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Favorite films

  • North by Northwest
  • Rear Window
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Jaws

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  • Kraven the Hunter

    ★★½

  • The Quick and the Dead

    ★★★★

  • Pardon My Sarong

    ★★★★

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★½

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  • The Quiet Man

    The Quiet Man

    ★★★★

    This is a beautiful movie to see. It would have to be if it was directed by John Ford. Ford used all his artistic talent to execute the mood in this film. It is full of impressive scenic shots, amazing colors and exciting scenes. The type of scenes, that make this romantic drama even more exciting. You feel the energy coming off of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, who is a genuine Irish actress, so she was perfect for this…

  • The Bellboy

    The Bellboy

    ★★★½

    Forget what you know or think about Jerry Lewis. Even if you have issues with his kind of comedy, you can't deny the fact that his contributions to the art of film is boundless. He invented, created and perfected so many different kinds of camera tricks and filmmaking ideas. He comes up with so many interesting ideas to express his comedy, that you don't even need to pay too much attention to the actual comedy. This is most evident in…

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  • The Quick and the Dead

    The Quick and the Dead

    ★★★★

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    Today, March 10th, is Sharon Stone's birthday (1958). The Quick and the Dead (1995), is my favorite Sharon Stone movie and my favorite Sam Raimi movie (not counting Spider-Mans or Evil Deads). Raimi did this film, during the height of his successfull production of the popularly syndicated TV shows, Hercules and Xena, plus was coming off of the success of Darkman (1990) and Army of Darkness (1992). His films and shows reflected a…

  • Pardon My Sarong

    Pardon My Sarong

    ★★★★

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    Today, March 6th, is Lou Costello's birthday (1906). I have to watch one of Bud and Lou's movies today to celebrate. Pardon My Sarong (1942), is my favorite.

    PMTM Grade: 8.1 (B) = 4 Stars Letterboxd

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  • Drama in the Air

    Drama in the Air

    ★★★★

    This film is an interesting one to study, because of other factors in the French film business, that were going on at the same time. Director Gaston Velle and legendary French film director, Georges Melies (A Trip to the Moon - 1902), were both very busy in their careers at this time. They both were pioneers in a new medium, making their marks, being competitive, in the early days of French film history. They were both working at the same…

  • The Reluctant Astronaut

    The Reluctant Astronaut

    ★★★½

    In the 1960s, Disney was becoming the king of the family film. Up to this point in film history, the concept of the family film was more widespread, because of the strict censoring of content, seen in the first 50 years of the film industry. In the 1960s, those lines between family entertainment and mature entertainment started to pull away from each other. As you know, by the end of the 1960s, the MPAA movie rating system would be in…