The Maltese Falcon was hardly the first private eye film (indeed, the Dashiell Hammett story it was based on had been filmed twice before the 1941 version I am discussing today). However, due to its …
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Film
Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Monthly Movie Reviews – May, 2011
June 1, 2011
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched – 16 Movies that were new to me – 12 Teen Comedies – 3 Monthly Masterpieces – Stagecoach, Johnny Guitar May 31 …
IO5M 4: The Top 5 American Directorial Debuts.
May 30, 2011
Welcome back to my most infrequently occurring Monday feature! I’m speaking, of course, of Infrequently Occurring Fifth Monday (IO5M), where I come up with a new “top 5″ list on a quad-yearly basis. Today's post takes …
Johnny Guitar is like no other movie you've ever seen. Yes, it is a melodrama, but its overblown dialog ends up making All That Heaven Allows sound like My Night at Maudes. Yes, it is a …
Monthly Movie Reviews – April, 2011
May 1, 2011
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched – 13 Movies that were new to me – 5 OK Corral stories – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – The Lady Eve, My Darling …
John Ford is, along with Howard Hawks, one of the quintessential Hollywood western directors. When one thinks of classical American westerns, John Ford films like Stagecoach and The Searchers immediately spring to mind. It is …
Monthly Movie Reviews – March, 2011
April 1, 2011
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in March. Stats Movies watched – 13 Movies that were new to me – 6 Black comedies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Cabin in the Sky, …
From the very beginning cinema has been fascinated with the character of the gangster. These onscreen rebels who live outside normal society have undergone many permutations over the years, from hoodlum to organized criminal. However, …
Monthly Movie Reviews – February, 2011
March 1, 2011
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in February. Stats Movies watched – 24 Movies that were new to me – 19 Shitty Hitchcock movies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – The Docks …
Isley Reviews the 2010 Oscar nominees (plus best movies of 2010 list!)
February 27, 2011
Here we are at Oscars time again, and here I am reviewing all the best picture nominees again. Kind of reminds me of Valentine's Day, everyone knows it is a bullshit holiday and yet it …