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(mini) Film Ruminations: The Tree of Life (2011), Super 8 (2011), A Serious...
I do not write reviews for the majority of films I watch. My reasons are somewhat nebulous considering it’s the summer and I certainly have time. I see my blog more as a way to re-examine and bring...
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A Film Rumination: The Man Who Changed His Mind (variant titles: The Man Who...
7/10 (Good) Boris Karloff! Mind transplants! Headstrong female scientists! 30s sci-fi horror! A watchable yet seldom seen film! What’s not to like? The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) is the second...
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A Film Rumination: Non-Stop New York, Robert Stevenson (1937)
5/10 (Bad/Average) This “lost” (for good reason) little film is vaguely watchable for one aspect alone — a massive futuristic art-deco transatlantic plane which can fly from London to New York in 18...
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A Film Rumination: He Who Must Die (Celui Qui Doit Mourir), Jules Dassin (1957)
7.5/10 (Good) American director Jules Dassin — famous for his 40s and 50s film noir works Brute Force, Rififi, Night and the City, The Naked City – departs from his normal stomping ground with an...
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A Film Rumination: Transatlantic Tunnel (variant title: The Tunnel), Maurice...
6.5/10 (Average) Maurice Elvey’s Transatlantic Tunnel (1935) inhabits the forlorn ranks of seldom seen early science fiction films. Is it a masterpiece of the genre? No. Is it worth watching for...
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A Film Rumination: Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl, Manoel de Oliveira...
7.5/10 (Good) The Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira is the oldest filmaker still making films — he’s 102 at the moment! Even more surprising is the fact that his most productive years have come...
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A Film Rumination: Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924-April 9, 2011) and...
The great American director Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) passed away today and in honor of his long and productive career (albeit with brief lulls of average work) here are a few mini-reviews of the films...
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A (short) Film Rumination: The Airship Destroyer (variant title: The Battle...
8/10 (Very Good) tagline (a remarkably prescient one): “War in the Air! Possibilities of the Future! And actual motion picture prediction of the ideas of Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and...
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A Film Rumination: The Monolith Monsters, John Sherwood (1957)
7/10 (Good) John Sherwood’s The Monolith Monsters (1957) is by far one of my favorite B sci-fi (ish) monster movies! I’m being very generous with rating but, this is a hilariously average (but...
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