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• Review: Captain Blood (1935)
  on Jan 28, 2011 in Romance Olivia de Havilland Michael Curtiz Action/Adventure Basil Rathbone 1930s Errol Flynn
  Errol Flynn and Swashbucklers, has there ever been an actor more associated with a particular genre?  Possibly, but that does not change the fact that Flynn epitomized the swashbuckling hero in a way no other actor (with the possible exception o...
• 2010 Academy Awards Predictions
  on Jan 26, 2011
  On January 25, 2011, the official nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were revealed to the public.  For as long as I can remember, I have watched the Oscars every year.  Considering I have recently started this movie blog, I have deemed...
• Review: Superman (1978)
  on Jan 26, 2011 in Romance Richard Donner 1970s Action Marlon Brando Gene Hackman Terence Stamp Science-Fiction Comics/Superheros
  Pure spectacle, and little else, 1978's Superman rode the wave of renewed interest in science-fiction films all of the way to the bank.  Directed by Richard Donner, it can be (accurately) deemed the first modern superhero movie and is belov...
• Review: Risky Business (1983)
  on Jan 24, 2011 in Romance Tom Cruise Comedy 1980s Paul Brickman Coming of Age Drama
  "Sometimes you just gotta say 'What the f*ck', make your move."  That is the advice repeated in many forms to many people by many people throughout the course of the 1983 film Risky Business.  The film, directed by Paul Brickman and starrin...
• Review: Batman: The Movie (1966)
  on Jan 21, 2011 in Comedy Action Leslie H. Martinson 1960s Comics/Superheros
  Years before the Christopher Nolan Batman films there were the Tim Burton Batman films; years before the Tim Burton Batman films there was this: 1966's gloriously campy and compulsively watchable Batman: The Movie.  Directed by Le...
• Review: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
  on Jan 18, 2011 in Romance Oscar Winners Mickey Rooney Romantic Comedy Comedy Audrey Hepburn 1960s Drama Blake Edwards
  The standard run-of-the-mill romantic comedy involves several, almost universal, details: two friends with undeniable chemistry, other romantic interests for each of the would-be lovers, and a schmaltzy scene at the end where they get toget...
• Review: Ben-Hur (1959)
  on Jan 15, 2011 in Epic Reviews Oscar Winners Charlton Heston 1950s William Wyler Sword-and-Sandal Action Drama
  When one thinks of a big Hollywood spectacle, Ben-Hur, the 1959 (and third) adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is one of the first films to pop into one's mind.  At the Academy Awards it won a record e...
• The Ten Commandments of Movie Fandom
  on Jan 15, 2011 in Musings
  I have decided to compose a list of ten basic rules, commandments if you will, for fans of the entirety of cinema and not just blockbusters.  I would like to say that I traveled to Mount Sinai or they came to me in a dream, but I would...
• Review: Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  on Jan 14, 2011 in Philippe Noiret Reviews Oscar Winners Foreign Films 1980s Coming of Age Giuseppe Tornatore Drama
  In a list of great films about the raw power of cinema, Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's 1988 film Cinema Paradiso would almost always come in first.  There is not much I could say about this film that has not already been said, i...
• Introductions
  on Jan 12, 2011 in Personal Introduction
  Hello, My name is James Lambert and I am a self-confessed cinephile (someone with a passionate interest for film).  On the insistence of people with whom I often discuss movies, I have decided to begin a movie review blog.  To kee...

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