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Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1958: Gigi
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So, I was expecting this film to be pretty similar to the previous one ( An American In Paris) as it was a musical by the same director, set in the same city, and with the same actress playing the love interest... I couldn't be more wrong ( Read more... ) -
Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1951: An American In Paris
[Zip.ca] [IMDB] [WikipediaAnother musical, which I admit, isn't my favourite genre of film, but this had an appropriate level of silliness that made it ( Read more... ) -
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Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1956: Around The World In 80 Days
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Been a while since my last review...
This film was three hours across two discs, so I ended up watching it in two parts: with balatro on Friday, and the rest this evening ( Read more... ) -
Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai
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Another war movie, this film follows some British soldiers who are prisoners of war, as they build a bridge for the Japanese in Thailand as part of the Thailand/Burma Railway.
First, near the beginning of the movie, the prisoners are whistling the Colonel Bogey March, which was stuck in my head for days. Gah. [ ( Read more... ) -
Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1954: On The Waterfront
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Terry Malloy (a young Marlon Brando) is a longshoreman and former boxer working for a corrupt union boss, Johnny Friendly. At the open of the film, Terry is used to unwittingly lead another dockworker to his death, which he resents, but there is a culture of D&D: deaf and dumb; nobody talks out of fear of shame or ( Read more... ) -
Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1959: Ben-Hur
[Zip.ca] [IMDB] [WikipediaThis film was epic. It goes on for for more than three and a half hours. It has fantastically elaborate sets and scenes. And it's ridiculously wide screen, to fit more on at all times ( Read more... ) -
Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1955: Marty
[Zip.ca] [IMDB] [WikipediaMarty is the story of a weekend in the life of a 34-year old Italian-American somewhere in New York City. Marty is as of yet unmarried, due to not having much luck with women. He's constantly harassed by his family and friends as to why he hasn't married yet ( Read more... ) -
Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1950: All About Eve
[Zip.ca] [IMDB] [WikipediaThe movie opens on an awards banquet, where Eve Harrington is accepting a prestigious award for her theatrical work. As we watch the ceremony, the movie fades into a flashback ( Read more... )