Category Archives: 1950s

Splatter Time Fun Fest 2014: Dial M For Murder (1954)

Posted on October 29, 2014 | Leave a comment

dial m for murder

And the blonde with no charisma rears her head yet again!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, Alfred Hitchcock, Splatter Time Fun Fest, United States Of America

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Splatter Time Fun Fest 2014: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Posted on October 9, 2014 | Leave a comment

the curse of frankenstein

Having to choose between Justine and Elizabeth, that was his real curse!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, Splatter Time Fun Fest, Terence Fisher, United Kingdom

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This Week in Cinema: July 06-12, 2014

Posted on July 13, 2014 | Leave a comment

peter and the wolf

What’s this, actual movies being reviews, surprising!

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Posted in 1950s, 2000s, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Robert Stevenson, Suzie Templeton, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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Review: Ugetsu monogatari (Ugetsu, 1953)

Posted on March 17, 2014 | 3 comments

ugetsu

Ghosts that come in the night, and the daytime, oh my!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, Japan, Kenji Mizoguchi

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Review: Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows, 1958)

Posted on March 10, 2014 | Leave a comment

elevator to the gallows

Remind me never to swipe a car in France!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, France, Louis Malle

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Review: Hakuchi (The Idiot, 1951)

Posted on March 6, 2014 | 5 comments

the idiot

Just how many times can a movie say that a guy has a heart of gold?

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, Akira Kurosawa, Japan

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Review: Bob le flambeur (1956)

Posted on February 27, 2014 | 2 comments

bob le flambeur

I’m not much for gambling, probably because I don’t have any money to bet in the first place!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, France, Jean-Pierre Melville

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Review: Et Dieu… Créa La Femme (…And God Created Woman, 1956)

Posted on January 20, 2014 | Leave a comment

and god created woman

If that’s the woman god created, then I will put my hands together for god!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, France, Italy, Roger Vadim

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This Week In Cinema: January 05-11, 2014

Posted on January 12, 2014 | Leave a comment

pas de deux

I’m about as far removed from graceful as one can get!

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Posted in 1910s, 1920s, 1950s, 1960s, 2000s, Alain Resnais, Canada, France, Harold M. Shaw, Holger Meins, James Sibley Watson, Jean-Luc Godard, Lindsay Anderson, Melville Webber, Norman McLaren, Robert Hessens, Seth Green, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America, Walerian Borowczyk, West Germany

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Review: Animal Farm (1954)

Posted on January 4, 2014 | 5 comments

animal farm

Ah Communism, destined to fail, eh?

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, John Halas, Joy Batchelor, United Kingdom

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