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Review of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

By Simeon D (104) on 11 Aug 2010

Powerful tale of a man's decent into evil via greed and betrayal…

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Review of The Maltese Falcon (1941)

By Simeon D (104) on 11 Aug 2010

Classic noir mystery (and the best of the genre) that's short, fun, and resembles a simpler Chinatown…

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Review of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

By Simeon D (104) on 11 Aug 2010

Phenomenal performances from Mason and Douglas and generally impressive special effects. Two dimensional, but enjoyable. 84/100…

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Review of Paths of Glory (1957)

By Simeon D (104) on 10 Aug 2010

Not a conventional war movie, nor a conventional trial movie, Paths of Glory feels amazingly fresh even now in 2010, despite the fact that…

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Review of Marty (1955)

By Simeon D (104) on 05 Aug 2010

Marty is a masterpiece of American film…

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Review of The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

By Simeon D (104) on 03 Aug 2010

While I credit DeMille for creating a film of elephantine proportions (no pun intended), it is simply stale to me…

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Review of The Apartment (1960)

By Simeon D (104) on 29 Jul 2010

Who wouldn't enjoy this movie…

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Review of The Apartment (1960)

By Simeon D (104) on 29 Jul 2010

Who wouldn't enjoy this movie…

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Review of The African Queen (1952)

By Simeon D (104) on 27 Jul 2010

Excellent script by John Huston and a spectacular performance from Humphrey Bogart…

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Review of An American in Paris (1951)

By Simeon D (104) on 23 Jul 2010

There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas…

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Review of The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

By Simeon D (104) on 23 Jul 2010

Very long, very moving, and very adult. A good performance from Juliette Binoche and detailed characters. 78/100…

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Review of Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

By Simeon D (104) on 20 Jul 2010

Poetry in motion; a foundation upon which its followers strove to achieve but rarely realized…

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Review of Sunrise (1985)

By Simeon D (104) on 20 Jul 2010

Poetry in motion; a foundation upon which its followers strove to achieve but rarely realized…

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Review of Do the Right Thing (1989)

By Simeon D (104) on 15 Jul 2010

Spike Lee's racially charged magnum opus is a piece of art: with clever dialogue and prestigious camera angles…

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Review of Battleship Potemkin (1925)

By Simeon D (104) on 15 Jul 2010

It took me many years to finally get to see this, and when I did it wasn't what I expected, and so I was a smidge disappointed…

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Review of The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

By Simeon D (104) on 15 Jul 2010

A pretty damn good movie. Like The Deer Hunter without the misery and violence and with more sentimentalism. 100/100…

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Review of Do the Right Thing (1997)

By Simeon D (104) on 15 Jul 2010

Spike Lee's racially charged magnum opus is a piece of art: with clever dialogue and prestigious camera angles…

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Review of The Deer Hunter (1978)

By Simeon D (104) on 13 Jul 2010

Extremely depressing, this Vietnam War drama is driven by Michael Cinimo's purposeful camera shots and Robert De Niro's, Meryl Streep's, John…

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Review of Noises Off... (1992)

By Simeon D (104) on 10 Jul 2010

Most films require the viewer to suspend disbelief to some extent, but Noises Off…

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Review of It Happened One Night (1934)

By Simeon D (104) on 09 Jul 2010

It Happened One Night has agile pacing and is very sentimental, but seeing as Frank Capra invented sentimentalism it's automatically a classic…

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