4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 25, 2016

“This long corridor is the magic highway to the Pulitzer Prize” – Johnny Barrett Being a jack of all trades, producer, director, screenwriter extraordinaire Sam Fuller also had a stint as a journalist. Therein lies his obvious stake in Shock Corridor, a film that looks frightening   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 23, 2016

“What a fouled-up outfit I got myself into” – Sgt. Zack Samuel Fuller always had an eye for the visually dynamic and a nose for controversy. His war picture The Steel Helmet was at the forefront of films about the Korean War, in fact, it was probably the first. Despite,...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 23, 2016

“What a fouled-up outfit I got myself into” – Sgt. Zack Samuel Fuller always had an eye for the visually dynamic and a nose for controversy. His war picture The Steel Helmet was at the forefront of films about the Korean War, in fact, it was probably the first. Despite,...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 21, 2016

It’s easy to forgive this sprawling comedy for a weak script because it does a wonderful job of playing to its strengths and delivering a hilarious payload of laughter. Stanley Kramer (known mostly for his social dramas) drops this raucous comedy full of bone-shattering slapstick and violently   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 21, 2016

It’s easy to forgive this sprawling comedy for a weak script, because it does a wonderful job of playing to its strengths and delivering a hilarious payload of laughter. Stanley Kramer (known mostly for his social dramas) drops this raucous comedy full of bone-shattering slapstick and violentl   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 19, 2016

Only Billy Wilder would dare to make such a film. Somewhere amidst the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and men dressed in drag, he could find the inspiration for one of the most high-powered, zaniest, even subversive comedies of all times. There’s very little overstatement in that assertion   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 19, 2016

Only Billy Wilder would dare to make such a film. Somewhere admidst the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and men dressed in drag, he could find the inspiration for one of the most high powered, zaniest, even subversive comedies of all times. There’s very little overstatement in that assertio   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 17, 2016

The film industry needs films like Ex Machina. They’re smaller productions, but that usually means they’re more audacious, and oftentimes far more interesting. First time director and veteran screenwriter Alex Garland delivers up a story that takes place in an isolated, ultra modern geta   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 17, 2016

The film industry needs films like Ex Machina. They’re smaller productions, but that usually means they’re more audacious and oftentimes far more interesting. First time director and veteran screenwriter Alex Garland delivers up a story that takes place in an isolated, ultra-modern getaw   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 15, 2016

“That’s all he ever wanted out of life… was love. That’s the tragedy of Charles Foster Kane. You see, he just didn’t have any to give.” – Jedediah Leyland It might seem rather trite to attempt to write anything on Citizen Kane, but as someone who can admitte   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 15, 2016

“That’s all he ever wanted out of life… was love. That’s the tragedy of Charles Foster Kane. You see, he just didn’t have any to give.” – Jedediah Leyland It might seem rather trite to attempt to write anything on Citizen Kane, but as someone who can admitte   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 15, 2016

“That’s all he ever wanted out of life… was love. That’s the tragedy of Charles Foster Kane. You see, he just didn’t have any to give.” – Jedediah Leyland It might seem rather trite to attempt to write anything on Citizen Kane, but as someone who can admitte   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 13, 2016

Even with the so-called Khrushchev Thaw, it’s pretty amazing that Commissar even got made and perhaps even more astounding that it made it to the viewer all these years later. Some of that might be because it originated from Russian Civil War literature and anything else we can attribute to...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 13, 2016

Even with the so-called Khrushchev Thaw, it’s pretty amazing that Commissar even got made and perhaps even more astounding that it made it to the viewer all these years later. Some of that might be because it originated from Russian Civil War literature and anything else we can attribute to...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 12, 2016

Director Rob Reiner makes an appearance in his own film as documentarian Marty Di Bergi. It’s tongue in cheek, but no ones seems to have told Spinal Tap or anyone else in the film for that matter. For all intent and purposes, they are a real band with a real camera...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 12, 2016

Director Rob Reiner makes an appearance in his own film as documentarian Marty Di Bergi. It’s tongue in cheek, but no one seems to have told Spinal Tap or anyone else in the film for that matter. For all intent and purposes, they are a real band with a real camera crew...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 12, 2016

Director Rob Reiner makes an appearance in his own film as documentarian Marty Di Bergi. It’s tongue in cheek, but no ones seems to have told Spinal Tap or anyone else in the film for that matter. For all intent and purposes, they are a real band with a real camera...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 10, 2016

The Silence Lamb is a horror film at times, a thriller at others, and most definitely a character study in its entirety. It features two wonderfully different figures in budding young FBI agent-to-be Clarice Starling and incarcerated serial killer Hannibal Lecter played so impeccably by Jodie Foster   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 10, 2016

The Silence Lamb is a horror film at times, a thriller at others, and most definitely a character study in its entirety. It features two wonderfully different figures in budding young FBI agent-to-be Clarice Starling and incarcerated serial killer Hannibal Lecter played so impeccably by Jodie Foster   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 10, 2016

The Silence Lamb is a horror film at times, a thriller at others, and most definitely a character study in its entirety. It features two wonderfully different figures in budding young FBI agent-to-be Clarice Starling and incarcerated serial killer Hannibal Lecter played so impeccably by Jodie Foster   read more