Psychdoc77 is a cinephile in Chicago, IL.  His interest in film dates to childhood and a long-closed video store named Video Vault which, in 1987, seemed to have every movie ever made.  In particular, it had all the James Bond films, and the employees even knew in what order they were made.  The Bond movies were his first true love but soon he discovered many other types of films.  This process accelerated during his period of employment at QED Laser, America’s fourth largest laserdisc store in 1995.  It was there that he met Bob Lentz, the founder of Filmbobbery, as well as many other serious film fanatics.  Ever since, he has been interested in trying to watch and learn as much about film as possible.  A busy schedule with work and family make it difficult to watch 300 movies a year as in the past, but whenever there is time he tries to watch a film from his DVD collection, along with his most understanding wife.

His core beliefs about film focus on the centrality of the director and the joy of pure cinema.  While open to all types of film, his favorite genres include silent films, classic Hollywood, film noir, horror, exploitation films, and international cinema.  Key filmmakers include Welles, Kubrick, Ford, Bergman, Kurosawa, and Tarantino, among many others.  By providing capsule reviews to Filmbobbery, Psychdoc77 hopes to expand his appreciation for film and hopefully connect with others interested in film.  Sometimes there will be a connected series of reviews (all the “Doctor in the House” films!) and other times there will be no apparent connection, but he will try to bring the perspective of a psychologically-minded cinema lover to the task.  Psychdoc77 looks forward to comments or other interaction with readers and appreciates their attention.