Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.Working Girl (1988). Mike Nichol's R-rated update of a familiar comedy formula, Working Girl earned six Oscar nominations, made a star (albeit briefly) of Melanie Griffith, and transformed Harrison Ford into a romantic lead. Griffith plays Tess McGill, a hard- read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 15, 2023
Although it’s not a highly touted picture, Stranger on The Third Floor feels like an important enough footnote to aficionados of film noir because it embodies a few of the earliest definable features of the movement. It’s not an entirely new concept per se, but it feels like it’s r read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 1, 2016
Paul Newman is one of those people who brings other people into theaters. They’ll watch him on reruns when they’re surfing through the channels or tell their children and grandchildren about him. That’s just it. He’s a universal actor who transcends the years with his magneti read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 1, 2016
Paul Newman is one of those people who bring other people into theaters. They’ll watch him on reruns when they’re surfing through the channels or tell their children and grandchildren about him. That’s just it. He’s a universal actor who transcends the years with his magnetis read more
It is the story of a man, a story of redemption that also happens to be one of the best courtroom dramas ever made that I dedicate this post to. It is Sidney Lumet‘s, The Verdict released on this day in 1982. It is quite the film. The Verdict is filmed from a David Mamet script based on a read more
The Verdict
Directed by Don Siegel
Written by Peter Milne from a novel by Israel Zangwill
1946/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Warner Archive DVD This Sidney Greensreet/Peter Lorre locked room mystery didn’t grab me. The story opens in 19th Century London with Superintendent George Grodm read more
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Victor Emmric: It’s a wretched night.
Supt. George Edward Grodman: Maybe it’s only you who is wretched, Victor.
When most folks think of Sydney Greenstreet they think Casablanca and when they think Peter Lorre their minds automatically jump to the despised (from his perspecti read more
The
Verdict (Sidney Lumet, 1982)
A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career
and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than
settling.
About ten years ago, or so, I saw Dog Day Afternoon Sidney
Lumet’s near masterpiece that stars a young and once brillia read more
