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Movie reviews, big and small, for anything that has passed before my eyes.

Monday, 9 December 2019

Mubi Monday: The Palm Beach Story (1942)

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This classic screwball comedy from writer-director Preston Sturges starts with a wedding before going on to show that it's not always a ...
Sunday, 8 December 2019

Netflix And Chill: Klaus (2019)

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The directorial debut of Sergio Pablos and Carlos Martínez López, Klaus  is an animated Christmas tale that reimagines the source of many tr...
Saturday, 7 December 2019

Shudder Saturday: M. F. A. (2017)

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It's easy to dismiss erotic thrillers, horror movies, and exploitation fare for the content that they throw around onscreen, but there...
Friday, 6 December 2019

Yule Love It: The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (2018)

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Here's another film that wants to tell you "the story you know" in a fresh reworking, allowing them to advertise it as "t...
Thursday, 5 December 2019

Yule Love It: Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas (2004)

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With Disney currently positioning themselves to be our mouse-ear-wearing rulers, and owners of everything that we have emotionally connected...
Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Prime Time: A Christmas Melody (2015)

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Lacey Chabert is as much a part of my Christmas preparations nowadays as multiple half-used rolls of wrapping paper and a building sense of ...
Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Yule Love It: The Grinch (2018)

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And here is my second review for this year, Of a film that is overloaded with good Christmas cheer. It's an animated retelling of a Dr...
Monday, 2 December 2019

Mubi Monday: Paterson (2016)

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I have absolutely no idea how I am going to recommend this to other people, or even what I may end up actually having to say about it, but l...
Sunday, 1 December 2019

Netflix And Chill: Angela's Christmas (2017)

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Someone mentioned Angela's Christmas  to me last year, and praised it highly, but it was just something I didn't get to until now. D...
Saturday, 30 November 2019

Shudder Saturday: Monster Party (2018)

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There's a fun idea at the centre of Monster Party , but it's also just a bit too silly. Murderers who are trying not to keep murderi...
Friday, 29 November 2019

Noir-vember: Dragged Across Concrete (2018)

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There are a number of things about Dragged Across Concrete  that make it an interesting watch. First of all, the continuing development of t...
Thursday, 28 November 2019

Noir-vember: Femme Fatale (2002)

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Written and directed by Brian De Palma, Femme Fatale  is entertaining and frustrating in equal measure. It's De Palma at his most playfu...
Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Prime Time: Scarlet Street (1945)

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Reuniting the director and stars of The Woman In The Window , this film shows a man who wanders down a dark path, led there by love/infatuat...
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Noir-vember: Red Rock West (1993)

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You know your small town is about to see some shit go down when Nic Cage comes rolling in, surely, and that is how Red Rock West starts, a ...
Monday, 25 November 2019

Mubi Monday: Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

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My reasons for picking specific titles to review are myriad and often a lot less organised, or sensible, than they should be. Take the choic...
Saturday, 23 November 2019

Netflix And Chill: The Woman In The Window (1944)

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I REALLY enjoyed The Woman In The Window , despite the fact that the very end of the movie reveals it to be a much lighter affair than the r...

Shudder Saturday: The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)

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This might be a very early feature from Dario Argento (the second film he helmed, and also the second of his animal-themed trilogy), but thi...
Friday, 22 November 2019

Noir-vember: Throw Momma From The Train (1987)

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The first theatrical feature film directed by Danny DeVito, after some years spent honing his craft on TV episodes, shorts, and a few TV mov...
Thursday, 21 November 2019

Noir-vember: Strangers On A Train (1951)

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It's a classic conceit, but only because this Alfred Hitchcock movie did it so well. Two strangers end up in conversation on a train (he...
Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Prime Time: Dishonored Lady (1947)

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Here's a strange bit of personal trivia to start things off today. Although I had heard of Hedy Lamarr over the years, and I MAY have fi...
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I've been through a lot in my years here, and not all of it was good. In fact, some of it was horrible. So I try to reflect some of that learning curve, and some of my many life experiences, in the movie reviews here on my blog.
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