by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Birdy (1984) Gunga Din (1939) Putney Swope (1969) A Touch of Class (1973) The Unknown (1927) I chose Gunga Din because it was the […]
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It Came from Outer Space (1953) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Our sixteenth choice of a potential classic in 2014 is a key movie for me, and, like all of our other choices, one which Barb has not previously viewed. Jack Arnold’s It Came from Outer Space (1953) is an incredibly original […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Day for Night (1973) G Men (1935) It Came from Outer Space (1953) The Pawnbroker (1965) Sahara (1943) I chose It Came from […]
Continue reading »Whiplash (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
One of the most acclaimed movies of 2014 (so far) is Whiplash, a drama starring Miles Teller as a first-year student at a music conservatory, whose drumming attracts the notice of the conservatory’s most respected — and feared — instructor, […]
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I confess that I had huge expectations for this movie. Not because director Christopher Nolan is the darling of comic fans for his “Dark Knight” trilogy, but because it seemed to mark a return to hard science-fiction: the prime importance […]
Continue reading »The Professionals (1966) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Our fifteenth choice for 2014 is the exciting action-adventure The Professionals (1966). It’s sort of a western, but set after the usual time frame of traditional westerns and then mostly in Mexico, and it’s sort of a war film, but with […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Camille (1936) Eye of the Needle (1981) Lassie Come Home (1943) The Professionals (1966) The Ruling Class (1972) I chose The Professionals because of […]
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Gone Girl is a complex character-driven mystery in which a woman disappears and her husband is eventually arrested for her murder. But in this riveting tale from David Fincher — with a screenplay written by the original author, Gillian Flynn –secrets […]
Continue reading »Nightcrawler (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler is a kind of social vampire scenario. It deftly threads one sociopath’s blossoming into a social tapestry into which that character is particularly well suited. As much as the film is about Louis Bloom, it is also about […]
Continue reading »Before I Go to Sleep (2014) ☆ ☆
Thrillers are supposed to thrill. That is not the case with Rowan Joffe’s new movie Before I Go to Sleep, which is based on a book by S. J. Watson. The plot blends elements of Memento and 50 First Dates, attempting […]
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