Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on April 16, 2018

This past Christmas my son got me a Mill Creek box set called Awesomely Cheesy Movies. 100 movies on 24 disks, it’s actually a combination of two of their earlier released sets, “The Swinging Seventies”, and “The Excellent Eighties”. For those of you who may not be fam   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on April 3, 2018

The Train Directed by John Frankenheimer Written by Franklin Coehn and Frank Davis from a novel by Rose Valland1964/France/Italy/USA Les Films Ariane/Les Productions Artistes Associes/Dear Film Produzione Repeat viewing/Netflix rental An action-packed winner for when you are in the mood for susp   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 30, 2018

Strangers on the Train is conceived in its first few minutes of dialogue when the charismatic bon vivant Bruno (Robert Walker) ingratiates himself on tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger). Bruno is a big idea-man, constantly talking and thinking and wheedling his way into other people’s l   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on December 24, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on December 24, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I pay attention to the keywords that bring people to my site and they can often reveal a lot about what people think of silent movies. The keywords and terms also let me know about shortages on my site...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on September 4, 2014

Share This!“The art train is not to be destroyed.  Orders are to mark it so that the planes will pass it up.”— a French Resistance leader Some critics, and even that lesser breed of us, those mere movie observers and hyper film buffs, are rumored to enjoy writing negative reviews, not usually true,   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 14, 2012

The Girl on the Train, the latest film from French auteur André Téchiné perhaps most well known for his film Wild Reeds, examines the ramifications of the allegations by a girl who claims she was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack. Note: this review may contain spoilers. The film is...   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on August 14, 2012

I love Burt Lancaster and I love French art, but even more, I love old trains.  As a kid, I remember a train exhibit where you could climb up into the locomotive, pretend you’re moving the levers and blow the horn.  I remember being disappointed that we couldn’t watch the...   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on September 26, 2011

The Train (1965)      Actors today cannot really get away with playing foreign characters and not using the appropriate accent. That was not so in the past when performers were hired for other qualities –perhaps box office draw or other ability to fill the role– besides their vocal skil   read more