06 Tuesday Jun 2017
Tags
A Perfect World, American Sniper, Bird, High Plains Drifter, Sully, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, White Hunter Black Heart
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sully (2016)
2. Bird (1988)
3. American Sniper (2014)
4. Unforgiven (1992)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Perfect World (1993)
2. White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
3. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
4. High Plains Drifter (1973)
09 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Filmmakers, John Woo, Lists, Thriller, Top 100, War
Tags
A Better Tomorrow 1986, A Better Tomorrow II, Bullet in the Head 1990, Face/Off, Hard Boiled 1992, The Killer 1989
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Killer (1989)
2. Bullet in the Head (1990)
3. Hard Boiled (1992)
4. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
5. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Face/Off (1997)
29 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Mel Gibson, Top 100, War
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
2. Apocalypto (2006)
3. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
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)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
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)
03 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, British Cinema, Carol Reed, Crime, Drama, English Filmmakers, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Thriller, Top 100, War
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Third Man (1949)
2. The Stars Look Down (1940)
3. Night Train to Munich (1940)
4. Odd Man Out (1947)
5. The Fallen Idol (1948)
23 Sunday Oct 2016
Tags
Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street, Kameradschaft, Pandora's Box, Secrets of a Soul, The Loves of Jeanne Ney, The Threepenny Opera 1931, The White Hell of Pitz Palu, Westfront 1918
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pandora’s Box (1929)
2. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
3. The Loves of Jeanne Ney (1927)
4. The Threepenny Opera (1931)
5. Joyless Street (1925)
6. Westfront 1918 (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
7. Kameradschaft (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) (co-directed with Arnold Fanck)
16 Sunday Oct 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Joseph Losey, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 100, War
Tags
Accident, Figures in a Landscape, Galileo, King & Country, Mr. Klein, The Boy with Green Hair, The Go-Between, The Lawless, The Prowler, The Servant, These Are the Damned
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Go-Between (1971)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
2. Accident (1967)
3. The Servant (1963)
4. These Are the Damned (1963)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. King & Country (1964)
2. The Prowler (1951)
3. The Lawless (1950)
4. Mr. Klein (1976)
5. Galileo (1975)
6. Figures in a Landscape (1970)
7. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
12 Wednesday Oct 2016
Tags
A Hard Day's Night, Help!, How I Won the War, It's Trad Dad, Juggernaut, Petulia, Superman II, The Bed-Sitting Room, The Four Musketeers, The Knack ...and How to Get It, The Mouse on the Moon, The Ritz, The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, The Three Musketeers 1973
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
2. The Ritz (1976)
3. It’s Trad, Dad! (a.k.a. Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!) (1962)
4. Petulia (1968)
5. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
6. The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
7. How I Won the War (1967)
8. Help! (1965)
9. The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959)
(co-directed with Peter Sellers)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Three Musketeers (1973)
2. Juggernaut (1974)
3. The Four Musketeers (1974)
4. Superman II (1980)
(The Richard Donner cut is also very good)
09 Sunday Oct 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Joseph H. Lewis, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 100, War, Western
Tags
7th Cavalry, A Lady Without Passport, A Lawless Street, Cry of the Hunted, Desperate Search, Gun Crazy, My Name Is Julia Ross, Retreat Hell!, So Dark the Night, Terror in a Texas Town, The Big Combo, The Halliday Brand, The Undercover Man
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Gun Crazy (1949)
2. Cry of the Hunted (1953)
3. The Halliday Brand (1957)
4. The Big Combo (1955)
5. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
6. So Dark the Night (1946)
7. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
8. The Undercover Man (1949)
(I saw it a long time ago on TCM)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
2. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
3. A Lawless Street (1955)
4. Desperate Search (1952)
5. 7th Cavalry (1956)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
29 Thursday Sep 2016
Tags
Dark Victory, Grand Hotel, Love, Nightmare Alley, That Certain Woman, The Dawn Patrol, The Great Lie
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Dark Victory (1939)
2. Grand Hotel (1932)
3. Love (1927)
4. Nightmare Alley (1947)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. That Certain Woman (1937)
2. The Great Lie (1941)
3. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
