Movie Reviews
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Movie Review: In a Lonely Place(1950)
‘In a Lonely Place’ is a movie adaptation of Dorothy B. Hughes’s book of the same name. While Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon are Humphrey Bogart’s most famous movies, ‘In a Lonely Place’ is another classic film, featuring the maestro in a deliciously wicked role. This time he plays Dixon ‘Dix’ Steel(I know! Lets me Read more
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Movie Review: All the King’s Men(1949)
‘All the King’s men’ is a movie, adapted from a Pulitzer prize winning book of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictitious politician Willie Stark, and is based on former Louisiana governor, Huey Long. While another movie adaptation of the book, made in Read more
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Movie Review: The Woman in Green (1945)
Most of my readers, I am sure are familiar with Sherlock Holmes, arguably the most famous sleuth of all time, created by the one and only, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This classic movie, starring Rathborne and Bruce as Holmes and Watson, has a screenplay that borrows elements of the plot from two works of Doyle, Read more
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Movie Review: Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon, is a psychological thriller, a crime story, a phenomenon, a trendsetter and a timeless masterpiece. It is and will continue be discussed analyzed, dissected and imitated for decades to come. It is a movie that questions the morality of humanity itself, and looks into the human soul for answers. The Japanese film would become Read more
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Movie Review: Maltese Falcon (1941)
If you wish to see only one film noir in your life, make it this one. Maltese Falcon is one of the best and most important among the Film Noir movies. We have seen Dick Powell play the part of Chandler’s Marlowe and Meeker’s portrayal of Spillane’s Mike Hammer. None can match the Humphrey Bogart’s Read more
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Movie Review: The Letter (1940)
The Letter is classic melodrama, starring Bette Davis, based on a play by based on a play by Somerset Maugham. (Classic melodramas are Victorian dramas with orchestral music usually used in the background for effect. They were the precursors for noir. An article detailing Melodramas and comparing them to Film Noir will be featured in Read more
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