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For A Few Dollars More (1965)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 28, 2013
Starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef with director Sergio Leone, this Spaghetti western is the second film in the “Dollar Trilogy.” The film opens with two bounty hunters, and in two separate instances we quickly realize their skill in bagging their man. However, when a notorious ou read more
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 27, 2013
Starring Clint Eastwood with director Sergio Leone, this western adaption of Yojimbo has a poncho-wearing gunslinger (Eastwood) playing two rival gangs off of each other. Upon entering the town, the man with no name is soon disturbed by the Baxters and he makes light work of four men. Then, he decid read more
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 27, 2013
Starring Clint Eastwood with director Sergio Leone, this western adaption of Yojimbo has a poncho-wearing gunslinger (Eastwood) playing two rival gangs off of each other. Upon entering the town, the man with no name is soon disturbed by the Baxters and he makes light work of four men. Then, he decid read more
The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 10, 2013
Telling the semi-biographical story of Robert Stroud, Birdman relates his life from violent beginnings until his later years. Burt Lancaster superbly characterizes Stroud as a tragic hero. Despite a relatively simple plot following the progression in a man’s life, Birdman is worth seeing. Ulti read more
The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 10, 2013
Telling the semi-biographical story of Robert Stroud, Birdman relates his life from violent beginnings until his later years. Burt Lancaster superbly characterizes Stroud as a tragic hero. Despite a relatively simple plot following the progression in a man’s life, Birdman is worth seeing. Ulti read more
Tokyo Story (1953)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 29, 2012
This critically acclaimed Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu has a relatively simple plot having to do with a kind elderly couple going to Tokyo to visit their adult children and extended family. They are excited to see the big city but it is not quite like they had expected. Furthermore, all th read more
Tokyo Story (1953)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 29, 2012
This critically acclaimed Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu has a relatively simple plot having to do with a kind elderly couple going to Tokyo to visit their adult children and extended family. They are excited to see the big city but it is not quite like they had expected. Furthermore, all th read more
Ikiru (1953)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 28, 2012
Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Takashi Shimura, this drama is loaded full of irony. As the film opens, right away we learn the protagonist has stomach cancer, except he has yet to find out. He has spent 30 years of his life working at a monotonous job as a bureaucrat. Only after he discover read more
Ikiru (1953)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 28, 2012
Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Takashi Shimura, this drama is loaded full of irony. As the film opens, right away we learn the protagonist has stomach cancer, except he has yet to find out. He has spent 30 years of his life working at a monotonous job as a bureaucrat. Only after he discover read more
Rashomon (1950)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 27, 2012
Directed by the famed Akira Kurosawa, the film starts off with two men eventually joined by a third. Both seem very melancholy and they explain this is because of something that happened three days earlier. Apparently a bandit met a husband and wife on the road and raped the wife with the husband be read more
Rashomon (1950)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 27, 2012
Directed by the famed Akira Kurosawa, the film starts off with two men eventually joined by a third. Both seem very melancholy and they explain this is because of something that happened three days earlier. Apparently a bandit met a husband and wife on the road and raped the wife with the husband be read more
Stray Dog (1949)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 26, 2012
Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, the plot revolves around a rookie cop who has his gun swiped on a trolley in Tokyo. The young man is obsessive about getting his weapon back and after reporting the missing gun, he walks the streets looking for answers. His read more
Stray Dog (1949)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 26, 2012
Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, the plot revolves around a rookie cop who has his gun swiped on a trolley in Tokyo. The young man is obsessive about getting his weapon back and after reporting the missing gun, he walks the streets looking for answers. His read more
Throne of Blood (1957)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 20, 2012
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, this film is an adaption of Macbeth placed in a Japanese setting. Two great warriors come before their lord to be honored but before they arrive a spirit gives them a prophecy. One of the men who was initially loyal, decides to take the throne for his own after hearing th read more
Throne of Blood (1957)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 20, 2012
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, this film is an adaption of Macbeth placed in a Japanese setting. Two great warriors come before their lord to be honored but before they arrive a spirit gives them a prophecy. One of the men who was initially loyal, decides to take the throne for his own after hearing th read more
Some Christmas Movies and Specials!
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 16, 2012
Remember the Night (1940) Holiday Inn (1942) Christmas in Connecticut (1945) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Miracle on 34th Street (1947) The Bishop’s Wife (1947) Holiday Affair (1949) Scrooge (1951) White Christmas (1954) Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein read more
Some Christmas Movies and Specials!
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 16, 2012
Remember the Night (1940) Holiday Inn (1942) Christmas in Connecticut (1945) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Miracle on 34th Street (1947) The Bishop’s Wife (1947) Holiday Affair (1949) Scrooge (1951) White Christmas (1954) Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein read more
The Best Films of Sam Fuller
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 31, 2012
1. Pickup on South Street
2. The Steel Helmet
3. The Naked Kiss
4. The Big Red One
5. Park Row
6. The Crimson Kimono
7. Forty Guns
8. Shock Corridor
9. Scandal Sheet
10. Underworld U.S.S.
11. Fixed Bayonets
12. White Dog
13. House of Bamboo
14. Pierrot le Fou read more
