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Movie Review: Body Double (1984)
In my earlier post, I covered Brian De Palma’s tribute to a movie made by his idol, Hitchcock. Today, we will see his tribute to not one, but three other Hitchcock movies: Psycho, Rear Window, and Vertigo. Body Double is a forgotten classic from De Palma that packs a great plot and his signature twists. Read more
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Movie Review: The Stranger (1946)
In this post, we will look at a film noir classic directed by and starring Orson Welles. My last post on another Orson Welles film noir gem is the most popular among all the posts in this blog. “The Stranger” stars Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson Welles. As previously mentioned in the last Read more
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Love Crime(2010) vs. Passion (2012)
In this post, we will look at two movies: a French psychological thriller and its remake by Brian De Palma. Love Crime (2010) “Love Crimes” is the last movie from Alain Corneau and was released shortly after his death. It begins as the story of two working professional women in a corporation in Paris. Superficially, Read more
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Movie Review: Raising Cain (1992)
“To raise Cain” means to cause a commotion, create a disturbance, or make trouble. The “Cain” in the phrase refers to a character in the Old Testament of the Bible. In this post, we will visit another psychological thriller from director Brian De Palma. With a runtime of just 1 hour and 31 minutes and Read more
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Movie Review: Eagoler Chokh (2016)
It is time for another Bengali Whodunit/Crime thriller. In the wake of the success of “Ebar Shabor” (2015), Saswata Chatterjee reprises his eponymous role as ACP Shabor Dasgupta in “Eagoler Chokh” (Eyes of the Eagle). The opening scene is reminiscent of the first “Scream” movie, with a woman on the phone in the dead of Read more
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Movie Review: American Psycho (2000)
“American Psycho” is based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis and directed by Mary Harron. Set in the Reagan days of the 1980s, this film offers a cynical, raw, and satirical look at the high life and perversions of a New York yuppie, Jason Bateman, played by Christian Bale. In a review of this Read more
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