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Like I said in my Follow Me, Boys! review, I have several movies on my DVR. Most of these films were recorded last year or over a year ago. Last night, I chose to watch one of these films, which I added to my DVR last June. This film is Never a Dull Moment! Sometime, […]… Continue reading Take 3: Never a Dull Moment Review — 18 Cinema Lane

1939; a year that many people have considered the “Golden Year of Film”. As I mentioned in my editorial, What the Code Means to Me: Breen, Hallmark, and Me, it seems like there was something for everyone at the cinema. Several films that are well known today were able to find success in the box […]… Continue reading Take 3: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Review (Clean Movie Month #1) — 18 Cinema Lane

I will admit that before I signed up for the Suave Swordsman: Basil Rathbone Blogathon, I wasn’t familiar with Basil as an actor. However, I didn’t let this stop me from participating! While looking through his filmography, I discovered Basil had a role in the 1986 film, The Great Mouse Detective. Because I hadn’t seen […]… Continue reading Take 3: The Great Mouse Detective Review — 18 Cinema Lane

Perhaps one of the most surprising hits of 2019, Knives Out is a brilliant whodunit that has quickly become one of the most engaging murder-mystery films to hit the big screen. Its box office acclaim has already secured a sequel, meaning fans will soon get to immerse themselves in the follow-up to this thrilling murder-mystery. […]… Continue reading 4 Reasons to Watch Knives Out – A Movie Review — My Midnight Musing

Quarantine. Lockdown. Shelter in place. No one would have guessed such dystopian, sci-fi concepts would become a reality for the last three months of our lives. L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies could empathize. He broke his leg and has been wheelchair-ridden in his small, quaint New York City apartment for six weeks. The once renowned freelance photojournalist […]… Continue reading Rear Window (1954): A Timely Feature — Reely Bernie

I had never heard about North by Northwest until yesterday and boy was I riveted as I watched this movie that felt like it was yanking me in all sorts of directions. I love mysteries, I love thrillers, and this felt like the ultimate combination of these aspects. With an unexpected storyline that had me… Continue reading ‘North by Northwest’: Another Riveting Alfred Hitchcock Film — Annlyel Online

I think it’s often the case when a film moves us and becomes a favourite, that we feel the pull, the magic, in our first viewing. The event becomes as memorable as the film. But there are exceptions. I can’t remember when or where I first saw The Lady Vanishes, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 masterpiece. It […]… Continue reading Film Friday: The Lady Vanishes — Zimmerbitch

Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder Director: Alfred Hitchcock Perhaps one of Hitchcocks lesser known movies, Sabotage is the story of a woman caught between her kind husband, the ring of spies he’s involves with and the handsome detective trying to investigate. It has some great set peices, expecially a tense scene involving a […]… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Sabotage (1936) — Wildfire Movies

Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favorite movie Directors. He thought very differently than everyone else of his time and created a body of work that still stands for excellence many decades later. I heard this quote from him many years ago, and it has been stuck in my thoughts for years. These words remind […]… Continue reading I Think Alfred Hitchcock Would Be Proud — Ann Art Gallery Blog

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman Release Date: 30th June 1951 Trailer: IMDb Rating: 8.0 What the critics said: “Curiously contrasted characters and locales play their parts in the Hitchcock strategy, making for an enormously entertaining show. Hitchcock generally avoids long action scenes. His inclusion of a humdinger […] via IFG 10:… Continue reading IFG 10: Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951) — Oasis of Fear