Action in the North Atlantic (1943) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Blockbuster action, 1943 style. I first saw this film as a kid, and some of the more vividly cruel touches, ...
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Moral and emotional nuance. Intricate characterisation. An ambiguous ideal of masculinity and a revolutionary woman’s place in a man’s field ...
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The Naked and the Dead (1958) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

I should really hate Raoul Walsh’s adaptation of Norman Mailer’s great novel as much as my friend Marilyn Ferdinand hates ...
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