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Review of Lassie (1994)

By Davey M (514) on 05 Dec 2011

Wow. One of the best American children's films ever…

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Review of L'Avventura (1960)

By Davey M (514) on 03 Nov 2011

Astounding. One of the most important movies ever made, and one of the best, too. Beautiful and challenging and moving and amazing…

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Review of Rosemary's Baby (1968)

By Davey M (514) on 26 Oct 2011

Rosemary hauntingly lulls us into a daze with the opening seconds of Roman Polanski's beautifully dark thriller…

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Review of The Wall (1962)

By Davey M (514) on 20 Oct 2011

Seeing The Wall reminded me a bit of visiting the Smithsonian Holocaust Museum for the first time in middle school--I'd heard about the horrors…

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Review of Listen to Britain (1942)

By Davey M (514) on 20 Oct 2011

I love Humphrey Jennings, and I love Listen to Britain…

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Review of Bigger Than Life (1956)

By Davey M (514) on 12 Oct 2011

Bigger Than Life works simultaneously as a parallel to a specific social issue (the film, as we learn in the opening credits, was based on…

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Review of Some Came Running (1958)

By Davey M (514) on 11 Oct 2011

A magnificently constructed melodrama with the depth and scope of a novel. Beautiful stuff…

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Review of White Heat (1949)

By Davey M (514) on 13 Sep 2011

The film that can, perhaps, be read as an unannounced satire on the gangster genre, but it still leaves you breathless at the sheer anarchy…

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Review of Knife in the Water (1962)

By Davey M (514) on 09 Sep 2011

A Roman Polanski debut work that strictly features a ménage à trois: a couple and a young stranger, on a sailing trip…

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Review of Winnie the Pooh (2011)

By Davey M (514) on 01 Sep 2011

It's not quite as strong as the shorts that made up The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, but it's still charming like crazy, incredibly…

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Review of Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

By Davey M (514) on 21 Aug 2011

Wacky Nic Cage is the reason to see this movie. It's a fairly good reason…

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Review of The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

By Davey M (514) on 16 Aug 2011

One of the strangest movies I know, and one of my very favorites…

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Review of Gangs of New York (2002)

By Davey M (514) on 16 Aug 2011

Scorsese's greatest strength as a filmmaker is his ability to exist within his protagonist's head--and to bring the audience right in there…

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Review of Gangs of New York (1938)

By Davey M (514) on 16 Aug 2011

Scorsese's greatest strength as a filmmaker is his ability to exist within his protagonist's head--and to bring the audience right in there…

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Review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

By Davey M (514) on 02 Aug 2011

Inferior to the 1931 version in almost every way…

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Review of Destry Rides Again (1939)

By Davey M (514) on 18 Jul 2011

One of the best westerns ever…

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Review of Destry Rides Again (1932)

By Davey M (514) on 18 Jul 2011

One of the best westerns ever…

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Review of Night of the Living Dead (1968)

By Davey M (514) on 04 Jul 2011

With his first film, George Romero not only single-handedly created an entire literary genre, he also gave birth to perhaps of the most prevailing…

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Review of Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

By Davey M (514) on 21 Jun 2011

Fluffy fun-ball Gizmo had been incarcerated in a genetics lab, conveniently situated in the same building where Billy and Kate, our heroes…

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Review of The Secret of NIMH (1982)

By Davey M (514) on 29 May 2011

At its best (and it often is), the film works on the level of myth--the colors are beautiful (the scene where the animals are scattered from…

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