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

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 27, 2015

How to speak of Dr. Strangelove? To clarify I mean the film and not the character. First and foremost, it’s one of those films that has so much significance, because of the era it came out of and for the way it represents that time and space. It’s the defining...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 27, 2015

How to speak of Dr. Strangelove? To clarify I mean the film and not the character. First and foremost, it’s one of those films that has so much significance, because of the era it came out of and for the way it represents that time and space. It’s the defining...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2015

In recent years Hollywood has been the land of superhero films, special effects extravaganzas, and star-studded drama. It all fits into the mold of this industry personified by sun-soaked beaches joined with excessive glitz and glam.Go down the California coast to San Diego and you find a slightly m   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2015

I came home this weekend to find that the great Maureen O’Hara had passed away at 95 years of age. It’s a bittersweet moment, because “The Queen of Technicolor” was a fiery heroine of some many great films and numerous personal favorites like Miracle on 34th Street and The Qu   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2015

In recent years Hollywood has been the land of superhero films, special effects extravaganzas, and star-studded drama. It all fits into the mold of this industry personified by sun-soaked beaches joined with excessive glitz and glam.Go down the California coast to San Diego and you find a slightly m   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2015

I came home this weekend to find that the great Maureen O’Hara had passed away at 95 years of age. It’s a bittersweet moment, because “The Queen of Technicolor” was a fiery heroine of some many great films and numerous personal favorites like Miracle on 34th Street and The Qu   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2015

In recent years Hollywood has been the land of superhero films, special effects extravaganzas, and star-studded drama. It all fits into the mold of this industry personified by sun-soaked beaches joined with excessive glitz and glam.Go down the California coast to San Diego and you find a slightly m   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 23, 2015

“I’m backed up into a dark corner and I don’t know who’s hitting me.” It’s always satisfying to find another little gem of a film-noir, and I think this thriller from Henry Hathaway fits that bill. Our stars include a serious and quite beautiful Lucille Ball along   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 23, 2015

“I’m backed up into a dark corner and I don’t know who’s hitting me.” It’s always satisfying to find another little gem of a film-noir, and I think this thriller from Henry Hathaway fits that bill. Our stars include a serious and quite beautiful Lucille Ball along   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 21, 2015

Who wouldn’t be enticed by a film entitled The Professionals? It feels a little like an amalgamation of The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, with a  little sprinkling of Mission Impossible, and dare I say The Wild Bunch? We have a band of four big time pros who are brought...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 21, 2015

Who wouldn’t be enticed by a film entitled The Professionals? It feels a little like an amalgamation of The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, with a  little sprinkling of Mission Impossible, and dare I say The Wild Bunch? We have a band of four big-time pros who are brought together...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 19, 2015

Libeled Lady has screwball comedy written all over it and that’s perfectly alright with such a glorious cast. Myrna Loy and William Powell are reunited once again (for one of their 13 pairings), but we also get Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. Amazing! The set-up is easy and pretty self-explanat   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 19, 2015

Libeled Lady has screwball comedy written all over it and that’s perfectly alright with such a glorious cast. Myrna Loy and William Powell reunite once again (for one of their 13 pairings), but we also get Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. Amazing! The set-up is easy and pretty self-explanatory.   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 17, 2015

Gangsters, prohibition, Al Capone, the St. Valentine Day’s Massacre. It all sounds like some distant piece of folklore that by now is far removed from our modern day sensibilities. But when films like The Public Enemy, Little Caesar, and of course Scarface came out, these things were at the fo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 17, 2015

Gangsters, prohibition, Al Capone, the St. Valentine Day’s Massacre. It all sounds like some distant piece of folklore that by now is far removed from our modern day sensibilities. But when films like The Public Enemy, Little Caesar, and of course Scarface came out, these things were at the fo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 16, 2015

For Classic Film Aficionados most of our favorite stars have passed on and that makes any star or starlet we lose now that much more noteworthy. Joan Leslie is such a figure, not a major star by any means, but she certainly had some great films in her catalog. Without...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 16, 2015

For Classic Film Aficionados most of our favorite stars have passed on and that makes any star or starlet we lose now that much more noteworthy. Joan Leslie is such a figure, not a major star by any means, but she certainly had some great films in her catalog. Without...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 15, 2015

People Will Talk is in this weird gray area between genres. It has humor but it’s not screwy enough to be a screwball. It has drama, but it’s not intense enough to be a full-fledged melodrama. And underlining all this are issues that reflect such areas as the medical industry,...   read more