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Review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

By Hal M (105) on 11 Mar 2013

Daringly improbable black comedy works to perfection. A career best for Kubrick and most of the players (especially Peter Sellers)…

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Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Hal M (105) on 07 Mar 2013

The film is fatally compromised by woman director Sarah Polley's decision to cast GAY/bisexual actor Luke Kirby as the man who lures MIchelle…

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Review of The Ugly Truth (2009)

By Hal M (105) on 04 Mar 2013

A rom com that offends both genders. It depicts men as sex-craving maniacs and women as workaholics with no social life…

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Review of The Lady Eve (1941)

By Hal M (105) on 27 Feb 2013

Excellent for a lady con film. Stanwyck's performance as well as Fonda's is exceptionally well done…

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Review of Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

By Hal M (105) on 24 Feb 2013

Brilliant heist flick.Slow paced but extremely stylish and Alain Delon is cooler than a polar bears toe nail…

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Review of Tremors (1990)

By Hal M (105) on 23 Feb 2013

In watching Tremors I had this strange feeling that they just don't make movies like this these days...or that often to begin with…

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Review of Modern Times (1936)

By Hal M (105) on 13 Feb 2013

One of the great achievements in film history. Hilarious, romantic, and yet a social critique at the same time…

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Review of The Hoax (2006)

By Hal M (105) on 22 Jan 2013

Better use of Howard Hughes' eccentricity than the Aviator. exceedingly slow, however…

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Review of Melancholia (2011)

By Hal M (105) on 22 Jan 2013

This is art cinema at its best and it dazzles by the images it shows and by the feeling it transmits. beautiful in every sense of the word…

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Review of Sleeper (2012)

By Hal M (105) on 22 Dec 2012

A lot of funny jokes; but not a very satisfying whole…

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Review of Sleeper (2005)

By Hal M (105) on 22 Dec 2012

A lot of funny jokes; but not a very satisfying whole…

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Review of Sleeper (1973)

By Hal M (105) on 22 Dec 2012

A lot of funny jokes; but not a very satisfying whole…

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Review of Walk the Line (2005)

By Hal M (105) on 08 Dec 2012

I'd never been a big fan of Johnny Cash, but admired the handful of songs I knew…

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Review of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

By Hal M (105) on 03 Dec 2012

Stephen Geller does a fantastic job of transforming Vonnegut's innovative novel into a screenplay; Director George Roy Hill and a good cast…

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Review of Women in Love (1969)

By Hal M (105) on 28 Nov 2012

One of the best movies ever made from a classic novel, thanks to Larry Kramer's skillful screenplay adaptation and Ken Russell's artistic direction…

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Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Hal M (105) on 27 Nov 2012

One of Allen's best films, exploring serious philosophical issues yet still throwing in some effective humor…

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Review of Trading Places (1983)

By Hal M (105) on 22 Nov 2012

Badly acted, badly directed throughout. A (small) virtue for me is the extensive location shooting of my town, Philadelphia…

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Review of Lolita (1962)

By Hal M (105) on 22 Sep 2012

Disturbing then, still disturbing now, Stanley Kubrick's dark comedy about a man obsessed with a teenage girl is brilliant in some spots, but…

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Review of Crimes of Passion (1984)

By Hal M (105) on 19 Sep 2012

Anthony Perkins is awesome in this movie!!! I think this is one of the best Ken Russell films, 2nd only to Salome's Last Dance…

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Review of Four Lovers (2010)

By Hal M (105) on 13 Sep 2012

Dull, pretentious crap. So, basically your average French movie…

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