The only thing “Johnny Belinda” has going for it is Jane Wyman’s jaw-dropping subtle yet heartfelt performance in which she communicates so much heartache and anguish without saying a word. Wyman […]
Hundred-Word Review – “Johnny Belinda” (1948)
Hundred-Word Review – “Midnight Lace” (1960)
“Midnight Lace” plays out like a psychological thriller by Hitchcock, though without the flair for the dramatic, in both cinematography and storytelling. Doris Day plays an American heiress in London, who […]
Movie Review – “Searching” (2018)
If Alfred Hitchcock were still making films today, what would they be like? An auteur that manipulated the fears of men and society like a puppetmaster, showcasing flawed, broken people […]
Hundred-Word Review – “Pillow Talk” (1959)
I’ve been convinced that Doris Day can do no wrong. In “Pillow Talk,” Day plays a independent interior decorator who shares a party-line with a playboy song writer (Rock Hudson), as […]
Hundred-Word Review – “The Pirate” (1948)
Why is it that Gene Kelly keeps playing creepy, unsettling jerks in every movie, besides “Singin’ in the Rain”? In “The Pirate,” Kelly plays a traveling performer in the Caribbean, […]
Movie Review – “BlacKkKlansmen”
Despite Spike Lee’s bizarre career filled with decisive and polarizing films, sometimes of questionable quality, Lee has always been a filmmaker that’s worn his emotions on his sleeves and has […]
Movie Review – “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1946)
What makes Hollywood in the 1940s so fascinating from my perspective is the way morally taboo subject matters are addressed without ever even hinting at them. The strict Hayes code […]
Movie Review – “The Spy Who Dumped Me” (2018)
To be honest, the only reason I went to see “The Spy Who Dumped Me” is because I genuinely find Kate McKinnon to be hilarious in everything she does and […]
