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
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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)
01 Saturday Oct 2016
Posted in 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Jared Hess, Lists, Sport, Top 100
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1. Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
2. Nacho Libre (2006)
3. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
4. Don Verdean (2015)
01 Saturday Oct 2016
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1. Fever Pitch (2005)
2. Stuck on You (2003)
3. Kingpin (1996)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
2. Dumb & Dumber (1994)
3. Osmosis Jones (2001) (Live-Action/Animation)
(Live-Action scenes were directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
(Animated scenes were directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon)
25 Sunday Sep 2016
Tags
Brute Force, Never on Sunday, Night and the City 1950, Rififi, The Naked City, Thieves Highway, Topkapi, Uptight
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Brute Force (1947)
2. Uptight (1968)
3. Rififi (1955)
4. Thieves Highway (1949)
5. Night and the City (1950) (Not the 1992 version)
6. The Naked City (1948)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Topkapi (1964)
2. Never on Sunday (1960)
21 Wednesday Sep 2016
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1. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
2. The Mermaid (2016)
3. CJ7 (2008)
4. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
5. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
28 Sunday Aug 2016
Tags
A Free Soul, Angels in the Outfield 1951, Anna Christie, Anna Karenina 1935, Emma 1932, Flesh and the Devil, Intruder in the Dust, National Velvet, Night Flight, Romance, Sadie McKee, The Eagle, The Goose Woman, The Human Comedy, The Yearling
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Intruder in the Dust (1949)
2. Emma (1932)
3. The Human Comedy (1943)
4. Sadie McKee (1934)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
5. A Free Soul (1931)
6. Romance (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
7. National Velvet (1944)
8. Anna Christie (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
9. The Yearling (1946)
10. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Goose Woman (1925)
2. Anna Karenina (1935)
3. The Eagle (1925)
4. Angels in the Outfield (1951)
(This is not the 1994 version)
5. Night Flight (1933)
16 Thursday Jun 2016
Tags
Blood on the Moon, Born to Kill, Executive Suite, I Want to Live!, Mademoiselle Fifi, Odds Against Tomorrow, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Andromeda Strain, The Body Snatcher 1945, The Curse of the Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, The Haunting 1963, The House on Telegraph Hill, The Set-Up, West Side Story
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1. West Side Story (1961)
(co-directed with Jerome Robbins)
2. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
3. The Set-Up (1949)
4. Executive Suite (1954)
5. The Haunting (1963)
(Not the 1999 version)
6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
(Not the 2008 version)
7. The Body Snatcher (1945)
8. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
9. Born to Kill (1947)
10. Blood on the Moon (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
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1. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
2. Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
3. I Want to Live! (1958)
4. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
5. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
03 Friday Jun 2016
Tags
Bellissima, Boccaccio '70, Conversation Piece, Death in Venice, La terra Trema, Ludwig, Ossessione, Rocco and His Brothers, Sandra of a Thousand Delights, Senso, The Damned, The Innocent 1976, The Leopard, The Stranger 1967, White Nights
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1. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
2. Bellissima (1951)
3. Senso (1954)
4. Conversation Piece (1974)
5. The Innocent (1976)
6. White Nights (1957)
7. La Terra Trema (1948)
8. Death in Venice (1971)
9. Ludwig (1972)
10. The Damned (1969)
11. The Leopard (1963)
12. Ossessione (1943)
13. Sandra of a Thousand Delights (1965)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “The Job”)
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1. The Stranger (1967)
(No relation to the 1946 film)
(I watched it on youtube)
26 Thursday May 2016
Posted in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Paul Verhoeven, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 100, War
Tags
Black Book, Flesh and Blood, Hollow Man, Robocop 1987, Showgirls, Soldier of Orange, Spetters, Starship Troopers, The Fourth Man, Total Recall 1990, Tricked, Turkish Delight
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Showgirls (1995)
2. Starship Troopers (1997)
3. Black Book (2006)
4. Total Recall (1990)
5. The Fourth Man (1983)
6. Robocop (1987)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Tricked (2012)
2. Flesh and Blood (1985)
3. Soldier of Orange (1977)
4. Turkish Delight (1973)
5. Spetters (1980)
6. Hollow Man (2000)
27 Wednesday Apr 2016
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Oliver Stone, Sport, Thriller, Top 100, War
Tags
Alexander, Any Given Sunday, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven & Earth, JFK, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, Platoon, Salvador, Savages, The Doors, U Turn, W., World Trade Center
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Any Given Sunday (1999)
2. World Trade Center (2006)
3. JFK (1991)
4. Alexander (2004)
5. Natural Born Killers (1994)
6. Nixon (1995)
7. Salvador (1986)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Savages (2012)
2. U-Turn (1997)
3. W. (2008)
4. Heaven & Earth (1993)
5. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
6. The Doors (1991)
7. Platoon (1986)
