DK Book’s The Movie Book brings me the next big title they highly recommended, Eisenstein’s seminal Battleship Potemkin. Running at a lean 76 minutes the story follows the crew of the titular ship during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The crew stage a mutiny against the ship’s officers who rule with tyranny, events spin out…
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Dressed To Kill (1980)
Brian DePalma returns to the 101 Horror Movies list, but I have to say, this one isn’t so much of a horror as it is an erotic thriller. Emphasis on erotic. In the opening scene, Angie Dickinson, as Kate Miller, completely changed the world’s perception of her as the straitlaced character she played in Police Woman…
Carrie (1976)
Brian DePalma’s classic from 1976 finds its way onto the 101 Horror Movies and I was more than happy to revisit it. I watched it a long time ago when I was a teenager going through my Stephen King phase, which every teen seems to go through (Salem’s Lot is still my favorite King book)….
Good Morning, Mr. Hunt
Good morning, Mr. Hunt… You’re mission should you choose to accept it… I settled down to watch my copies of the Mission: Impossible films this weekend, and I will say this, this is a film series that undeniably gets better as they go along. Though if I was chosen to rank them, I think…
The Mind Reels 