“There goes a perfectly good bumper sticker…”
Synopsis:
A used car salesman (Jeff Bridges) tries to prevent his dead boss’s car lot from falling into the hands of his boss’s nefarious twin brother (Jack Warden).
Genres:
Comedy
Rivalry
Salesmen
Response to Peary’s Review:
Peary is not alone in his assessment of this “fast-moving, eccentric” comedy as “hilarious” and “very entertaining”; many other [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by admin
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“Simon here is playing the most dangerous game known to mankind…”
Synopsis:
When the Duc de Richleau (Christopher Lee) and his friend Rex (Leon Greene) arrive at the house of their mutual friend Simon (Patrick Mower), they find he has been abducted into a satanic coven led by the warlock Mocata (Charles Gray). After rescuing Simon and [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2007 by admin
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“It’s the world-wide, peace-loving Americanism that is gaining in strength and oppressing the lives of us Japanese, and making the lives of our youth hopeless…”
Synopsis:
During a wedding, former revolutionaries in Japan reflect on love and betrayal during their years as students.
Genres:
Flashback Films
Japanese Films
Oshima Films
Revolutionaries
Review:
This deeply personal, highly politicized film by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2007 by admin
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“These days, relationships with neighbors can get very complicated…”
Synopsis:
In Paris, a nebbishy Polish man (Roman Polanski) rents the apartment of a woman who has recently committed suicide. Soon he becomes convinced that his neighbors are trying to turn him into the dead woman.
Genres:
Black Comedy
Downward Spiral
Insanity and Insane Asylums
Living Nightmare
Psychological Horror
Roman Polanski Films
Response to Peary’s Review: [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2007 by admin
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“This mystery is appropriately Chinese: what’s not there seems to have just as much as meaning as what is there.”
Synopsis:
Two taxi drivers — middle-aged Jo (Wood Moy) and young Steve (Marc Hayashi) — search San Francisco’s Chinatown for a fellow cabbie who has disappeared with their money.
Genres:
Amateur Sleuths
Asian-Americans
Generation Gap
Mysterious Disappearance
Search
Response to Peary’s Review:
As Peary [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2007 by admin
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“Green is the color of spring… It means hope, a promise of new life to come.”
Synopsis:
A young war orphan (Dean Stockwell) living with a kind older man (Pat O’Brien) wakes up one morning to discover that his hair has turned green. Though ostracized by his friends and neighbors, he remains convinced that his hair serves [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2007 by admin
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“Money is easy to get… All you have to do is kill!”
Synopsis:
After the accidental death of his wife (Gloria Shea) and infant son, a poor but happy blacksmith (Preston Foster) in Pompeii reluctantly becomes a gladiator. Out of guilt, he adopts the son (David Holt) of an opponent he has killed, and soon becomes a [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2007 by admin
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“I suppose I’m jealous of the reckless way he squanders the precious treasure of life…”
Synopsis:
A naive missionary (Elsa Lanchester) tries to reform an inveterate beach bum (Charles Laughton), and soon finds herself smitten.
Genres:
Character Arc
Literature Adaptation
Missionaries and Revivalists
Morality Police
Romantic Comedy
South Sea Islands
Response to Peary’s Review:
Based on a W. Somerset Maugham short story, this “gently paced” [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by admin
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“You shall see for yourself the cruel barbarism by which Naja holds our people… Fear has made them religious fanatics!”
Synopsis:
When his fiancee Tollea (Maria Montez) is kidnapped, Ramu (Jon Hall) and his friend Kado (Sabu) follow her to an enchanted island ruled by Tollea’s evil twin, Naja (also Montez).
Genres:
Fantasy
Kidnapping
Robert Siodmak Films
South Sea Islands
Twins
Response to Peary’s [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by admin
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“I thought I was cured… But instead, it’s getting worse!”
Synopsis:
The opportunistic owner (Yvonne Furneaux) of a champagne factory enlists the help of her husband (Anthony Perkins) in convincing her mentally unstable business partner (Maurice Ronet) to sell the rights to his famous last name. Soon a mysterious rash of murders occurs, with Ronet the prime [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by admin
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