Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is). The motion picture, however, is an exhilarating creature feature, previously reviewed here.
Joan Weldon, Nuclear Mutated Ant
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Viewers who prefer recent, big budget cinematic fare may find Steven Spielberg’s 2005 remake War of the Worlds more accessible and satisfying than its 1953 counterpart, but not I.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, December 12, 2025
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‘Noiristas’, seeking a slick and twisty British Neo-noir from Hammer Studios, need look no further than Hidden Gem #35 Cash on Demand, released in 1961.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, December 11, 2025
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“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, December 8, 2025
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Next up, is a WW II film that can only be defined by its setting. There are just too many dispersed ideas regarding tone and perspective to communicate what kind of film Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is, let alone how any of its numerous genre types are successfully represented.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, December 5, 2025
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After her breakthrough role in Joseph von Sternberg's The Blue Angel made in Germany, Marlene Dietrich made six more films with the autocratic director in the U.S. The Scarlet Empress (1934), previously reviewed here, is arguably the duo’s most accomplished.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, December 4, 2025
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Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941).
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Few biopics are as inspirational as Michael Curtiz’ Jim Thorpe - All American (1951), a previous TCM recommendation here, and one that can be appreciated again Thursday, December 4 at 11:15 am PST.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, December 1, 2025
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Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962) with Robert Mitchum once again playing southern bred evil incarnate as he did in 1955’s The Night of the Hunter.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, November 24, 2025
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For those who enjoy the best in creative romantic comedy, be sure to tune in for 1959’s Pillow Talk (reviewed here) Tuesday, November 25th at 5 pm PST.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 21, 2025
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If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958), previously reviewed here, is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.
