Critica Retro Posted by Lê on January 3, 2018

Meu Querido Maluco / Love Crazy (1941) Há pouco mais de sete anos, eu me formei no ensino médio e fiz a melhor escolha da minha vida: decidi não ir à formatura e passar a noite vendo dois filmes clássicos na TV. Um desses filmes era o peculiar faroeste “Johnny...   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 5, 2017

5 things I love about The Lady Eve (1941) On December 5, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized I mean, what’s not to love, really? It’s just a delight of a movie. And like any screwball comedy, this is one of those movies that you can watch over and over. So I...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 26, 2017

About seventy percent of Adventures of Captain Marvel is narratively useless. Nothing occurring in chapters two through ten has an effect on how the story actually turns out. The serial has a great first chapter involving a tomb robbing archeological expedition in Thailand. Radio journalist Frank C   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 22, 2017

Captain Marvel’s Secret opens with yet another lackluster cliffhanger resolve. No reason to change it up at the end, apparently. The chapter has a lot to do in sixteen minutes. It’s got to reveal the evil Scorpion’s identity, stop the Scorpion’s evil plan, and maybe do something regarding Frank Cog   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 21, 2017

Valley of Death is the penultimate chapter of Adventures of Captain Marvel. It’s in a rush to finish. The cliffhanger resolution is boring, though leads to some decent effects shots. The cast ends up in a hotel somewhere, planning to return to Thailand and the tombs from the first chapter....   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 20, 2017

There’s nothing nice to say about Doom Ship’s opening cliffhanger resolution other than it’s short and leads into an energetic fight scene for Frank Coghlan Jr. More than ever, Coghlan’s got the wrong timing for turning into Tom Tyler’s Captain Marvel this chapter. Unlike the times when Coghlan’s b   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 20, 2017

Two-Faced Woman is the story of a successful New York magazine editor, played by Melvyn Douglas, who marries his ski instructor (Greta Garbo) while on vacation. It’s a whirlwind courtship, with one condition of the marriage (for Garbo) being Douglas is giving up New York. Turns out he’s not and...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 19, 2017

Dead Man’s Trap is, I guess, a bridging chapter. It depends on what’s next. Otherwise it’s a treading water chapter. It picks up from the previous chapter’s “cliffhanger” (quotations because it’s more of a “beware the cliff 150 meters away” than anything else) and gives George Pembroke quite a bit   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 18, 2017

Boomerang is the best chapter of Captain Marvel yet. Not because of Captain Marvel action–there’s some, but it’s perfunctory–rather it’s the plotting. Boomerang springboards off something in the previous chapter (unrelated to the cliffhanger), sort of narratively hopping over something. That someth   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 17, 2017

Starting Human Targets, I couldn’t remember what cliffhanger needed to be resolved. It’s not a good one. More of the “Tom Tyler is bad at being a superhero” same. Once it gets resolved, with William ‘Billy’ Benedict shooting the breeze with Tyler and asking zero questions about why Tyler’s trying...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 16, 2017

Lens of Death has great fistfight in the middle. Sadly, it’s not Captain Marvel fighting, but this guy’s butler. The place is being robbed and the butler takes on the two crooks and keeps them busy until Captain Marvel does arrive. There’s no great fight scene Captain Marvel Tom Tyler,...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 15, 2017

The cliffhanger resolution at the beginning of The Scorpion Strikes quickly gives way to a fine Captain Marvel action sequence. Tom Tyler gets lots of dialogue as he threatens punks; he even throws one off a building. He captures the last thug left ambulatory and takes him in for questioning....   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 15, 2017

It essentially begins with a fourth wall break. That’s all you need to know. Because that gives you exactly an idea of what you’re in for with Hellzapoppin’ or rather it gives you no idea whatsoever what you’re in for but really they’re one in the same. I’ve seen   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 15, 2017

It essentially begins with a fourth wall break. That’s all you need to know. Because that gives you exactly an idea of what you’re in for with Hellzapoppin’ or rather it gives you no idea whatsoever what you’re in for but really they’re one in the same. I’ve seen   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 14, 2017

Death Takes the Wheel sadly does not have a Death character driving. It does have a lazy cliffhanger resolution at the open, which will probably echo in the next chapter’s cliffhanger resolution too. The screenwriters have established their cliffhanger resolution pattern. It’s not a good one, that   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 13, 2017

A couple things in Time Bomb stand out. First, there’s how no one seems to care about how the opening cliffhanger resolves. Not for Captain Marvel (Tom Tyler), but for the expedition member being held hostage. It’s not clear anyone even knows about it after its happened. So, not a...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 12, 2017

The Guillotine does not open with a satisfying cliffhanger resolution. It’s only Captain Marvel’s second chapter, which probably ought to have a satisfying cliffhanger resolution; it’s mildly concerning it does not. After that lackluster resolution, the story moves back to the United States. Turns   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 12, 2017

O Mundo é um Teatro / Ziegfeld Girl (1941) As mulheres frequentavam os cinemas nos anos 1930 queriam ter uma garota como melhor amiga: Joan Blondell. Esperta, divertida, espirituosa e sempre pronta para te apoiar: as personagens de Joan tinham tudo o que uma boa amiga deveria ter. As mulheres   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 11, 2017

Adventures of Captain Marvel has a lot of action in its first chapter. Setting up the ground situation is even action. There’s an expedition to Thailand and, although they have permits with the occupying British forces, the native people aren’t thrilled with the expedition coming in to tomb rob. So   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 31, 2017

Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night; May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright. Universal had an impressive catalogue of horror films during the 30s and 40s that integrated gothic and science fiction themes into stories...   read more