4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 27, 2014

It is always impressive for a film of this length that so much is packed into it. Within minutes we are fully enveloped in this story, and every sequence gives further insight into these characters. There is hardly ever a wasted moment, because there is significance in each scene. Pointing...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 27, 2014

It is always impressive for a film of this length that so much is packed into it. Within minutes we are fully enveloped in this story, and every sequence gives further insight into these characters. There is hardly ever a wasted moment because there is significance in each scene. Pointing...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 27, 2014

It is always impressive for a film of this length that so much is packed into it. Within minutes we are fully enveloped in this story, and every sequence gives further insight into these characters. There is hardly ever a wasted moment, because there is significance in each scene. Pointing...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 26, 2014

In many ways Hondo feels a lot like Shane since it came out the same year and follows a wandering gunslinger who comes in contact with a frontier family. The story based off the novel by famed western writer Louis L’Amour is a lesser addition to the Western canon, but...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 26, 2014

In many ways Hondo feels a lot like Shane since it came out the same year and follows a wandering gunslinger who comes in contact with a frontier family. The story based off the novel by famed western writer Louis L’Amour is a lesser addition to the Western canon, but...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 25, 2014

Christmas movies do not get much better than this. What a concept! Here’s a film about a man who really is Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus. He gets picked up by Macy’s department store to be their Santa Claus, and he winds up facing a hearing to decide whether he...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 25, 2014

Christmas movies do not get much better than this. What a concept! Here’s a film about a man who really is Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus. He gets picked up by Macy’s department store to be their Santa Claus, and he winds up facing a hearing to decide whether he...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 25, 2014

Christmas movies do not get much better than this. What a concept! Here’s a film about a man who really is Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus. He gets picked up by Macy’s department store to be their Santa Claus, and he winds up facing a hearing to decide whether he...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 24, 2014

Many times I feel like a broken record (this time playing a Christmas tune), but White Christmas is one of the those classics that I never get tired of. It is so ingrained, so integral to my childhood memories, that I have difficulty analyzing it or finding fault. Wonderful, visceral...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 24, 2014

Many times I feel like a broken record (this time playing a Christmas tune), but White Christmas is one of those classics that I never get tired of. It is so ingrained, so integral to my childhood memories, that I have difficulty analyzing it or finding fault. Wonderful, visceral films...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 23, 2014

Elizabeth Lane  is the perfect cook, hostess, wife and mother who is the talk of the town thanks to her daily column in a reputable publication. Anecdotes from her quaint lifestyle out on a Connecticut farm have everyone from war vets (Dennis Morgan) and publishing magnates (Sydney Greenstreet) fawn   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 23, 2014

Elizabeth Lane  is the perfect cook, hostess, wife and mother who is the talk of the town thanks to her daily column in a reputable publication. Anecdotes from her quaint lifestyle out on a Connecticut farm have everyone from war vets (Dennis Morgan) and publishing magnates (Sydney Greenstreet) fawn   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 21, 2014

Surely others have said this already but Boyhood struck a chord with me and it was the prettiest of melodies.  Pure and simple in its brilliance. This is not my childhood by any means or my life or my family, but there are glimpses of it here. Quick flashbulbs or...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 21, 2014

Surely others have said this already but Boyhood struck a chord with me and it was the prettiest of melodies.  Pure and simple in its brilliance. This is not my childhood by any means or my life or my family, but there are glimpses of it here. Quick flashbulbs or...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 20, 2014

The farthest Eastern boundary of the European continent makes the perfect landscape for a new addition to the quirky Wes Anderson canon. But more on that later. First our story. It gains inspiration from the writings of forgotten Viennese  author of the 30s and 40s Stefan Zweig. In fact, the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 20, 2014

Time loops are fun. Scratch that. They’re fun to think about and to watch as an audience in the comfort of an armchair, but they get old real fast for movie characters. Just ask public affairs officer-turned-time looper William Cage (Tom Cruise). He’s a indolent former advertising agent   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 20, 2014

The farthest Eastern boundary of the European continent makes the perfect landscape for a new addition to the quirky Wes Anderson canon. But more on that later. First our story. It gains inspiration from the writings of forgotten Viennese author of the 30s and 40s Stefan Zweig. In fact, the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 20, 2014

Time loops are fun. Scratch that. They’re fun to think about and to watch as an audience in the comfort of an armchair, but they get old real fast for movie characters. Just ask public affairs officer-turned-time looper William Cage (Tom Cruise). He’s an indolent former advertising agen   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 18, 2014

When you begin to watch the Party it becomes obvious that it is less of a comedy film and more of a comedy concept. Peter Sellers in all his glory is a bumbling Indian actor who is mistakenly invited to an elegant party. He is in many ways very similar...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 18, 2014

When you begin to watch the Party it becomes obvious that it is less of a comedy film and more of a comedy concept. Peter Sellers in all his glory is a bumbling Indian actor who is mistakenly invited to an elegant party. He is in many ways very similar...   read more