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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rosemary's Baby
"Rosemary's Baby" starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, and Ruth Gordon was a great film for many reasons. This was a good horror film for the 1960's considering what they had and what they were working with. They made it work though because this was a great horror film especially for this time period. The setting in this movie was great and the acting was excellent as well. Everything that happens in this movie is what you would expect to be in horror films. The objectives that Rosemary has to go through are extremely haunting. This horror film kept you on edge at all times and that made it really exciting yet really suspenseful. This movie was excellent and I would highly recommend it to others.
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing
"Do the Right Thing" starring Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee was a great film for many reasons. This movie is really powerful because it shows that everybody should be equal no matter what race you are. Some people may have found it a little disturbing but the movie was phenomenal.
Mookie made the right choice in the end because it all had to stop. I believe he could of handled it in a better way and not with violence but he had to do what was right. The story line behind this movie was special and it sends a powerful message to people. I really enjoyed this movie and I would highly recommend this movie to others.
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown
"Chinatown" starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston was a great film for 1974. This was a great film noir. This type of genre can either be loved or hated because it usually involves dark, horror, detective type of movies. In this case Chinatown deals with a detective type of movie. The cinematography, sound, and editing were all brilliant in this film.
Jack Nicholson plays a great detective in this movie as he has to overcome many distractions during his investigation. This movie always kept you on edge because there was a a lot of action and suspense. This movie was phenomenal and I would highly recommend it to others.
Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall
"Annie Hall" starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts was a very good but unique film. It was unique in many ways. For example in one scene where there was dialogue at the bottom of the screen while they were on top of the balcony. Another example of how it was unique was Woody would stop in the middle of the scene and talk to the audience. I thought that was very special to the movie and it made it work really well. There were a couple flashbacks as well which always can add to a movie's greatness and that's what it did. This movie was unique in its own ways and I would highly recommend this and other Woody Allen movies to others.
The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate
"The Graduate" starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katherine Ross is an outstanding film. Dustin Hoffman plays a great role as Ben Braddock because he is very intelligent but at the same time very awkward. As he seems very intelligent he is very confused on what do with his future throughout the whole movie.
The music was a great fit for this movie. Mrs.Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel couldn't have been a better fit for this movie. There is a lot of drama in this movie and that's what makes it special. This was a great love movie with a happy ending and I would highly recommend to others.
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
"Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, and Patricia Neal was a good film. A young woman from New York becomes very interested in a young man that moved into her apartment building. The young woman is a little crazy at some moments and often lonely until she meets the young man that moved into the same apartment building as her. The style of the way they dressed was very classy and entertaining as well. It had a mix between romance and comedy which kept me entertained as a viewer. The music, screenplay, directing, and acting were all phenomenal in the movie. Filming this movie in New York also made it a beautiful setting. This was a good romance-comedy movie and I would highly recommend it to others.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katherine Hepburn was a great film. The acting from each and every person throughout this film was just unbelievable. The mixed feeling throughout this movie really kept me entertained. This movie is very powerful because it shows that happiness can happen regardless of what race you are. During the movie I was really hoping there would be a good ending and that everything would workout in the end. The best part in the movie is the speech at the end. It was just remarkable and this was one of my favorite movies I've seen all semester. This was a great movie and I would highly recommend to others.
A Cold Wind in August (1961)
A Cold Wind in August
"A Cold Wind in August" starring Lola Albright, Scott Marlowe, and Joe De Santis was a good film. I really enjoyed the way they dressed and the soundtrack was phenomenal. Lola Albright played a great role as a stripper in this one because at one moment she was loving and caring and at the next she was selfish and everything had to revolve around her. The young man is in love with her until he finds out that shes a stripper and they break up. Of course the young man doesn't take it to heart but she did. I can see why some people wouldn't like this movie though. In some scenes it got a little carried away. This movie was for the younger generation. This movie had movie had mixed emotions because it would go to sad, to funny because of Lola Albright's humor that she displayed while playing the role of a stripper.
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter
"The Night of the Hunter" starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish was a great movie. The acting by everybody was just phenomenal. The movie was very entertaining and had me saying whats going to happen next throughout the whole movie.
A man tries to find out where the money is that their dad told them before he went to jail. The kids were very good at holding it in and not telling him where it was. There was a lot of symbolic meaning in this movie. For example every time the guy was outside the home he would sing the same song so they would know he was there.The lady becomes the hero in the end after finding out what the kids went through. This was a great horror film and by far one of my favorites that I have seen so far.
All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve
"All About Eve" starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, and George Sanders was a great film because of the screenplay, the directing, and the acting. The dialog in this movie was also really good and powerful.
Eve seems very nice and kind and think that she is obsessed with Margo so they try and help her out. In reality she just uses Margo's friends to help her be successful in the theater business. This shows that Eve is sneaky and a untrustworthy instead of being nice and kind like Margo and her friends thought. Many relationships and feeling change throughout the movie and that's what makes this movie exciting. This movie was great and I would highly recommend to others.
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street
"Scarlet Street" starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea was a great movie. The pace and the mood were very well displayed in this movie. Edward G. Robinson was phenomenal in this movie by being loyal and honest throughout the whole movie.
This movie displayed romance at some points and then cruel behavior at other points in the movie. After saving Kitty from being bullied by her fiancé, he is set up to believe that she is single and that he might have a chance with her. He tries to make himself look good for her and then he finds out that she has a fiancé. I thought that every role in this movie was very well played and I would recommend it to others.
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singing in the Rain
"Singing in the Rain" starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds was a great movie for it's display of music and color. This movie really set the tone for musicals from the 1950's and on. The acting and choreography in this movie was just spectacular.
This movie was very fun and it kept me entertained throughout the whole thing. The colors were so bright and the music was so catchy, as a viewer it was hard to take your eyes off the screen. The voices on each actor/actress were very good as well. As a viewer I really enjoyed the ending of this movie because it was a happy one and who doesn't like a happy ending? This was one of my favorite movies and I would highly recommend this to others.
Jane Eyre (1943)
Jane Eyre
"Jane Eyre" starring Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, and Margaret O'Brien is a gret film. It is a very powerful film and shows how poorly Jane is treated her whole life. I really enjoyed the cinematography and thought that this movie displayed that pretty well.
Joan Fontaine played an exceptionally well role in the movie as Jane Eyre. She played the role of a girl who was treated poorly and had a bad life because back then that's how society was. I really enjoyed this movie because at first it seemed like it was going to be a bad movie and then it becomes a sweet and romantic movie and that really surprised me.
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce
"Mildred Pierce" starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott was by far one of my favorite movies. Mildred is played really well by Joan Crawford. I think Michael Curtiz directed this movie very well just like Casablanca.
This movie really had you on your feet as a viewer right from the start. At the beginning you thought is was Mildred who did it but in reality it wasn't. This movie is very powerful because it displays a lot of flashbacks and that's tough choice to make when making a movie because it can cause viewers to not be able to follow the plot. This movie was amazing and I highly recommend it to others.
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia
"Fantasia" starring Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, and Corey Burton was a great animated musical film for this period of time. To me what stood out the most was the animation and the color. The colors were so bright and so powerful to really show what the film was about. I also thought that the sound was very powerful as well.
Walt Disney films are very good and happen to be my favorite. The color, the sounds, and the animation make it really special. They rarely make movies like this anymore and it's a shame. Fantasia was one of the best animated musicals ever and for that I would highly recommend this movie to others because it was an outstanding film.
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln was a great film by John Ford because it shows the early life of Abraham Lincoln as a struggling lawyer. He studied and read about law in the beginning of the movie and it paid off in the end. This film was entertaining and it had a lot of good actors in it. This film kept you focused because you wanted to know what happened with the case between the two young men.
In this film the case at the end of the movie was really powerful. It showed that Lincoln studied and read about law in the beginning and became very knowledgeable about law throughout the movie. I also believed that Lincoln had a very strong use of words in this film because in some parts he stopped people from rioting by his use of words. Words can be very powerful and useful and that's how Lincoln displayed that. Not only does this film show the importance of speech but it also shows the importance of finding justice. I would highly recommend this movie to others.
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca
"Casablanca" starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid was an outstanding film. This movie shows a little bit of drama, romance, and a slight comedy. In this movie what really stood out to me was the singing. It really caught my eye and it showed me the significance it had between Rick and the girl.
In this film there is a cafe called Rick's Cafe. Everybody comes to his cafe no matter what your background was. Rick has a lot of power and not too many people mess with him. He claims that he doesn't help anybody but in reality he does. At some points in the movie it was hard to follow the plot but besides that I loved this movie and I would highly recommend.
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach
"Stagecoach" starring John Wayne was a great western film. This film kept you entertained by the excitement of the battles. It was a very fast pace film and that definitely kept me interested throughout the whole movie. The fast pace filming made the film very unique.
A group of eight traveled from Tonto to Lordsburg and throughout the movie each person develops a relationship with somebody new. The setting of this film was amazing and it really showed during the battle scene. It really made it stick out and that's one thing I really noticed. The battle with the Indians was a great scene because it showed how serious they were. Stagecoach was a phenomenal movie for 1939's an I would recommend it to others.
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Nothing Scared
"Nothing Scared" starring Frederic March and Carole Lombard was a very good screwball comedy and kept you very entertained throughout the whole movie. It was a type of humor that you don't see too often but I definitely understood the humor and laughed a lot.
Carol Lombard plays a great role in this movie by being very funny playing a character who has a fake sickness of radium poisoning and thinks that she's going to die. That gets ruined towards the end when the scientist find out that she is lying and catch her. This movie displayed an unusual type of comedy (screwball) but it was very funny to me. This was a great film and it set the tone for many films to come after.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
My Man Godfrey
"My Man Godfrey" starring William Powell and Carole Lombard was very good movie because it was hilarious and also very entertaining. I now have a better understanding of screwball comedy. The acting in this movie was phenomenal and it never lacked that comedy part in a scene which kept you entertained. The movie starts out funny and is funny throughout the whole movie but towards the end it has a powerful ending that really catches your eye.
The butler played by William Powell did an amazing job staying serious and sane but yet funny at the same time. From being homeless to now working for a very rich family, William Powell did everything that he was asked to do. He created very special bonds with the whole family including the father, mother, both sisters, and the maid. I really enjoyed the end of the movie where he gave back to the people he was surrounded by before he got the butler job. This movie had a very good ending which was sad but then ended happy which really caught my attention. This was a great movie that displayed screwball comedy at its best and I would recommend to anybody who is into this type of comedy.
White Zombie (1932)
White Zombie
"White Zombie" was a great horror film for 1933. Bela Lugosi has a way of being very mysterious and I think this movie definitely showed that. The zombies had a scary look to them and but they acted different than the zombies in movies today. The zombies in the 30's were always in groups and instead of biting or violent killing they would just throw them in the water or wherever they could kill them. The zombies nowadays walk all scattered and they kill violently. What made the zombies in the 30's different from the ones today was that they were controlled by a man whereas nowadays they just do things on their own.
This movie really caught my attention because I can really appreciate the way they made the zombies look and the way that they put the movie together with what they had at the time. The sound and the music was very scary which made me feel like I was actually watching a horror film. It started out romantic and then from there on it ended as a horror movie which was very well put together. This movie was very unique and I would recommend it for people to watch.
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein
"Frankenstein" starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, and Dwight Frye is a unbelievable movie and a great start for the era of horror films. The way it was filmed and the actors in this movie were amazing. This movie really set the tone for the horror movie era.
A scientist called Henry Frankenstein wanted to make this monster come alive. After a lot of hard work it finally came alive and even though it meant well it created a a lot of harm. Henry spent so much time on this project that he didn't really focus on his wedding. But that backfired because towards the end he focused on his wedding more instead of the monster that he created. Towards the end of the movie Henry tries to solve his problem and stop the harm that the monster that he created was making. I have never been a big fan of horror movies but this one definitely caught my attention and I can now understand the meaning behind horror movies.
Hell's House (1932)
Hell's House
Hell's House starring Junior Durkin, Pat O'brien, and Junior Coughlan is a fantastic film because it shows how strong relationships are made but also the harsh conditions of what it's like to be in a reform school. Some of those harsh conditions would be the food they receive and the labor work that they have to do.
Strong relationships are created throughout this whole movie. When Junior and Shorty make a friendship in the reform school they stick up for each other throughout the rest of the movie. This shows if you find the right people in a tough place you can still create a special bond with somebody. Another relationship that was created was between Junior and Matt Kelly was a tough one I feel like because in the beginning he sets Junior up to be put in reform school, but towards the end of the movie he tries to help out Junior by getting Shorty out of the reform school. The movie begins and ends tragically.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang review
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang starring Paul Muni really showed the harsh times of what it was like to be in the chain gang. The labor chain gang members had to do, and the living conditions they were subject to were extreme. The way the movie showed such harsh labor breaking rocks while hooked to a chain made you feel sorry for James Allen, especially since the circumstances that led to his imprisonment were unjustified.
As the movie unfolded Allen gets a taste of freedom and as a viewer you route for him to enjoy his freedom. Towards the end of the movie I believe that James Allen established himself. In my opinion I believe that James showed that he deserved to remain an upstanding member of the community. Warner Brothers attempt to show sympathy for the main character was successful whether you believe his innocence.
The Kid (1921)
The Kid Review
The Kid starring Chaplin and Coogan is both enjoyable and sentimental. The way Chaplin forms a relationship with Coogan is both funny emotional. It's clear from the beginning that even though Chaplin has been handed a baby he does not want at first his antics show otherwise. As the plot unfolds Chaplin is quick to protect Coogan and even manages have a special relationship with him that he formed throughout the movie. This movie back then reminds me of "Big Daddy" today starring Adam Sandler and Dylan Sprouse. Just like in "The Kid" an unwilling main character (Sandler) cares for a young kid that he didn't want at first but then forms a special relationship with him at the end. Both Sandler and Chaplin find themselves in trouble with the law over the kid but in the end it's clear to see they were made for each other.