The Spiral Staircase (1946)

December 30, 2011

“I’m never more witty than when I’ve had a little nip.  I see better, I hear better and I feel much better. . . .  I’d keep a much better eye on Helen if I had a little nip.”  — Mrs. Oates No, the staircase of the title is not the wide, straight staircase in [...]

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Johnny Apollo (1940)

December 26, 2011

A gangster by choice, a hero by chance!   Johnny Apollo sounds like exactly what it is, a name made up on the spur of the moment. It is a movie which, although pleasing in most cases, truly fails due to a flaw at its core. The casting simply doesn’t work. And, although some would [...]

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

December 20, 2011

The New Bond. 007 and Bride. It’s challenging to talk about some movies- Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, and perhaps the entire James Bond franchise.  Particularly the latter as Bond has so many die hard fans.  For me, perhaps the best (or at least one of the best Bonds ever) of the lengthy series [...]

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