Dark Victory Director: Edmund Goulding USA 1939 104 min. Starring: Bette Davis (article), George Brent, Humphrey Bogart , Geraldine Fitzgerald and Ronald Reagan, among others. A spoiled 23 year old heiress, Judith (Davis), is faced with the fact that she…
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Bigger Than Life (1956)
Bigger Than Life ***½ Country: US Director: Nicholas Ray As Bigger Than Life opens, we see the long horizontal façade of a school building stretched across the huge CinemaScope screen. A bell rings, and elementary school students come pouring through…
Read more →The Wolfman (2010): A Movie Review
The Wolfman: A Movie Review After the death of his brother, Shakespearean actor Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) returns to the family stately home in Blackmoor. His father John (Anthony Hopkins) and brother’s fiancee Gwen (Emily Blunt) wait for him…
Read more →First Time Watch: The Night Of The Hunter
People often say, “Beware of false prophets.” It’s an important life lesson, and Charles Laughton’s The Night Of The Hunter (his only credited directorial effort) perfectly exemplifies this warning. Another invaluable rule for folks to heed is, “Beware of false…
Read more →Lured (1948): Movie Review
Lured (1948), directed by Douglas Sirk in high style, presents George Sanders as a good guy detective from Scotland Yard and Lucille Ball as a woman working with Scotland Yard who presents herself as bait to help draw a murderer…
Read more →Oldboy (2003): Movie Review
Guest blogger Marcello Milteer from Japan Cinema writes: Japan Cinema presents: Oldboy, which is hands down the best film from South Korea. Period. It is arguably my favorite movie of all time and I will explain why. Dae-su (Min-sik Choi)…
Read more →Please Give (2010) Dark Comedy Starring Catherine Keener Movie Review
How charitable is our own Movie Irv towards writer/director Nicole Holofcener‘s latest eccentric cinematic concoction, Please Give? Please give your attention to our resident movie guru, who’s here to help you decide whether or not to seek out this dark comedy…
Read more →Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962): Movie Review
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? The poster alone piqued all my interest in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? because it seemed to promise exciting heights of campy thrills and Hollywood decay, like a more cult version of Sunset Blvd. The…
Read more →Waterloo Bridge (1931): Mae Clarke And Kent Douglass Movie Review
Waterloo Bridge Director: James Whale USA 1931 81 minutes (Available on the Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1) Unfortunately, this first filmed version of Waterloo Bridge has for a long time stood in the shadows of Mervyn LeRoy‘s more clean-cut 1940…
Read more →Ziegfeld Girl (1941): Movie Review
Ziegfeld Girl from 1941 is a moral story told through the parallel experiences of three girls who have been chosen to perform in the Ziegfeld Follies. Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland) is the youngest and most innocent. She’s packed with talent having…
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