11 Sunday Jun 2017
Tags
12 Angry Men 1957, Dog Day Afternoon, Last of the Mobile Hot Shots, Long Day's Journey into Night, The Fugitive Kind, The Verdict
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
2. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
3. The Fugitive Kind (1960)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
2. Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
3. The Verdict (1982)
03 Wednesday May 2017
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1. Casque d’Or (1952)
2. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
3. Le Trou (1960)
4. Falbalas (1945)
28 Wednesday Dec 2016
Posted in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Film Noir, George Cukor, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 100
Tags
A Star Is Born 1954, Adam's Rib, Born Yesterday 1950, Camille, David Copperfield, Dinner At Eight, Gaslight 1944, Holiday, It Should Happen to You, Little Women 1933, My Fair Lady, Sylvia Scarlett, The Marrying Kind, The Philadelphia Story, The Women 1939
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1. Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
2. The Marrying Kind (1952)
3. Little Women (1933)
(This is the one with Katharine Hepburn)
4. Les Girls (1957)
5. Camille (1936)
6. A Star Is Born (1954)
(This is the version with Judy Garland)
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1. Adam’s Rib (1949)
2. Holiday (1938)
3. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
4. The Women (1939)
(Not the 2008 version)
5. Gaslight (1944)
(This is the version with Ingrid Bergman)
6. Dinner at Eight (1933)
7. It Should Happen to You (1954)
8. David Copperfield (1935)
9. Born Yesterday (1950)
(Not the 1993 version)
10. My Fair Lady (1964)
06 Tuesday Dec 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Thriller, Top 100, William Castle
Tags
13 Frightened Girls, 13 Ghosts 1960, Homicidal, House on Haunted Hill 1959, I Saw What You Did, Macabre, Mr. Sardonicus, Strait-Jacket, The Tingler, When Strangers Marry, Zotz!
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Tingler (1959)
2. House on Haunted Hill (1959) (Not the 1999 version)
3. Homicidal (1961)
4. 13 Ghosts (1960) (Not the 2001 version)
5. When Strangers Marry (1944)
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1. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
2. Macabre (1958)
3. Strait-Jacket (1964)
4. 13 Frightened Girls (1963)
5. I Saw What You Did (1965)
6. Zotz! (1962)
06 Tuesday Dec 2016
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
2. And God Created Woman (1956)
3. Barbarella (1968)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
(Segment: Metzengerstein)
22 Tuesday Nov 2016
Tags
Carson City, Crime Wave 1954, Dark Waters, Day of the Outlaw, House of Wax 1953, Man in the Saddle, Pitfall, Ramrod, Springfield Rifle
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1. Day of the Outlaw (1959)
2. Crime Wave (1954)
3. House of Wax (1953)
4. Pitfall (1948)
5. Ramrod (1947)
6. Dark Waters (1944)
7. Man in the Saddle (1951)
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1. Carson City (1952)
2. Springfield Rifle (1952)
17 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Martin Ritt, Sport, Thriller, Top 100, Western
Tags
Conrack, Edge of the City, Hombre, Hud, Norma Rae, Sounder, Stanley & Iris, The Great White Hope, The Long Hot Summer, The Molly Maguires, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
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1. Sounder (1972)
2. Conrack (1974)
3. Norma Rae (1979)
4. The Molly Maguires (1970)
5. Edge of the City (1957)
6. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
7. Hombre (1967)
8. Hud (1963)
9. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Great White Hope (1970)
2. Stanley & Iris (1990)
17 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Robert Rossen, Romance, Sport, Top 100
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. All the King’s Men (1949)
2. Body and Soul (1947)
3. Lilith (1964)
4. The Hustler (1961)
5. Island in the Sun (1957)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Johnny O’Clock (1947)
13 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, George Sidney, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 100
Tags
Anchors Aweigh, Annie Get Your Gun, Bathing Beauty, Kiss Me Kate, Show Boat 1951, The Harvey Girls, The Three Musketeers 1948, Thousands Cheer, Ziegfeld Follies
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1. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
2. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
3. The Harvey Girls (1946)
4. Bathing Beauty (1944)
5. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
(Segments: “Here’s to the Girls”, “Pay the Two Dollars” and “When Television Comes”)
6. The Three Musketeers (1948)
(This one is with Gene Kelly)
7. Thousands Cheer (1943)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Show Boat (1951)
(This remake is in color)
2. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
06 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, George Stevens, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 100, War, Western
Tags
A Damsel in Distress, A Place in the Sun, Alice Adams, Annie Oakley, Giant, Gunga Din, I Remember Mama, Shane, Swing Time, The More the Merrier, The Talk of the Town, Vivacious Lady, Woman of the Year
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Place in the Sun (1951)
2. Shane (1953)
3. Giant (1956)
4. Alice Adams (1935)
5. Annie Oakley (1935)
6. I Remember Mama (1948)
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1. The Talk of the Town (1942)
2. Vivacious Lady (1938)
3. A Damsel in Distress (1937)
4. Woman of the Year (1942)
5. The More the Merrier (1943)
6. Swing Time (1936)
7. Gunga Din (1939)
