Category: Film Reviews
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Review: Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach Rating Director John Ford Screenplay Dudley Nichols (Story: Ernest Haycox) Length 96 min. Starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory Rating Director Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson (Novel: Humphrey Cobb) Length 88 min. Starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joseph Turkel, Susanna Christian MPAA Rating Approved
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The Morning After #21: November 15, 2010
Back to the movie grind stone likely form now through the beginning of the year. With preparations for the Online Film & Television Association Hall of Fame Selection Committee to year-end awards screeners, I’m going to be a busy man. That won’t stop me from putting time in on TV shows when I can find…
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Review: The Best Man (1964)
The Best Man Rating Director Franklin J. Schaffner Screenplay Gore Vidal (Play: Gore Vidal) Length 102 min. Starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton, Shelley Berman, Lee Tracy, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Mahalia Jackson, Howard K. Smith, John Henry Faulk, Richard Arlen MPAA Rating Approved
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The Morning After #20: November 8, 2010
This week’s Feed the Queue review is for the Henry Fonda political drama The Best Man. The rest are all television programs, including a second viewing of the miniseries Harper’s Island, the final episode of the fourth season of Dexter and the more episodes of the first season of Psych. So, here is what I…
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Feed the Queue #19
There was no contest with Paths of Glory easily trumping the split decision between The Great Escape and A Face in the Crowd. Paths of Glory has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this weekend if I have time) and reviewed in…
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Review: Stalag 17 (1953)
Stalag 17 Rating Director Billy Wilder Screenplay Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum (Play: Donald Bevan, Edmund Trzcinski) Length 120 min. Starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Ricahrd Erdman, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Sig Ruman, Michael Moore, Peter Baldwin, Robinson Stone, Robert Shawley, William Pierson, Gil Stratton Jr.,Jay Lawrence, Erwin Kalser, Edmund…
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The Morning After #19: November 1, 2010
I continue my entirely entertaining TV Series break with eight more episodes of the fourth season of Dexter, the first nine episodes of the first season of Psych, and this week’s Rocky Horror tribute episode of Glee. But, the weekend wasn’t a complete television fest, I also picked up my Feed the Queue entry for…
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Feed the Queue #18
With The Hustler and The Last Hurrah being evenly split between first and last place, they leave way for the other two films, both of which are ranked equally in their respective lists. That gives one film the victory: The Best Man. The Best Man has been added to my queue. I will receive it…
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Review: Laura (1944)
Laura Rating Director Otto Preminger Screenplay Jay Dratler, Smauel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt (Novel: Vera Caspary) Length 88 min. Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson MPAA Rating Approved
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The Morning After #18: October 25, 2010
Not a lot of film action this week. I’m taking a bit of a break to get caught up on TV series I haven’t seen. However, I did take time out to watch Laura, the film I didn’t get to watch last week. Below, you will find my reviews of Otto Preminger’s film noir Laura,…
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Feed the Queue #17
This week, we had two participants who managed to rank their lists in just such a way as to create a tie between Stairway to Heaven and Stalag 17. Since both are on Netflix, but not live streaming, I am choosing the one that is an Oscar nominee/winner. Stalag 17 has been added to my…
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Review: RED (2010)
RED Rating Director Robert Schwentke Screenplay Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber (Graphic Novel: Warren Ellis, Cully Hamner) Length 111 min. Starring Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, Rebecca Pidgeon, Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borgnine, John Malkovich, Brian Cox, Helen Mirren, Richard Dreyfuss MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence and brief strong language
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Review: Airport (1970)
Airport Rating Director George Seaton Screenplay George Seaton (Novel: Arthur Hailey) Length 137 min. Starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins MPAA Rating G
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Review: Airport 1975 (1974)
Airport 1975 Rating Director Jack Smight Screenplay Don Ingalls (Novel: Arthur Hailey) Length 107 min. Starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar, Myrna Loy, Ed Nelson, Nancy Olson, Larry Storch, Martha Scott, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Conrad Janis, Beverly Garland,…
