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Review of Rio Bravo (1959)

By Adam Z (211) on 18 Sep 2007

Quite a bizarre entry into the canon of Western movies, this one, for three main reasons: some of its casting is based on popular music culture…

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Review of Death Warrant (1990)

By Adam Z (211) on 18 Sep 2007

This movie gets two stars cause I think its funny when that black guy gets the ax to his stomach from the Sandman. HAHA…

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Review of The Age of Innocence (1993)

By Adam Z (211) on 16 Sep 2007

I'm not a huge fan of period costume dramas, but this was one I had to get around to eventually, being a film by one of my favourite directors…

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Review of Wah-Wah (2005)

By Adam Z (211) on 15 Sep 2007

Richard E Grant's directorial debut is a competently made auto-biographical piece that never fails to entertain, but stays too much within…

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Review of Five Easy Pieces (1970)

By Adam Z (211) on 15 Sep 2007

For some reason whilst watching this film I was reminded of 'Badlands', but for a while could not figure why…

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Review of After Hours (1985)

By Adam Z (211) on 13 Sep 2007

Griffin Dunne is trapped in an area of New York and wants to get home. Sounds simple…

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Review of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

By Adam Z (211) on 10 Sep 2007

An absolutely stunning film with a stellar cast, fantastic narrative and perfect dialogue…

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Review of Short Cuts (1993)

By Adam Z (211) on 10 Sep 2007

Seriously underrated film, this one, and a huge influence on Paul Thomas Anderson…

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Review of The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)

By Adam Z (211) on 08 Sep 2007

The best movie the whole world…

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Review of Torn Curtain (1966)

By Adam Z (211) on 05 Sep 2007

The point where Hitchcock began to run out of steam, his classic years recently behind him…

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Review of Kundun (1997)

By Adam Z (211) on 01 Sep 2007

After the 'swish-swish' camera work and flashy editing of 'Casino', Scorsese treads new ground with this mini-epic about the early days of…

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Review of One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

By Adam Z (211) on 01 Sep 2007

A curiosity, being one of those propaganda films made during WWII, and also for being part of the Powell/Pressburger canon…

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Review of Performance. (1970)

By Adam Z (211) on 01 Sep 2007

Not always an easy film to get one's head around, but that remains part of its hypnotizing charm…

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Review of Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

By Adam Z (211) on 01 Sep 2007

Not a usual contender for greatest Hitchcock ever, but I would like to nominate it so, and I'm in good company; the man himself seemed to think…

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Review of Rumble Fish (1983)

By Adam Z (211) on 31 Aug 2007

Described as 'an art film for kids', Rumble Fish works on many levels: stylistically pleasing and well-acted, you can follow the straight narrative…

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Review of This Sporting Life (1963)

By Adam Z (211) on 31 Aug 2007

The most important thing that can be said about 'This Sporting Life' is just how very intense it is, and most of this is down to the acting…

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Review of Black Narcissus (1947)

By Adam Z (211) on 31 Aug 2007

Way, way ahead of its time, Black Narcissus tells the story of a group of Nuns who move into an old residence in the Himalayas with the intention…

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Review of Tobacco Road (1941)

By Adam Z (211) on 31 Aug 2007

A quite enchanting and often funny film about a family of dirt farmers in Georgia during the great depression…

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Review of Get Carter (1971)

By Adam Z (211) on 24 Aug 2007

Michael Caine is an absolute gem in this gritty, rather British gangster film…

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Review of The 39 Steps (1935)

By Adam Z (211) on 24 Aug 2007

As far as Hitchcock's early films go, this is arguably the best of the bunch…

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