Review of Marnie (1964) by Diana S — 15 May 2008

I'm so far behind that these are going to be super short (even for me). Maybe I can catch up.

[b]The Lady Vanishes[/b], an Alfred Hitchcock ("Family Plot") movie mostly set in the confines of a train, is a mystery where one woman notices another has gone missing, but no one believes her. Of course. Good. Of course. But not Hitch's best.

I liked [b]Marnie[/b], another Hitchcock film, better. Tippi Hedren ("Dead White") stars as a con girl who falls for her mark, Sean Connery ("The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"). But then he turns the tables on her. There's also fits of hysterics, horses, crazy mothers, color flashbacks and birds. Different than the average Hitchcock, still very suspenseful and good.

[b]The Strange Love of Martha Ivers[/b] was definitely strange. A young girl kills her overbearing aunt, but a friend witnesses the event and things change forever. Most of the story occurs when the participants are grown-up and full of bitter mind games. This is classified as a film noir, so it has much of the darkness, femme fatale and brooding anti-hero typical to that genre.

[b]Margot at the Wedding[/b] is quite possible the worst movie I have ever seen. Wow. Horrible people saying ridiculous, hateful things to each other and behaving as humans never should. Jack Black ("Be Kind Rewind") is the best thing about this movie. Sad, but true.

Anther After Dark film, [b]Wicked Little Things[/b] is definitely not the best, but there are some very creepy moments. A bunch of kids were buried alive in an old mine and have since been terrorizing the families in the area. When some new people move into an old house, they begin piecing together the mystery and things come to a head. Look for creepy old houses, zombie children and some annoying teenagers getting eaten alive.