unrest with the government and the loss at Africa. Good Film.
Last night to kick off Mason fest, I watched the World War 2 film The Desert Rats based on a true story about the siege of Tobruk in Northern Africa. The Australian 9th Division is put under the command of English Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts who is played by Richard Burton. They are to hold Tobruk for 2 months against Field Marshall Rommel played by Mason. During this time the men go on secret night raids. After more then two months some of the men go on a raid to a German ammo dump. They blow up the dump but most of the men are captured, killed or wounded. Burton escapes with one other man. After several more days of fighting the badly wounded and tired Australian 9th is relieved by the sound of bagpipes.
3. John Wayne and John Ford
Last night in memory of the late and very beautiful Jane Russell I watched one of her's and Bob Hopes best films. The very funny and one of my top five comedies 1952's Son of Paleface. 