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Shock isn’t scary; suspense is – The Sixth Sense
As October wraps up, it seems appropriate to talk about a movie from 1999 that was a genuinely good, suspense-filled ghost story. It’s one that caught most people off guard, especially with its ending. And it was so quiet! The … Read more
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The Sixth Sense (1999)
Directed by M. Night Shaymalan It’s undoubtedly due to the time of year that I find I’ve been recently watching films of a supernatural nature. Not long ago I wrote about The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) and last week … Read more
Dark Passage: a waste of Bogie and Bacall?
I just did some housecleaning on Piddleville. I more or less cleaned up some code and design on a few reviews that were in a very old Piddleville format. While doing so, I came across a few Bogie and Bacall … Read more
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Minority Report (2002)
Directed by Steven Spielberg It seems to me science fiction writers can pretty much give up on the idea of ever having one of their stories done over as a screenplay. The late Philip K. Dick has the market cornered. … Read more
Robin and Marian: ‘Where did the day go?’
Here is the Robin Hood we don’t get to see enough. He’s old. As Marian notes,“You had the sweetest body when you left. Hard, and not a mark. And you were mine. When you left I thought I’d die. I … Read more
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