One of the last big musicals, and a well done example of the genre. Tons of good lines. The straight Shore Patrol characters are classics.
5 of 7 stars.
Labels: 5 stars
A western about outlaws.
4 of 7 stars
Labels: 4 stars
This is a slice of life from a time far gone, when the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor might be across the street from each other in NYC.
The movie is a bit hammy, and not every performance is easy to watch, but there are plenty of great bit parts (the doorman does exceptionally well, if you ask me).
Give it a watch.
5 of 7 stars
Labels: 5 stars
A pre-WWII drama which vastly overstates the German menace to American shores.
To the best of my knowledge, about 8 agents landed in America for espionage. The movie pretends there are hundreds, right in Congress, and thousands more, which could effectively stop all transportation and war production on a dime.
A total lie, no?
There were a lot of movies before America started fighting in WWII that encouraged Americans to fight, and many of them were decent.
This movie offers very little to that, or any other, genre.
2 of 7 stars
Labels: 2 stars
This should be remade with a "ask me" instead of Orson Welles.
Many tidbits throughout the movie make it a surprising watch.
Most? of the characters seem very real.
The movie is dark.
The plot is definitely not easy.
Welles can't avoid some overt mental gymanstics, an excessive brogue, and there's odd camera work. This will ruin the movie if you are just too awake.
6 of 7 stars
Labels: 6 stars
