Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever

Saturday, April 30, 2022

The Lost Patrol (1934)

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When a pre-Code movie is a remake, that can mean only one thing: The original was silent. Quite an understandable move when there's plen...
Saturday, April 23, 2022

The Mouse That Roared (1959)

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This is one of those eye-catching titles that I'd seen many times before bothering to find out what they meant. The combination of Peter...
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

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It's a pretty pathetic evening when the most promising showing at the multiplex is a video game adaptation sequel. I never even watched ...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

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I had seen my previous dead serious documentary feature (as opposed to kiddie fluff ) more than two years ago . These viewings may not be fu...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

The Great Lie (1941)

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Hmm, Bette Davis and George Brent. When did I last see them together? Oh yeah. And before that? Yup. I think they were in a rut, because t...

Allegro Non Troppo (1976)

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It's rare for me to take a movie suggestion from an anonymous online stranger, especially when I'm sure I won't have the same op...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Only Yesterday (1991)

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Netflix confused me by stating the year of release as 2016. Turns out it was never dubbed in English or distributed in the West until the 25...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

The Batman (2022)

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Despite my friend ( that one ) saying he could watch this repeatedly, I was not in a great hurry to see it. He told me it resembled Se7en , ...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Tunes of Glory (1960)

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I haven't seen many movies that depict the military outside of wartime. This one is set in Scotland in 1948, so only the freshest soldie...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Hamoun (1990)

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Allegedly, Iranian critics in 1997 selected this as Iran's best picture ever, tho I can't find a solid citation for this repeated cl...
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