Category Archives: Classics

All The President’s Men (1976)

Posted on August 20, 2013 by tom

Two Washington Post reporters–Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein–brought down the President of the United States. This is their story. The Watergate scandal is old hat to most Americans today. Nearly everyone knows about the bungled burglary at the Watergate office … Continue reading →

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Becket (1964)

Posted on February 25, 2013 by tom

Montgomery Clift once said, “Richard Burton doesn’t act. He just recites.” In the 1964 film “Becket”–a film based verrrry loosely on the relationship between King Henry II and Thomas a Becket–Burton was cast as Beckett, alongside Peter O’Toole as Henry. … Continue reading →

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The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Posted on September 24, 2012 by tom

I don’t care that this 1940 version of  “The Thief of Bagdad” is set in some indeterminate past, nor that it involves Arabian legends, nor does it matter a whit to me who the villain was in the 1924 Douglas … Continue reading →

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Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Posted on September 22, 2012 by tom

“Foreign Correspondent” is a lovely example of what I’d call a “rainy afternoon film.” It’s not one of Hitchcock’s best–not like “Rear Window,” “North by Northwest,” “Psycho,” etc–but it’s a neat little thriller set in the waning days of pre-WW2 … Continue reading →

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The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Posted on September 13, 2012 by tom

“The Philadelphia Story” is your typical girl is ready to marry boy, but girl’s ex shows up, along with two undercover reporters pretending they’re friends of girl’s brother, but girl’s ex tells girl that reporters are reporters (deep breath) screwball … Continue reading →

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The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Posted on September 7, 2012 by tom

While I watched “The Birth of a Nation,” I thought of many ways to start this review–believe me, the thing is over three hours long, so I had time. Then I’d see something else, and I’d have to rethink my … Continue reading →

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The General (1926)

Posted on September 4, 2012 by tom

Some days are just depressing. You wander around your world, and you just have this cloud over you. Well, I do. Monday was one of those. I’d been sick all weekend, and missed work again. I was feeling a little … Continue reading →

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The Naked City (1948)

Posted on August 8, 2012 by tom

“There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.” That’s the last line in “The Naked City,” a 1948 precursor to the police procedural genre. This is a neat little movie. It was filmed … Continue reading →

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