Into The Night (1985) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
I’ve always had a great affection for what could be called the midnight odyssey genre, which theoretically covers films as …
Niloufer Berrycloth
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
It’s peculiar that all the high-gloss, big-name casting, and sense of high drama has been expended on what amounts to …
The Portrait of a Lady (1996) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Started watching this Campion/Kidman fiasco; stopped bothering a half-hour in. Dreary, listless, badly acted, and with an opening credits sequence …
Zatoichi meets Yojimbo (Zatôichi to Yôjinbô, 1970) Movie Review & Filmsummary, Cast
The first of the classic Zatoichi films I ever saw, and it’s an unusually classy entry for the series, because …
Factory Girl (2006) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
I liked this much more than I expected to. The script was one-dimensional, but the elegant combination of George Hickenlooper’s …
Fort Algiers (1953) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
I can’t really understate the humour value of Raymond Burr in a turban. Otherwise, spare yourself an hour and a …
To Catch a Thief (1956) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
And what electric eye-candy it is. One gets so used to the dark undercurrents of Hitchcock’s work that it’s refreshing …
The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages, 2006) Movie Review & Filmsummary, Cast
Pithy, nifty, and very dark Hitchcockian creep-fest with Déborah François as a cute blonde sociopath wreaking revenge on a nervy, …
Sunshine (2007) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Starts well, degenerates into visual gibberish that matches a precipitous drop in story coherence. Add to this the groan-inducing new-age …
Death at a Funeral (2006) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Suffered from having a lot of its best gags given away in the trailer, but it’s remarkable for being a …
