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The Mosquito Coast
“The United States is going to hell in a handbasket,” so we’ve heard many say, including the main character of this movie, The Mosquito Coast. The movie provides a reasonable moral … more →
J. & C.'s Movie Reviews
The Mosquito Coast
J wrote 2 months ago: “The United States is going to hell in a handbasket,” so we’ve heard many say, inc … more →
Doubt
J wrote 7 months ago: Though it features the Catholic church, Doubt is a fine morality play about modern Christian churche … more →
Bringing Up Baby
J wrote 8 months ago: This is probably the classic screwball comedy. It is perfect for a bad day, a recession, or whateve … more →
Doctor Zhivago
J wrote 11 months ago: After reading around the web, few movies attract as many conflicting opinions as Doctor Zhivago, and … more →
The Dresser
J wrote 11 months ago: The Dresser is about a dynamic master/servant relationship, much like the relationship between the F … more →
The Spirit of St. Louis
J wrote 11 months ago: It was just a plane trip across the Atlantic ocean. So a simple viewer might think of The Spirit of … more →
Ace in the Hole
J wrote 1 year ago: It’s only a matter of time before Ace in the Hole gets resurrected and put in the Film Canon o … more →
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
J wrote 1 year ago: “This is not Jane Austen,” says C. She is correct, though the plot is faithful to Jane … more →
Stalag 17
J wrote 1 year ago: Stalag 17 suffers from neglect because of its later spawn, Hogan’s Heroes and The Great Escape … more →
Groundhog Day
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J wrote 1 year ago: Groundhog Day is now nearly universally hailed as a masterpiece that exhibits exemplary spirituality … more →
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
J wrote 1 year ago: “Ah, those were the days! Halcyon days.” So one character sighs in the six-episode Tink … more →
The 39 Steps
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J wrote 1 year ago: The 39 Steps has dropped down the cultural memory hole, forgotten among Alfred Hitchcock’s oth … more →
Sherlock Jr.
J wrote 1 year ago: They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Sherlock Jr. utilizes mostly-dead film technique … more →
Strangers on a Train
J wrote 1 year ago: There is nothing about Strangers on a Train that is not corrupt. There is not one good person in th … more →
The Third Man
J wrote 1 year ago: It’s generally acknowledged that during the last few decades there has been great decline in m … more →
Signs
J wrote 1 year ago: Most alien-invasion or apocalypse movies these days have a global scope to them. In Independence Da … more →
The King of Kong
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J wrote 1 year ago: One of the words that gives us a little prick of annoyance each time we hear it is “all-time. … more →
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
J wrote 1 year ago: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is the unsung Frank Capra movie. Everyone’s seen It’s a Wonderful … more →
Lost: Seasons 1 and 2
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J wrote 1 year ago: The most clever form of art-entertainment was the serial novel of the nineteenth century. Either pub … more →
