This is a solid little movie inspired by the Aesop fable about the boy who cried “Wolf!,” a fact admitted onscreen even before the opening credits roll. There can be little in the way of surprise, since we already know […]
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Evergreen (1934) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
When one thinks of movie musicals, one does not think of England. The best of the British musicals is Evergreen (1934), a Jessie Matthews tour-de-force with music, choreography and vigor that rival anything ever put on screen by Busby Berkeley. […]
Continue reading »Hi, Nellie! (1934) ☆ ☆ ☆
There were several good newspaper movies of the early- to mid- 1930s — The Front Page (1931), Five Star Final (1931), Is My Face Red? (1932), The Payoff (1935), Libeled Lady (1936) — and to this list must be added […]
Continue reading »The Wind (1928) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
The Wind (1928) is one of those artificial melodramas, and it holds up exceedingly well in some respects, and not so strongly in others. The first time I saw it I was blown away by its sheer force, even though […]
Continue reading »The Crowd (1928) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
As the roaring twenties were racing forward toward the crash of 1929, movies reflected that recklessness; comedy and whirlwind action was the order of the day, while ever fewer films attempted to depict with authenticity the real world. The Crowd […]
Continue reading »Django Unchained (2012) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Even after seeing Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie I still have misgivings about it, but I cannot deny that it is something special. Like most of Tarantino’s films it fudges genre conventions, contains glaring anachronisms (particularly involving music), has gorgeous dialogue, […]
Continue reading »Jack Reacher (2012) ☆ ☆ ☆
I confess to not having read any of Lee Child’s “Jack Reacher” novels, but I am aware that as described in those books the main character is described as being quite tall and large. Hardly Tom Cruise. However, this being […]
Continue reading »Volume 1 Issue 4 (Spring, 2000) $10
This fourth issue is printed on yellow paper and is 24 pages in length. It discusses the problems with the Oscars on the front cover, reviews eight new releases, provides Academy Award quiz answers, and a history of Oscar write-in […]
Continue reading »Volume 1 Issue 3 (Winter, 2000) $10
This third issue is printed on ivory paper and is 24 pages in length. It covers nine new releases, and the new James Bond thriller The World is Not Enough. Most of the issue is devoted to the 1999 Academy […]
Continue reading »Volume 1 Issue 2 (Autumn, 1999) $10
The second issue of Filmbobbery is printed on blue paper and is 24 pages in length. It features reviews of seven recent releases, a spotlight article on the career of Gloria Grahame (which led me to my third book!), an in-depth […]
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