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Entries from December 2008

Review: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

December 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Lana Turner is smoking, that is all!

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Categories: 1940's · Movies · Tay Garnett · The Postman Always Rings Twice

Review: Vertigo (1958)

December 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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James Stewart is all kinds of psycho, and has many, many issues.

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Categories: 1950's · Alfred Hitchcock · Movies · Vertigo

Review: Les Diaboliques (Diabolique, 1955)

December 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Suspense with a bunch of french! Even though I shouldn’t have to say it, there are massive spoilers contained within, so if you haven’t seen this yet and actually plan on seeing it some day then don’t read my review.

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Categories: 1950's · Diabolique · Henri-Georges Clouzot · Les Diaboliques · Movies

Review: Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring, 1960)

December 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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The Bergman train keeps on a rolling. I wonder if a pregnant woman should really be riding a horse, doesn’t seem that smart to me!

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Categories: 1960's · Ingmar Bergman · Jungfrukällan · Movies · The Virgin Spring

Review: Det Sjunde Inseglet (The Seventh Seal, 1957)

December 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Playing chess with death is probably not the smartest of ideas. Then again, neither were the Crusades, so what the heck!

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Categories: 1950's · Det Sjunde Inseglet · Ingmar Bergman · Movies · The Seventh Seal

Review: Rear Window (1954)

December 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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A movie about peeping Tom’s, this is like It’s A Wonderful Life but for nerds.

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Categories: 1950's · Alfred Hitchcock · Movies · Rear Window

Review: Låt Den Rätte Komma In (Let The Right One In, 2008)

December 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Vampires, snow and a love story. Who’d a thunk those three could be so perfect together?

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Categories: 2000's · Let The Right One In · Låt Den Rätte Komma In · Movies · Tomas Alfredson

Review: Strangers On A Train (1951)

December 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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This is the British version, with a different ending, just so that all are aware.

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Categories: 1950's · Alfred Hitchcock · Movies · Strangers On A Train

Review: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

December 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Lots of fast talk and wordplay with very little meaning or purpose.

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Categories: 1990's · Movies · Quentin Tarantino · Reservoir Dogs

Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Director’s Version, 1951)

December 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Desire is a weird name for a streetcar, a very weird name indeed.

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Categories: 1950's · A Streetcar Named Desire · Elia Kazan · Movies