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Review of Vanity Fair (1932)

By Anton B (94) on 07 Nov 2009

Flamboyant costumes and bold colour design try to distract from the fragmentary narrative, which often advances without explanation…

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Review of Manhattan (1979)

By Anton B (94) on 05 Nov 2009

In Manhattan, the beautiful black-and-white cinematography and sweeping Gershwin music nicely contrast with the infirm romances and confused…

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Review of In the Heat of the Night (1967)

By Anton B (94) on 27 Oct 2009

A weak murder-mystery frames racial tensions that don't sting the same 40 years later…

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Review of Yojimbo (1961)

By Anton B (94) on 08 Oct 2009

Dave is Underwhelmed by the Canon, Part Umpteen: eh, not bad…

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Review of Clash of the Titans (1981)

By Anton B (94) on 17 Sep 2009

The filmmakers play around with the myth of Perseus, making some goofy alterations…

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Review of The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

By Anton B (94) on 13 Sep 2009

I actually preferred this one to the more-beloved 7th Voyage of Sinbad: not only is the acting generally better, but the movie is also free…

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Review of Frailty (2002)

By Anton B (94) on 02 Sep 2009

Frailty is a sorely under-appreciated, skilfully constructed, thought-provoking, and deeply unsettling psychological thriller, directed by…

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Review of Frailty (2012)

By Anton B (94) on 02 Sep 2009

Frailty is a sorely under-appreciated, skilfully constructed, thought-provoking, and deeply unsettling psychological thriller, directed by…

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Review of Say Anything... (1989)

By Anton B (94) on 01 Sep 2009

Perhaps my favorite movie. John Cusack's movies are either incredible or terrible and this is one of the best…

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Review of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

By Anton B (94) on 24 Aug 2009

The rest of the film does not measure up to the inventiveness of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animation or the wonder of Bernard Herrmann's…

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Review of Prince of Darkness (1987)

By Anton B (94) on 15 Aug 2009

Although cheesy was a little scary...don't touch the mirror…

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Review of The Ninth Gate (1999)

By Anton B (94) on 06 Aug 2009

Roman Polansky's best movie. If you were seeking for devilish special effects and supernatural ending, you sure got disappointed…

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Review of King Solomon's Mines (1950)

By Anton B (94) on 25 Jul 2009

Old-fashioned African adventure based on the H…

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Review of Chaplin (2011)

By Anton B (94) on 07 Jun 2009

An adequate biopic, but not as charming, entertaining, or provocative as a film about the life of Charlie Chaplin could have been…

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Review of Chaplin (1992)

By Anton B (94) on 07 Jun 2009

An adequate biopic, but not as charming, entertaining, or provocative as a film about the life of Charlie Chaplin could have been…

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Review of Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

By Anton B (94) on 11 May 2009

I'd heard much praise and cheer for the optimistic and apparently-genuinely-happy character of Poppy, played with airy exuberance by Sally…

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Review of Roman Holiday (1953)

By Anton B (94) on 08 Apr 2009

Such a classic. I watched it again recently and enjoyed it as much as the first time…

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Review of La Dolce Vita (1960)

By Anton B (94) on 02 Apr 2009

Saw it again: WHAT A MOVIE - I need to revisit other Fellini-movies also - but why was it banned in Spain until 1983…

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Review of The Lady Vanishes (1938)

By Anton B (94) on 07 Mar 2009

Wonderful little piece of British propaganda from before the war. The shoot-out towards the end is just incredible…

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Review of American Madness (1932)

By Anton B (94) on 08 Feb 2009

[font=Century Gothic]In American Madness, the board of directors of the Union National Bank are trying to foist a merger on the bank president…

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