Film
IO5M 2: The Top 5 Hitchcock Set-pieces
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 I’ll be looking at some of my all time favorite set-pieces from the undisputed set-piece master, Alfred Hitchcock. (Note: most of these…
Read MoreInternet Meme Monday 11: Fred and Ginger Censored.
Welcome back to Internet Meme Monday! What is a meme you say? Well, as I understand it, a meme is similar to a gene, except instead of passing on genetic information it passes on cultural ideas. A meme can take many forms, from a catch phrase to a hand gesture, but the type of memes…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – October, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in October. Stats Movies watched – 24 Movies that were new to me – 19 Hitchcock Masterpieces – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Rear Window, Dazed and Confused, The Birds, Forest of Bliss October 31 Rear Window (1954) – The mystery is finely done,…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – September, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in September. Stats Movies watched – 37 Movies that were new to me – 25 Hours of Pride and Prejudice watched without a single goddamn kiss – 7 Monthly Masterpieces – The Man with the Movie Camera, Rain, The Asphalt Jungle, Le Boucher …
Read MoreLe Boucher – Claude Chabrol’s Masterpiece
Claude Chabrol, one of the central figures in the French New Wave movement passed away yesterday at the age of 80. Thus, like my Altman, Bergman, Antonioni and Rohmer memorial posts, I thought I would discuss my favorite Chabrol movie. Though, first, I must admit that I have actually never been a huge Chabrol fan. …
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – August, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in August. Stats Movies watched – 25 Movies that were new to me – 21 Short films to pad my numbers – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Rain, All Quiet on the Western Front, City Girl August 30 Rain (1929) – Beautiful experimental film that documents…
Read MoreIO5M 1: The Top 5 John Wayne Performances!
I’ve been a little unsure about what to do with the Infrequently Occurring 5th Monday (aka “you are lucky I don’t just make it a double Middle Earth Monday”) whenever it crops up. Things started off well enough with Diminished Fifth Monday, but by the time I started writing stuff like Fifth Alpini Regiment Monday I realized I…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – July, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in July. Stats Movies watched – 34 Movies that were new to me – 30 Walter Hill movies – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – Strangers on a Train July 31 The Book of Eli (2010) – Pretty good post apocalyptic visuals sporadically interrupted by…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – June, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched – 30 Movies that were new to me – 25 Movies about the offspring of royalty – 7 Monthly Masterpieces – Dazed and Confused, Philadelphia Story June 30 Legion (2010) – This movie about Paul Bettany as a…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – May, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in May. Stats Movies watched – 19 Movies that were new to me – 18 80s teen comedies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – none May 31 Vixen (1968) – The editing isn’t quite as insane as in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, but…
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