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368,413 | 2,707,735 | 4,972 | 8 | D . W . Griffith's ' Immortal Spectacle ' | Aware of the film's historic importance to the history of movie making , I wasn't prepared for the turn of events in the latter third that paints director Griffith as an apologist for the Ku Klux Klan , an organization in his mind that saved the South from an anarchy that shed more blood than Gettysberg . Also disconce... |
368,539 | 2,707,735 | 33,717 | 8 | Brother when they hang that number one tag on you they shoot first and argue afterwards , I know . | By 1941 , Humphrey Bogart had nearly a dozen gangster roles to his credit , but in " High Sierra " we get to see a criminal with a heart . That aspect of Roy Earle's ( Bogey ) nature is played out with the chance meeting of Pa Goodhue ( Henry Travers ) and his pretty niece Velma ( Joan Leslie ) . Though their age diffe... |
368,556 | 2,707,735 | 53,221 | 8 | If I'm going to get shot at , I might as well get paid for it . How do I get a badge ? | Not only is " Rio Bravo " one of the greatest Westerns ever , but it's about the most fun you'll have watching one too . For that , you'll have to credit an eclectic casting decision matching Dean Martin as a drunken deputy with the Duke himself , and nineteen year old teenage heartthrob Ricky Nelson as a sharp shootin... |
367,740 | 2,707,735 | 37,547 | 8 | We've got jobs to do , nobody gave them to us but they've got to be done . | The film doesn't get high marks as part of Cagney's body of work , but I found it to be a fairly gripping pre-War espionage thriller , and all the while you anticipate his character getting captured or knocked off . The story involves the stolen plans of Japanese militarists to conquer the world via Manchuria , China a... |
368,048 | 2,707,735 | 349,467 | 8 | . . . God's grace is sorta like retroactive . . . | The unique quality of " Freedomland " lies in the fact that the film consistently leaves something just out of the viewer's reach , just as Julianne Moore's character does the same in her relationship with detective Lorenzo Council ( Samuel L . Jackson ) . The film is unnerving enough with the drama of a potentially ab... |
367,660 | 2,707,735 | 427,944 | 8 | Well if it's your job to be right then you're never wrong . | If you were around prior to 1971 and saw the Marlboro Man in those cigarette commercials , you never stopped to consider that that was a real person . Actually there was more than one Marlboro Man , and they weren't all cowboys . Watching Sam Elliott portray a former Marlboro Man dying from smoking cigarettes wasn't fa... |
368,416 | 2,707,735 | 43,265 | 8 | What a time we've had Rosey , what a time ! | It's taken me a few screenings to really appreciate " The African Queen " , the film that cemented Humphrey Bogart's reputation with a Best Actor Oscar . Making that achievement even more noteworthy is the fact that the film itself wasn't nominated for Best Picture , somewhat puzzling in my view . Throughout the movie ... |
368,444 | 2,707,735 | 30,026 | 8 | It don't take no brain to get burned . | In between 1937's " Dead End " and 1938's " Angels With Dirty Faces " , came " Crime School " , all three films teaming the Dead End Kids with Humphrey Bogart . " Dead End " first introduced the misfit gang of course , and not quite a year later they had top billing in this tale of ghetto poverty and reform school viol... |
368,164 | 2,707,735 | 41,038 | 8 | Yes Tonto , I am . . . . The Lone Ranger . | Bullets may not have bounced off his chest , but The Lone Ranger was every bit the symbolic icon to me as my other boyhood hero - Superman . He represented truth , justice and the American way in a classic TV Western setting , living by the principle that he would never use his gun to kill , while scouring the American... |
367,780 | 2,707,735 | 85,334 | 8 | I could feel the Christmas noose beginning to tighten . . . | I don't remember the movie's original theatrical release , and came to know about it by a friend's recommendation , probably a year or two after it first came out . Though my own childhood occurred a decade after the setting for " A Christmas Story " , there's no mistaking the angst of a nine year old's condition await... |
367,594 | 2,707,735 | 29,864 | 8 | In an occupation as full of chances as mine , no use in taking unnecessary ones . | Dr . T . S . Clitterhouse ( Edward G . Robinson ) is a cultivated and distinguished Park Avenue doctor , with a respectable list of clients . He's also obsessed with the workings of the criminal mind , and begins a research project that will help advance the cause of science and the medical profession in understanding ... |
368,262 | 2,707,735 | 26,029 | 8 | For all you know I may murder a woman a week . | Time spent earlier in developing his craft allows Alfred Hitchcock to achieve a masterful film in the story of " The 39 Steps " . Combining a deft use of suspense and humor , the movie keeps one constantly off balance with it's story of odds defying events intruding into the life of a common man . Well , at least a com... |
368,053 | 2,707,735 | 462,322 | 8 | Tonight , is a special night . | Relentlessly outrageous and always over the top , " Grindhouse " is not a film for the masses , but if you go in knowing what to expect , this is one blast of a thrill ride start to finish . As a tribute to the sexploitation films of the Seventies , the movie is wildly successful in recreating the drive in movie experi... |
367,947 | 2,707,735 | 31,867 | 8 | I'm lookin ' for some excitement , there's a lull in the joint . | James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart made three films together , each with Cagney receiving top billing . This was the middle film , following 1938's " Angels With Dirty Faces " , and just before the same year 1939's " Oklahoma Kid " . The movie opens with shellfire over a World War I foxhole , the boys joined by Jeffrey L... |
367,983 | 2,707,735 | 43,142 | 8 | I don't think he's running away from us , I think he's running away from you . | Say , this was one clever little flick . What grabbed me was how elements of the picture fell into place while thinking about certain scenes after it was over . Like the sketch of the murderer and Susie's apparent suicide - geez , that hit me over the head later rather than sooner , as the movie's pacing managed to dis... |
368,167 | 2,707,735 | 27,996 | 8 | I wonder why he left me all that money , I don't need it . | There was a time I used to wonder what it would be like to win a million dollars , much less a sum like twenty million . However the older I get , the idea of it doesn't seem to hold the same kind of fantasy it once did . Lomgfellow Deeds ( Gary Cooper ) seems to have figured it out early enough in life ; there's not m... |
367,773 | 2,707,735 | 29,942 | 8 | There's no such thing in the world as a bad boy . | Spencer Tracy earned a second Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Father Flanagan , the inspirational founder of Boys Town , a haven for troubled youth on the outskirts of Omaha , Nebraska . Flanagan was spurred to action by the execution of a prison inmate whose life paralleled many of the boys that Flanagan... |
367,802 | 2,707,735 | 57,115 | 8 | Give up your hopeless attempt to escape . | I'm getting around to viewing films I might have seen only once many years ago and usually upon their original theatrical release , so today I had the opportunity to take a look at " The Great Escape " . It's funny how you recollect some things from a movie and not others . Virtually everyone can recall the thrilling m... |
368,512 | 2,707,735 | 102,744 | 8 | You got one shot left in that shooter , make the most of it . | Up till now I've avoided Tom Selleck's Westerns , and really with no good reason . I was genuinely surprised at the characterization he gave to Matthew Quigley , a transplanted Wyoming cowboy answering an ad for a job in Australia . But let me get this straight , his intended employer wanted him to KILL native aborigin... |
368,198 | 2,707,735 | 65,916 | 8 | It's your ass now Compton ! | I recall so many things about seeing this movie back during it's original theatrical release - the post Woodstock afterglow of peace and love , along with the pre-Watergate tension of fear and paranoia . It's hard to believe that it's thirty seven years later , and I can still remember the thoughts going through my hea... |
367,578 | 2,707,735 | 25,878 | 8 | The murderer is right in this room , sitting at this table . . . , you may serve the fish . | An eccentric inventor has disappeared and his mistress secretary has turned up dead , after admitting that she has taken fifty thousand dollars worth of bonds from his shop safe . Enter Nick and Nora Charles ( William Powell and Myrna Loy ) , newlyweds who get pulled into the case in between social gatherings and marti... |
367,906 | 2,707,735 | 317,219 | 8 | Route 66 was never this much fun | It's ironic don't you think , that the X-Men's last stand might be against a squad of animated marvels known simply as " Cars " . The film was a particularly unique experience for me since I was able to accompany my year and a half year old grandson to his first movie theater experience . Though antsy at times , he see... |
367,888 | 2,707,735 | 416,449 | 8 | Spartans , prepare for glory ! | When writer Frank Miller was a mere five years old , his older brother took him to an opening day screening of " The 300 Spartans " . That event remained permanently etched in his mind , and allowed Miller the luxury of years of research into the customs , traditions , training , weaponry and military strategy of the a... |
367,753 | 2,707,735 | 39,757 | 8 | There's a curse on those woods . . . | I had forgotten what a satisfying little thriller this was from watching it a couple of years ago . The story builds suspense in the first half by slowly revealing the mystery of it's title , with scene after scene adding dimension to what will eventually be revealed as Pete Morgan's fifteen year long nightmare . As Mo... |
367,695 | 2,707,735 | 65,988 | 8 | Well , sometimes the magic works , sometimes it doesn't . | One of the great films of the early Seventies , one I saw when it first came out and a number of times since . I remember how horrified I was to see the massacre at Washita Creek the first time ; one hears of events like that or reads about them , but actually watching an event like that the way it might have happened ... |
367,816 | 2,707,735 | 47,396 | 8 | I can smell trouble right here in this apartment . | The great thing about " Rear Window " is how Hitchcock puts the viewer in the point of view of Jimmy Stewart's lead character L . B . Jeffries . It's a bit weird actually how you find yourself anticipating Jeffries ' reactions because you're thinking the way he does as he scans his neighbors ' apartments in an almost l... |
368,337 | 2,707,735 | 31,971 | 8 | If there's anything I don't like , it's driving a stagecoach through Apache country . | John Wayne's first appearance on screen in " Stagecoach " is one of the great character introductions in film . It's as if he took the energy from all those Republic , Lone Star and Monogram Westerns and compacted them into one grand entrance that subliminally announced ' here's a brand new Hollywood star ' . John Ford... |
367,648 | 2,707,735 | 388,795 | 8 | It ain't nobody's business but ours . | Somewhere between it's Golden Globes win as Best Picture , and my sister's dismissal of the film as boring , lies the reputation of " Brokeback Mountain " as a film of significance . Prepared for either eventuality , I found the movie to have handled it's subject rather well , without being overtly or gratuitously grap... |
367,717 | 2,707,735 | 58,461 | 8 | Death can be very useful sometimes . | At some point , I'll have to research the mystery behind the concept of ' The Man With No Name ' , because in this , the genre creating Western establishing Clint Eastwood as an international star , his name was Joe , and it was clearly stated more than once . Yet here was something different , a mono-syllabic , no non... |
368,554 | 2,707,735 | 158,131 | 8 | The Creator may be tough , but He ain't blind . | I first saw this picture a couple of years ago about twenty minutes into it , and it's maintained my fascination ever since . I got to watch the entire story today and right out of the gate , it goes to my list of " Top Ten Films You Never Heard Of " . There's more to it than just a unique meld of the Western and Sci-F... |
368,401 | 2,707,735 | 31,951 | 8 | . . . your father made him to live always . | How great was today , the American Movie Channel offered back to back showings of " Frankenstein " , " Bride of Frankenstein " and " Son of Frankenstein " as part of it's ten day Halloween fest . For the latter two films , it was my first opportunity ever to view both , and it made for a wonderfully entertaining day . ... |
368,506 | 2,707,735 | 383,574 | 8 | Set sail in a general that way direction . | The first time I EVER heard about Davey Jones ' locker I was probably about eight years old and read about it in a ' Mighty Mouse ' comic book back in the 1950's - I still remember the panel ! The story never really made it clear about the legend , so I sit here almost fifty years later thinking about that story and th... |
367,557 | 2,707,735 | 34,167 | 8 | That ain't no rookie , that's Buffalo Bill ! | When you hear it said that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction , it's the story of " Sergeant York " that might have been the inspiration . I'd been on the lookout for this film for some time when it appeared today on Turner Classic Movies as part of a Veteran's Day tribute . I tried to picture the real life hero ... |
368,424 | 2,707,735 | 60,196 | 8 | I'll dress , I'll kill ' em , I'll be right back . | I guess I find myself somewhat in the middle on this film , I enjoyed it to a point , but I don't get the sense that this is one of the greatest Westerns ever , and the Western is my favorite movie genre . I much prefer a good psychological Western between complex antagonists , Eastwood's own " Unforgiven " would be an... |
368,566 | 2,707,735 | 46,672 | 8 | There's one thing you oughtta know Professor , Nemo's cracked . . . | It's interesting to me how sci-fi films of the mid 1950's presented outer space travelers in those goofy looking suits and helmets , yet in " 20000 Leagues Under The Sea " they look perfectly natural as underwater gear . In fact this was the first time I made the connection between over and under water attire ; the gar... |
368,511 | 2,707,735 | 289,374 | 8 | We don't need outsiders all caught up in our lives . | The Outsider offers a twist on the typical open range Western theme ; this time around the sheep farmers are a sect resembling Quakers and the confrontation between the existing ranchers and their peaceful opposition is overshadowed by deeply held religious values . On a more personal level , the widowed Rebecca Yode... |
368,336 | 2,707,735 | 53,291 | 8 | I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop . | When I first heard Tony Curtis doing the Cary Grant send up I thought to myself , no , that can't be , I must be hearing things . Fortunately , Jack Lemmon dubiously assures the viewer otherwise when he states that ' nobody talks like that ' . That's just one of the many gems to be found in " Some Like It Hot " , the B... |
368,041 | 2,707,735 | 27,367 | 8 | What this country needs is bigger and better patriots . | As if to counterpoint the darker drama to follow , the initial scene of " Black Legion " opens to a factory setting with it's workers all dressed in bright white uniforms , with names neatly embroidered over each man's left pocket . Contrast that with the black anonymity of hooded members of the titled organization , a... |
368,578 | 2,707,735 | 22,913 | 8 | Gooble gobble , gooble gobble , one of us . . . | I caught the Hilton Sisters in 1951's " Chained For Life " a couple weeks ago , and while researching that film , I was pointed in the direction of Tod Browning's " Freaks " . I had heard of it before of course , but hadn't realized that the picture dated back to the early 1930's . MGM's Irving Thalberg wished to capit... |
368,221 | 2,707,735 | 488,826 | 8 | Be yourself Frank , hit somebody . | What a great trip down memory lane to catch this entry in the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast series . I would make it a point to see as many of these as I could back in the day , and this was one I remember catching back in 1977 . It was so cool to see so many celebrities in one place at one time having a good time and ma... |
368,014 | 2,707,735 | 408,345 | 8 | I want to get you home , it's pizza night . | I'm usually better prepared to see a new theatrical release , having read a review or two and with some sense of plot from the trailers . I went into " Firewall " virtually cold , with only a hint of it's tale of computers and hacker security . Better than expected , the film delivers it's share of suspense and thrills... |
368,297 | 2,707,735 | 38,057 | 8 | It's only blackmail baby when you're dumb enough to get caught . | A repeat viewing of " Scarlet Street " today has heightened my appreciation for the film , a sordid little affair expertly presented by Director Fritz Lang . Lang brings subtle nuances to his characters to help us understand what drives and motivates them . We have a pretty good idea early on that Christopher Cross ( E... |
368,351 | 2,707,735 | 16,220 | 8 | If I am the Phantom , it is because man's hatred has made me so . | Modern viewers raised on fast paced action adventure may have trouble sitting still for the original version of " The Phantom of the Opera " , nevertheless the film deserves it's reputation among the best of the silent era . For Lon Chaney , his performance as the tortured Erik the Phantom is as notable as his earlier ... |
367,996 | 2,707,735 | 46,816 | 8 | Alright Mr . Maryk , which are you , a fool or a mutineer , there's no third possibility . | Though most of the action takes place aboard a mine sweeper in the ' junkyard Navy ' , the real drama occurs in the tense courtroom scene and it's aftermath in " The Caine Mutiny " . The spiral of events that result in Captain Queeg's ( Humphrey Bogart ) mental breakdown at first has the viewer sympathizing with Commun... |
368,335 | 2,707,735 | 49,513 | 8 | All you mast headers , now hear me . You're to look for the white whale . . . | At the new moon in April , Ahab will be ready . Captain Ahab , the god of the Pequod , champion of darkness . Gregory Peck brings life to Herman Melville's crazed and vengeful seaman , earning his title among men as supreme lord and dictator . He will also earn his place at the end of the story , as head piece on the b... |
368,419 | 2,707,735 | 482,857 | 8 | Never use money to measure wealth , son . | The previews for " Broken Trail " were incessant , and almost promised more than it could deliver . Hyping a ' limited commercial interruption ' format , that too seemed to go by the wayside after the first half hour or so each evening . Still , there was a lot to enjoy with the film , and a lot more to ponder given th... |
367,800 | 2,707,735 | 51,207 | 8 | We're bookin ' this man for robbery , Lieutenant . | I wasn't aware of this Hitchcock ' true story ' until I ran across it today , and it proved to be an edgy and haunting film , especially when one realizes that it could happen to you . Watching it , I was drawn into Manny Balestrero's ( Henry Fonda ) ordeal , and not so much as a viewer , but as someone undergoing the ... |
368,497 | 2,707,735 | 16,039 | 8 | Bring on the mastodons ! | Having viewed " The Lost World " today for the first time , the predominant thing that struck me was the number of scenes that bore a similarity to ones in the original screen version of " King Kong " . However Kong was released almost eight years later in 1933 , which makes me curious as to how much an influence " The... |
367,907 | 2,707,735 | 42,593 | 8 | I lived a few weeks while you loved me . | Bogart's characterization of Dixon Steele , an erratic and violent screenwriter , builds on a role seen three years earlier in " The Two Mrs . Carrioll's " . In that one he was a scheming husband with a penchant for disposing of used up wives . Here however , Bogey is driven to maniacal excess that roils to a raging wh... |
368,571 | 2,707,735 | 46,912 | 8 | Don't you want me to tell you why I brought you here ? | Brilliantly done ! Director Hitchcock pulls a sting on the viewer with a simple latchkey , then uses it to trap the architect of a perfect plan . Except that it wasn't perfect , as mystery writer Mark Halliday himself opines - " Well because in stories things usually turn out the way the author wants them to and in rea... |
367,874 | 2,707,735 | 77,280 | 8 | Don't kill that cricket . It's bad luck . | It occurred to me while the final scene of the movie froze to reveal the scant detail of Buddy Holly's death that there are still people alive today who were at that venue in Clearlake , Iowa who remember it vividly . That has to be a haunting memory , lent even more poignancy by the lyrics of " American Pie " , as it ... |
367,822 | 2,707,735 | 51,308 | 8 | Everyone said , Go get the Rifleman ! ( Episode # 4 ) | Starting out , I have to say right up front that I enjoy watching every single episode of " The Rifleman " . Any given story is a classic example of an enviable father / son relationship , with Lucas McCain teaching son Mark an important life lesson . Taken as an entire body of work however , I see how a lot of fans ar... |
367,845 | 2,707,735 | 96,487 | 8 | Get ready for hell ! | I've always enjoyed watching this movie , and with my most recent viewing I followed up with the episode of ' Billy The Kid ' from the three disc ' Gunfighters ' DVD collection from Nonfiction Films ( 1998 , listed as ' Gunfighters of the West ' in the IMDb database ) . It was pretty surprising to see how closely the f... |
367,763 | 2,707,735 | 38,355 | 8 | My , my , my , such a lot of guns around town and so few brains . | Starting out , I must advise that my review here is for the 1945 pre-release version of " The Big Sleep " , which had quite a few scenes redone prior to it's release to general audiences in October 1946 . With filming already completed by Spring of 1945 , there were two main reasons for the year and a half delay ; firs... |
367,779 | 2,707,735 | 479,143 | 8 | You're a crazy old man . | The naysayers and nitpickers will have their input , but for those of us who aged gracefully along with the Rocky franchise , the final chapter is a fitting capstone to not only the movie boxer's career , but an effective take on growing older and wiser in a world obsessed with flash and style . Over the years , Rocky ... |
367,918 | 2,707,735 | 121,765 | 8 | The shroud of the dark side has fallen . | This might be the most intricately detailed and plotted of all the Star Wars films , but judging from all the negative reviewers on this board , I have to wonder if they paid attention long enough to understand what was going on . Conspiracy and double crosses abound , with the introduction of Christopher Lee's charact... |
367,551 | 2,707,735 | 42,648 | 8 | We got you here Charlie , to tell you you've just been signed by our ball club . . . | There's the great scene in " The Public Enemy " where Cagney leans against the lamppost in the rain , defining his character and persona as a force to be reckoned with . In " Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye " , it's the one where the oblique upward camera angle captures Ralph Cotter over the garage pit right after he dumps the b... |
368,182 | 2,707,735 | 57,940 | 8 | There will be no more dying in this place . | On September 9 , 1878 , the Cheyenne , led by warrior chiefs Little Wolf and Dull Knife began a 1500 mile trek from the Oklahoma Territory north to their original homeland in Montana . " Cheyenne Autumn " tells that story in all of it's desperation and futility , a chapter of American history that remains all but unkno... |
367,629 | 2,707,735 | 51,411 | 8 | If there's anything I admire more than a devoted friend , it's a determined enemy . | Here's the kind of film I particularly enjoy , a nicely nuanced psychological Western that attempts to get inside the head of it's heroes and villains . The strength of the story lies in the character of James McKay , masterfully played to Atticus Finch like sensibility by Gregory Peck . In fact , one often feels like ... |
368,492 | 2,707,735 | 75,213 | 8 | Being here is news , but dying is my own business . . . | I've watched about fifty John Wayne movies to date , and I have to say that this one has always been my favorite . I think it has to do with the fact that in this , his last picture , he did such an excellent job of portraying a character who wasn't John Wayne . Here he was , a dying man who had to be convinced of that... |
368,150 | 2,707,735 | 49,223 | 8 | Prepare your minds for a scale of new scientific values gentlemen . | The only thing I knew about this film prior to seeing it was Robby The Robot . My preconception was that it was another in a long line of cheesy sci-fi flicks that the 1950's was noted for . How wrong I was . Big studio , big budget and big production values make this a strong contender , at least visually , for the be... |
367,738 | 2,707,735 | 49,261 | 8 | You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago , now he's too rich to kill . | The opening of the movie sets the viewer up for a bit of a shock later on ; all those lush rolling green fields of Maryland give way to a desolate and bizarrely placed Gothic mansion in the middle of a Texas desert . One wonders what Leslie Benedict REALLY thought , because she never let on that this might have been a ... |
367,971 | 2,707,735 | 38,300 | 8 | . . . the Devil wields no power over a good man . | For a ' B ' film , this is about the best you can get , surprisingly well acted and cleverly done , with a fine cast supporting an interesting story . It was my first look at Paul Muni , who expresses a wide range of emotions as the murdered gangster who returns to Earth in a switcheroo for a judge who's been restoring... |
368,409 | 2,707,735 | 38,279 | 8 | I concede nothing , until they throw dirt in my face . | Though limited by the technology and writing of the era , " 13 Rue Madeleine " stands as an effective and exciting espionage thriller . I couldn't help thinking that if made today , it might prove worthy as a contender for a number of major film awards . James Cagney is top billed as a successful espionage agent , now ... |
368,206 | 2,707,735 | 55,824 | 8 | A type like that is an animal , so you've got to fight him like an animal , that's my advice . | Cape Fear is an hour and a half long movie on a short fuse , ignited by Robert Mitchum's visceral portrayal of villain Max Cady , recently released from an eight year prison hitch for rape . The testimony of Sam Bowden ( Gregory Peck ) helped put him away , and for that exercise he's about to pay dearly . Now a lawye... |
367,989 | 2,707,735 | 50,086 | 8 | I don't go around just shootin ' people down , I mean , it isn't nice you know . . . | Two earlier 1950's Westerns came to mind while watching " 3 : 10 To Yuma " ; the similarities to " High Noon " and " Shane " are inescapable for fans of the genre . It begins immediately , with the Frankie Laine rendition of the title ballad , bookending both ends of the story similar to " High Noon " ' s ' Do Not Fors... |
367,635 | 2,707,735 | 17,075 | 8 | Be careful , I'll get you yet . | The lodger's first appearance , dressed like the description of a murderer named ' The Avenger ' with a wrap across his face , makes it a bit too obvious that Jonathan Drew might be the killer . That's what hooks the viewer into wondering who the Avenger might actually be , and with only a handful of credited character... |
367,872 | 2,707,735 | 79,668 | 8 | Back off , dead men comin ' through . | I can't really say why it took so long to get around to watching this film , it made critical waves when first released in 1979 , and I remember the controversy surrounding it . It's a harrowing story , more so for the aftermath of Detective James Campbell's ( Ted Danson ) murder and the withering descent into melancho... |
368,087 | 2,707,735 | 26,643 | 8 | You're my prisoner you know , I couldn't let you out of my sight . | The epic scope of the film is particularly impressive considering it's release in 1935 , and without the complexity of today's computer generated effects . Director Henry Hathaway relocates his experiences with the American Wild West to the more exotic locales of northwest India above the Khyber Pass . There he focuses... |
368,454 | 2,707,735 | 55,895 | 8 | They are not long , the days of wine and roses . | I can remember exactly the first time I saw this picture , it was February 4th , 1962 . Not that it was particularly memorable , but because of the venue . I was eleven years old and In New York City for the start of Boy Scout Week . Our Scoutmaster had this thing for Radio City Music Hall and the Rockettes kicking up ... |
367,797 | 2,707,735 | 66,580 | 8 | It's a free concert from now on . | The trouble I have watching this movie today is - " Where did the last thirty six years go ? " I was on my way to the original " Peace and Arts Festival " before the crush of traffic on Sullivan County's portion of Route 17 and my own youthful practicality decided against it . For a brief hour or so I abandoned my car ... |
367,858 | 2,707,735 | 17,136 | 8 | Who are the slaves of the machines ? | There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator . This is the predominant theme of " Metropolis " , and director Fritz Lang finds numerous ways to say and visualize his message during the course of the film . The movie relies on repeated visual imagery to make it's poin... |
368,430 | 2,707,735 | 48,342 | 8 | I don't know you , but I knew you were coming . | Every once in a while a film comes along that really stops you in your tracks and makes you examine what makes it so special . " The Man From Laramie " aroused some strong feelings of emotion in me involving the main heavy , Dave Waggoman ( Alex Nicol ) . The first instance was the brutal burning of Will Lockhart's ( J... |
368,561 | 2,707,735 | 61,578 | 8 | Killing generals could get to be a habit with me . | Wow , it's forty years since this film was made , and forty years since I last saw it . I've been revisiting some of the pictures I initially saw upon their original theatrical release in order to see how my impression of the movie might have changed over time . " The Dirty Dozen " still holds up as a strong war time d... |
367,919 | 2,707,735 | 120,915 | 8 | , , , there's something about this boy . | The Phantom Menace registers the lowest in fan appreciation of all the films in the Star Wars franchise . Fair enough , one of the six had to just through simple math . But with a few exceptions , I thought the film held up rather well as the introduction to the Darth Vader mythos . Understanding that George Lucas ' ... |
368,319 | 2,707,735 | 31,210 | 8 | Someday you'll learn that courage is in the blood . | I can just picture theater patrons leaving this movie during it's original release , not a dry eye in the house ; an endearing testimony to the strength of Bette Davis ' portrayal of the young snooty socialite turned human over the course of the story . As Miss Judith Traherne , Davis exhibits a wide range of emotion i... |
368,469 | 2,707,735 | 46,250 | 8 | I've never been alone with a man before , even with my dress on . | Enchanting is the word that comes to mind to describe " Roman Holiday " . It's got that escape from reality wonder about it that might be envied even by royalty . Audrey Hepburn is luminous in her first American film appearance , allowing the viewer to believe that she really could pull off the disappearing act for twe... |
367,650 | 2,707,735 | 42,369 | 8 | I don't think you fully understand Mr . Bigelow , you've been murdered . | I've known about this movie for years but only got around to watching it today ; I wish I hadn't waited so long . The film grabs you right from the outset , as Edmond O'Brien's character Frank Bigelow rushes in desperation to unravel the mystery behind his own murder . At first , I thought the luminous toxin ordeal was... |
368,068 | 2,707,735 | 95,082 | 8 | You play your ball game and I'll play mine and we'll see how it comes out . | You don't have to be a baseball fan to find the human drama gripping in this story of what came to be known as the 1919 Black Sox scandal . " Eight Men Out " tells a credible story of players directly and indirectly involved in one of the biggest sports scandals in history , even if the monetary sums involved seem meag... |
368,110 | 2,707,735 | 36,641 | 8 | You see my son , you make your heaven and hell for yourselves on earth , you only bring it with you here . | Paul Henreid portrays a character with a pretty young wife , determined to leave the country and desperately needing an exit permit - sound familiar ? Perhaps so , but this isn't " Casablanca " , it's a relatively obscure film from 1944 deserving of a wider audience . " Between Two Worlds " is a well constructed morali... |
368,580 | 2,707,735 | 23,042 | 8 | I'll be a model prisoner if it kills me . | Based on the real life true story of Robert E . Burns , Warner Brothers offers yet another in a long line of social conscience films that made them a studio juggernaut as early as the 1930's . Unlike Cagney , Bogart or Edward G . Robinson however , this picture's star Paul Muni isn't remembered today except by true fil... |
368,075 | 2,707,735 | 1,277,706 | 8 | You see how good it is when your hit man's an Italian ? | Just a couple of nights ago I happened to catch " Bandolero " on TV , featuring Dean Martin and Jimmy Stewart , so it was an odd coincidence that the Celebrity Roast sitting on top of my still unviewed collection happened to be Dino's ' Man of the Hour ' tribute to his co-star from that film . Perhaps even odder , one ... |
367,699 | 2,707,735 | 70,723 | 8 | Soylent Green is people ! | I remember the spirited controversy surrounding " Soylent Green " when it first came out and oddly , I didn't go to see it back in 1973 . I'm sorry I didn't , I was only about ten minutes into the picture today when I thought to myself that it was pretty remarkable . The opening scene was intended to portray what troub... |
368,037 | 2,707,735 | 34,398 | 8 | Whoever is bitten by a werewolf and lives becomes a werewolf himself . | Could there be a better movie to watch on Halloween Eve , other than the original " Dracula " perhaps ? Lon Chaney Jr . ' s portrayal as " The Wolf Man " earns him iconic status along with Universal's " Frankenstein " and the aforementioned role made famous by Bela Lugosi . Lugosi is present here as a gypsy fortune tel... |
368,249 | 2,707,735 | 24,968 | 8 | Thoughts are like noble animal , unchecked they run away causing painful smashup . | Having just completed a successful investigation for the British Government , Charlie Chan ( Warner Oland ) finds himself confronted by a frantic Pamela Gray ( Drue Leyton ) who urges him to help clear her brother of murder . Paul Gray's only appeal has been rejected , and he faces execution in three days if his sister... |
367,974 | 2,707,735 | 114,938 | 8 | He had found the band of jackals he needed . | I've only recently become aware of this movie and had it on my short list of films to see at the first chance ; subscribing to the Encore Western channel just this week made the screening of the film feel like a sign on bonus . I always go into stories like this with the expectation that historical accuracy is an unkno... |
367,850 | 2,707,735 | 450,385 | 8 | ' Stay scared . " | If you've seen enough horror films , it's pretty hard to come away totally surprised by events in a picture that are meant to be scary . Still , " 1408 " does a pretty good job with setting up the viewer and it's principal player , John Cusack , for a roller coaster ride of conflicting emotions . I thought the selectio... |
368,049 | 2,707,735 | 446,059 | 8 | There is no knot that cannot be untangled . | It seems that most of the reviews of martial arts films I read on this forum are posted by devotees of the genre . In my case , I'm not particularly a martial arts movie fan , but do enjoy a picture with an effective story and a reasonable amount of action . In that regard , " Jet Li's Fearless " is acceptable on both ... |
368,341 | 2,707,735 | 56,218 | 8 | I wanted a killer from a world filled with killers and they chose you . . . | I got the same feeling watching " The Manchurian Candidate " as I did as a fourth grader going through those ' duck and cover ' air raid drills in the mid 1950's , the threat of those Communist Russkies ever impinging on a precocious young mind . The film is claustrophobic and sinister , a holdover from the McCarthy er... |
367,995 | 2,707,735 | 56,217 | 8 | This is the West , Sir . When the legend becomes fact , print the legend . | I had seen this film many years ago when I was a lot younger , and thought it was a pretty good Western . The passage of time and a keener focus reveals a lot more going on in this movie than a conflict between two good men and the killing of an outlaw gunman . Surface generalities aside , the story is about the passin... |
368,214 | 2,707,735 | 300,989 | 8 | I will remember this evening probably as long as it takes me to get to my car ! | If you're under thirty years old , you didn't get to grow up watching most of these Hollywood legends in their prime . This edition of ' Celebrity Roast ' is one of the best ways to catch a quick snapshot of many of the entertainers who came up through the Golden Age of Hollywood and went on to create many happy memori... |
368,347 | 2,707,735 | 61,747 | 8 | When you hang a man , you better look at him . | Clint Eastwood excels as Marshal Jed Cooper in " Hang ' Em High " , the justice and revenge tale from writers Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg and directed by Ted Post . He's surrounded by a stellar cast , though most of them are in the hanging party that almost does him in during the film's opening scene . Particularl... |
368,106 | 2,707,735 | 23,245 | 8 | Death . . . eternal punishment for anyone who opens the casket , in the name of Amon-Ra , King of the Gods . | Boris Karloff follows up his exceptional 1931 performance as the Frankenstein Monster the following year in another Universal horror hit , " The Mummy " . In the film , Karloff portrays not only the title character Imhotep , but also his modern day counterpart Ardath Bey , whose mission is to reunite with his long lost... |
368,382 | 2,707,735 | 110,684 | 9 | Boy , a guy goes to jail for a couple of days , the whole town goes to hell . | I can't pinpoint exactly why I enjoy this film so much , I like to call it one of my favorite movies that no one's ever heard of . I think it might have something to do with Paul Newman's character reminding me of my own father . Not that my father stole snow blowers or ever hit the trifecta , but it's just that affect... |
367,815 | 2,707,735 | 36,868 | 9 | Last year it was killing Japs and this year it's . . . make money . | Some months ago , a co-worker and I were discussing our favorite movies , and his happened to be " The Best Years of Our Lives " . I had certainly heard of it before , and knew it ranked highly on the IMDb and AFI lists of all time top movies . Up till now though , it had remained low on my radar , but I requested it t... |
367,869 | 2,707,735 | 95,638 | 9 | I'll stop when I think I'm doing the wrong thing . | I think I'll file this one under ' best movies no one ever heard of ' , oddly enough right next to " Nobody's Fool " , which stars Robert Redford's buddy Paul Newman . Redford does a great job here of mixing together unknowns with a name supporting cast to tell a compelling spiritual tale that leaves you feeling good a... |
368,403 | 2,707,735 | 21,884 | 9 | I made him with these hands , and with these hands I'll destroy him . | Boris Karloff's first appearance as the Creature is truly striking , done with a facial close up that in it's time must have shocked and horrified . I read once that Mae Clarke was so scared of Karloff in his monster disguise that they worked out a little gimmick between themselves . Whenever they appeared in a scene t... |
368,402 | 2,707,735 | 26,138 | 9 | What we need is a female victim of sudden death , can you do it ? | Four years after creating the iconic screen image of the Frankenstein Monster , Boris Karloff reprises his role in the James Whale directed sequel , " Bride of Frankenstein " . Today's viewing was my first , and I was surprised with how little actual screen time the ' Bride ' was actually present . But in those few mom... |
368,473 | 2,707,735 | 118,715 | 9 | That rug really tied the room together , did it not ? | About thirty years ago I read the word ' micturate ' in a story , and it was so intriguingly curious I began using it in conversation with a couple friends of mine ( for it's intended appropriate reason of course , like " Pull over the car , I have to micturate " ) . I never came across it in high school , college , or... |
367,631 | 2,707,735 | 61,418 | 9 | We rob banks . | I just watched this film again , forty years after seeing it for the first time . The first thing that struck me was - holy cow ! - where did that forty years go ? ! ! As regards the picture , I thought that maybe with just the most minor of tinkering , it very well could have been made today . If so , it might not hav... |
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