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Paris Blues (1961, Martin Ritt)
It’d be easily to blame Paris Blues’s lack of success on the screenplay. With three credited screenwriters and another with the adaptation, there’s literally not enough going on the film to keep it...
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958, Leo McCarey)
It’s hard to describe what’s wrong with Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys!; not because its ailments are mysterious but because the sentence is just a little problematic. Rally is a light handling of what...
View ArticleThe Star and the Story (1955) s01e01 – Dark Stranger
Dark Stranger is a high concept story about a writer meeting a character out of his novel. The concept’s ambitious because the script–from Betty Ulius and Joel Murcott–is so thorough. Edmond O’Brien’s...
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Paris Blues (1961, Martin Ritt)
It’d be easily to blame Paris Blues’s lack of success on the screenplay. With three credited screenwriters and another with the adaptation, there’s literally not enough going on the film to keep it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958, Leo McCarey)
It’s hard to describe what’s wrong with Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys!; not because its ailments are mysterious but because the sentence is just a little problematic. Rally is a light handling of what...
View ArticleThe Star and the Story (1955) s01e01 – Dark Stranger
Dark Stranger is a high concept story about a writer meeting a character out of his novel. The concept’s ambitious because the script–from Betty Ulius and Joel Murcott–is so thorough. Edmond O’Brien’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paris Blues (1961, Martin Ritt)
It’d be easily to blame Paris Blues’s lack of success on the screenplay. With three credited screenwriters and another with the adaptation, there’s literally not enough going on the film to keep it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958, Leo McCarey)
It’s hard to describe what’s wrong with Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys!; not because its ailments are mysterious but because the sentence is just a little problematic. Rally is a light handling of what...
View ArticleThe Star and the Story (1955) s01e01 – Dark Stranger
Dark Stranger is a high concept story about a writer meeting a character out of his novel. The concept’s ambitious because the script–from Betty Ulius and Joel Murcott–is so thorough. Edmond O’Brien’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paris Blues (1961, Martin Ritt)
It’d be easily to blame Paris Blues’s lack of success on the screenplay. With three credited screenwriters and another with the adaptation, there’s literally not enough going on the film to keep it...
View ArticleThe Star and the Story (1955) s01e01 – Dark Stranger
Dark Stranger is a high concept story about a writer meeting a character out of his novel. The concept’s ambitious because the script–from Betty Ulius and Joel Murcott–is so thorough. Edmond O’Brien’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paris Blues (1961, Martin Ritt)
It’d be easily to blame Paris Blues’s lack of success on the screenplay. With three credited screenwriters and another with the adaptation, there’s literally not enough going on the film to keep it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys! (1958, Leo McCarey)
It’s hard to describe what’s wrong with Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys!; not because its ailments are mysterious but because the sentence is just a little problematic. Rally is a light handling of what...
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Dark Stranger (1955, Arthur Ripley)
Dark Stranger is a high concept story about a writer meeting a character out of his novel. The concept’s ambitious because the script–from Betty Ulius and Joel Murcott–is so thorough. Edmond O’Brien’s...
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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973, Gilbert Cates)
What is this film and how have I never heard of it. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams is somewhat indescribable in terms of plot. I mean, it obviously isn’t indescribable–I could list the scenes (there are...
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The Drowning Pool (1975, Stuart Rosenberg)
The Drowning Pool is a strange sequel. Not only doesn’t it continue Harper‘s attempt to make PIs hip and modern (more hip than modern, actually), it’s also doesn’t seem like the same character. In...
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972, Paul Newman)
Paul Newman must have had an interesting experience directing Man-in-the Moon Marigolds. His wife played the lead and their daughter played her daughter, the film’s protagonist. The mother’s awful...
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