Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Son of Dracula 1943

  ★★½ Rewatched 14 Mar 2017

  You would have thought that someone at Universal would have noticed Dracula's reflection, clearly seen in a mirror.

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  Broadminded 1931

  ★★ Watched 11 Mar 2017

  Creaky comedy vehicle for Brown, and his broad humor, in which he escorts his nephew on a road trip away from the big city in an effort to keep his mind off those jazz age broads. There follows a series match-ups, mix ups, misunderstandings and a frantic attempt at Marx Brothers style comedy before the paired-off close. Mostly of interest for Bela Lugosi's role as a broody Latin American.

Popular reviews

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  Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography 1981

  Watched 14 Apr 2014

  Director Bonnie Klein opens this anti-porn, and decidedly anti-male, piece of propaganda by claiming it was inspired by her daughter being exposed to 'all the tits and ass' in the local drug store, a scene which is re-enacted for the benefit of the camera. Klein then introduces a self-aware, confident stripper, Linda, and then proceeds to fill her with guilt and self-loathing by exposing her to the worst aspects of pornography and well as a selection of angry, rhetoric-filled, hardcore…

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  The Silent Partner 1978

  ★★★★ Rewatched 19 Apr 2014

  Outstanding Toronto-set thriller in which bank teller Gould suspects that a one-man robbery is about to take place at his counter and, instead of informing anyone, decides to take advantage and pocket some of the money himself moments before, claiming the crook took it all. When Gould receives media exposure after the theft, cold and sadistic thief Plummer tracks him down and demands all of the money he claims is his. What makes this so fascinating is that Gould never…