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It Came from Outer Space (1953, Jack Arnold)
I used to love this movie… I guess I should have checked movielens because it’s right on the nose for it. It has Richard Carlson, who I like, and Barbara Rush, who I remember liking from The Young...
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Soldier in the Rain (1963, Ralph Nelson)
Soldier in the Rain is a peculiar film. It’s one of Steve McQueen’s odder performances–his character is a doofus, both the protagonist and the subject of the audience’s (intended) laughter. Jackie...
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Silver Streak (1976, Arthur Hiller)
Silver Streak is a wonderful film. It opens with all these little scenes on a train between Gene Wilder and Ned Beatty and then Jill Clayburgh. At this point, Streak seems like a very intelligent...
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, Jack Arnold)
Almost all of Creature from the Black Lagoon is a compelling mix of science fiction, workplace drama and horror. The Creature makes a great “villain” because there’s nothing human about him (except...
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Without a Clue (1988, Thom E. Eberhardt)
Without a Clue has an amusing premise–what if Sherlock Holmes is a buffoon and Dr. Watson is the genius–and generally succeeds in executing it. Director Eberhardt brings very little to the film (one...
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Dear Heart (1964, Delbert Mann)
Dear Heart starts awkwardly and ends awkwardly. At the beginning, director Mann and writer Tad Mosel are very deliberately setting up their protagonists and the setting. The awkwardness makes sense....
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Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)
Touch of Evil is a visceral experience. Welles’s long takes and long sequences–in particular, the opening tracking shot, the apartment interrogation scene and the oil field interrogation at the end,...
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Silver Streak (1976, Arthur Hiller)
Silver Streak is a wonderful film. It opens with all these little scenes on a train between Gene Wilder and Ned Beatty and then Jill Clayburgh. At this point, Streak seems like a very intelligent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, Jack Arnold)
Almost all of Creature from the Black Lagoon is a compelling mix of science fiction, workplace drama and horror. The Creature makes a great “villain” because there’s nothing human about him (except...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Without a Clue (1988, Thom E. Eberhardt)
Without a Clue has an amusing premise–what if Sherlock Holmes is a buffoon and Dr. Watson is the genius–and generally succeeds in executing it. Director Eberhardt brings very little to the film (one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Heart (1964, Delbert Mann)
Dear Heart starts awkwardly and ends awkwardly. At the beginning, director Mann and writer Tad Mosel are very deliberately setting up their protagonists and the setting. The awkwardness makes sense....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)
Touch of Evil is a visceral experience. Welles’s long takes and long sequences–in particular, the opening tracking shot, the apartment interrogation scene and the oil field interrogation at the end,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971, Paul Newman)
Sometimes a Great Notion is all about the joys of toxic masculinity and apathy. At some points in the near two hour runtime, it might hint at being about the virtues of rugged American individualism,...
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Silver Streak (1976, Arthur Hiller)
Silver Streak is a wonderful film. It opens with all these little scenes on a train between Gene Wilder and Ned Beatty and then Jill Clayburgh. At this point, Streak seems like a very intelligent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, Jack Arnold)
Almost all of Creature from the Black Lagoon is a compelling mix of science fiction, workplace drama and horror. The Creature makes a great “villain” because there’s nothing human about him (except...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Without a Clue (1988, Thom E. Eberhardt)
Without a Clue has an amusing premise–what if Sherlock Holmes is a buffoon and Dr. Watson is the genius–and generally succeeds in executing it. Director Eberhardt brings very little to the film (one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Heart (1964, Delbert Mann)
Dear Heart starts awkwardly and ends awkwardly. At the beginning, director Mann and writer Tad Mosel are very deliberately setting up their protagonists and the setting. The awkwardness makes sense....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)
Touch of Evil is a visceral experience. Welles’s long takes and long sequences–in particular, the opening tracking shot, the apartment interrogation scene and the oil field interrogation at the end,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971, Paul Newman)
Sometimes a Great Notion is all about the joys of toxic masculinity and apathy. At some points in the near two hour runtime, it might hint at being about the virtues of rugged American individualism,...
View ArticleFrasier (1993) s01e13 – Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast
It’s incredible how well Kelsey Grammer is able to play Frasier making social faux pas. It should run counter to his character, but never does. When Grammer’s digging himself his deeper and deeper hole...
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