Madame Bovary (1949) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
.. Vincente Minnelli’s film faced a singular problem: Gustave Flaubert’s book, the pinnacle of the 19th Century realistic novel, is ...
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Black Snake Moan (2006) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
. It’s only right that a movie paying tribute to the incantatory, perfervid nature of Blues music should tread the ...
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Carnal Knowledge (1971) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
. Could be Mike Nichols’ best film (or is it Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Discuss). An acerbic, unforgiving, frank ...
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Jules et Jim (1961) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
.Having watched this film twice, I can say it consistently gives me a conflicted reaction. I love Truffaut’s stylish filmmaking, ...
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The Sentinel (1977) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
. Knife-wielding lingerie models in the haunted house of Satan. Oft-referenced (Ghostbusters, 1984; The ‘Burbs, 1989) but witless horror yarn ...
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We Own The Night (2007) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
James Gray probably won’t make a great film until he hires a scriptwriter. His over-fondness for contrived plotting and quoting ...
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One From The Heart (1982) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
A super-stylised neo-musical directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Frederic Forrest, and with a score by Tom Waits. Okay, I ...
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