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Review of Mona Lisa (1986)

By Allen R (298) on 29 Jun 2011

Bob Hoskins has never been better than in Neil Jordan's neo-noir that perfectly plays all the conventions and beats of a Spillane or Hammet…

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Review of Mona Lisa (1973)

By Allen R (298) on 29 Jun 2011

Bob Hoskins has never been better than in Neil Jordan's neo-noir that perfectly plays all the conventions and beats of a Spillane or Hammet…

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Review of City of the Living Dead (1980)

By Allen R (298) on 26 Jun 2011

Magical zombies that disappear because you close your eyes and wish them to do so? Seriously…

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Review of The Black Sleep (1956)

By Allen R (298) on 14 Jun 2011

One of the best casts of a horror film ever: two Draculas, The Wolfman, Sherlock Holmes, and Tor Johnson from Plan 9…

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Review of Thunder Road (1958)

By Allen R (298) on 11 Jun 2011

I tried hard to enjoy this Robert Mitchum vanity project, but an empty script, hollow characters, weak story, and hideously poor acting kept…

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Review of The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (2006)

By Allen R (298) on 11 Jun 2011

Somehow it ended up being an unintentional prostitution documentary double feature last night with the recent XAVIERA HOLLANDER documentary…

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Review of Snapshot (1979)

By Allen R (298) on 04 Jun 2011

Outside of his westerns, I can't say that I'm a fan of any of Simon Wincer's work…

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Review of The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

By Allen R (298) on 04 Jun 2011

After hearing so much negative word of mouth over the years, I didn't expect to find such a naively charming western-kaiju hybrid featuring…

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Review of Rodan (1956)

By Allen R (298) on 04 Jun 2011

I'm really torn on this one about whether to give it 2 or 3 stars…

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Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

By Allen R (298) on 29 May 2011

KANE gets all the glory, but Wells second film surprises his first in every way (even with the studio-butchered finale)…

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Review of Fuck (2006)

By Allen R (298) on 28 May 2011

An intriguing exploration into the power we bestow upon our language…

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Review of The Wolf Man (1941)

By Allen R (298) on 20 May 2011

Not having seen this since I was a kid, 30 years ago, I'd forgotten how much movie there isn't…

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Review of Seven Samurai (1954)

By Allen R (298) on 14 May 2011

Some movies have greatness heaped upon them over time, such as John Ford's THE SEARCHERS, others are immediately recognizable as masterpieces,…

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Review of The Hidden Blade (2004)

By Allen R (298) on 14 May 2011

Most U.S…

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Review of The Girl Hunters (1963)

By Allen R (298) on 08 May 2011

Easily the strangest Mike Hammer film yet…

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Review of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

By Allen R (298) on 03 May 2011

Some movies never get old, and this is one of them. A favorite since I was a kid, it just gets better with every viewing…

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Review of American Carny: True Tales from the Circus Sideshow (2008)

By Allen R (298) on 03 May 2011

I'd forgotten that I'd seen this a few years ago until the final 20 minutes or so as it all came back to me…

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Review of Where's Marlowe? (1998)

By Allen R (298) on 30 Apr 2011

Combines many of favorite things: faux documentaries, hard-boiled crime and detective stories, subtle dark comedy, and the under-rated acting…

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Review of Never Cry Wolf (1983)

By Allen R (298) on 30 Apr 2011

It's been 20 years, easy, since I've seen this, but much of it came back to me during last night's screening, and I think I enjoyed it, or,…

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Review of The Box (2009)

By Allen R (298) on 16 Apr 2011

When compared to Kelly's SOUTHLAND TALES, this is pure gold. Taken on it's own, fool's gold…

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