4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 11, 2015

Drums softly beating. A voice mournfully bellowing,”Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin‘.” It can only mean one thing, the beginning of High Noon, a western that has grown near and dear to my heart in the recent years. And yet how can a western of under 90 minutes mesmerize...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 11, 2015

Drums softly beating. A voice mournfully bellowing,”Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin‘.” It can only mean one thing, the beginning of High Noon, a western that has grown near and dear to my heart in the recent years. And yet how can a western of under 90 minutes mesmerize...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 11, 2015

Fourteen Hours is a taut little thriller, based on real circumstances that occurred in New York in 1938. The film opens with a young man standing on the ledge of a tall hotel in New York City. An unsuspecting waiter happens upon him and a traffic cop (Paul Douglas) spies...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 11, 2015

Drums softly beating. A voice mournfully bellowing,”Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin‘.” It can only mean one thing, the beginning of High Noon, a western that has grown near and dear to my heart in the recent years. And yet how can a western of under 90 minutes mesmerize...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 9, 2015

“Fasten your seat belts. It’s gong to be a bumpy night” ~ Margo Channing It’s cliche, I do admit, but they simply do not make films like this anymore. Stories about people talking where the actors take center stage. In this case, the story from Joseph L. Mankiewicz is about t   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 9, 2015

“Fasten your seat belts. It’s gong to be a bumpy night” ~ Margo Channing It’s cliche, I do admit, but they simply do not make films like this anymore. Stories about people talking where the actors take center stage. In this case, the story from Joseph L. Mankiewicz is about t   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 9, 2015

“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night” ~ Margo Channing It’s cliche, I do admit, but they simply do not make films like this anymore. Stories about people talking where the actors take center stage. In this case, the story from Joseph L. Mankiewicz is about t   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 7, 2015

Growing up, Star Wars was my life. I lived, ate, slept, and dreamt Star Wars. But notably Empire Strikes Back was always my least favorite film in the original trilogy. In truth, it scared me because it showed a different side to this galaxy. It seemed to be ignoring the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 7, 2015

Growing up, Star Wars was my life. I lived, ate, slept, and dreamt Star Wars. But notably, Empire Strikes Back was always my least favorite film in the original trilogy. In truth, it scared me because it showed a different side to this galaxy. It seemed to be ignoring the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 5, 2015

Hold Back the Dawn was written by the winning combination of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, but the director was actually Mitchell Leisen. That was the last time Wilder would let someone else take hold of his work. It’s actually rather meta, a film within a film. We see our...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 5, 2015

Hold Back the Dawn was written by the winning combination of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, but the director was actually Mitchell Leisen. That was the last time Wilder would let someone else take hold of his work. It’s actually rather meta, a film within a film. We see our...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 3, 2015

What struck me about Me & Earl this time around was not just the cinematic homage or the quirky indieness, but the fluid movement of the camera matched with the ever evolving score of Brian Eno. It made me appreciate this film yet again, because some people might say it’s...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 3, 2015

What struck me about Me & Earl this time around was not just the cinematic homage or the quirky indieness, but the fluid movement of the camera matched with the ever-evolving score of Brian Eno. It made me appreciate this film yet again because some people might say it’s weighed...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 1, 2015

If Preston Sturges was a comic wordsmith than Sullivan’s Travels was his magnum opus. It has so many pieces worth talking about, despite it only running a meager 90 minutes. It is the kind of comedy that director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) would want to make, and it’s a...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 1, 2015

If Preston Sturges was a comic wordsmith than Sullivan’s Travels was his magnum opus. It has so many pieces worth talking about, despite it only running a meager 90 minutes. It is the kind of comedy that director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) would want to make, and it’s a...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 1, 2015

If Preston Sturges was a comic wordsmith then Sullivan’s Travels was his magnum opus. It has so many pieces worth talking about, despite it only running a meager 90 minutes. It is the kind of comedy that director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) would want to make, and it’s a...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 31, 2015

Directed by French emigre Rene Clair, I Married a Witch is a surprisingly cheeky comedy for the 1940s. The plot opens up with the Salem Witch Trials where a male and female witch are to be burnt at the stake. However, before dying they cast a curse on the lineage...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 31, 2015

Directed by French emigre Rene Clair, I Married a Witch is a surprisingly cheeky comedy for the 1940s. The plot opens up with the Salem Witch Trials where a male and female witch are both to be burnt at the stake. However, before dying they cast a curse on the lineage...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 29, 2015

It’s not really noir and it’s hardly a procedural. After all, it’s not from the point of view of the cops, but an intrepid investigative journalist who is looking to clear a man’s name after 12 years. Henry Hathaway’s film has the feel of a docudrama much in the same...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 29, 2015

Bridge of Spies – Spielberg Cold-War drama Steve Jobs – Danny Boyle’s film written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Michael Fassbender The Martian – Ridley Scott’s latest endeavor starring Matt Damon among others The Revenant – Sicario – Emily Blunt starring in   read more