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I watch a movie a day. I blog on here about the film, the issues it raises, and whether it's worth a minute of your goddamned time or not.rnrnSo far so simple. It's just a movie review site, right? Well, not exactly. After all, this is the blogosphe
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Another slight disappointment from Hitchcock today, although by anyone else's standards The Man Who Knew Too Much would be a movie to be proud of. In fact Hitchcock himself declared his preference for this 1956 remake over his 1934 black and white th...
Torn Curtain (1966)
From a couple of financial failures that turned out to be classics, today we turn to a below-par Hitchcock movie that was deemed a box office success. It just goes to show how fickle a business filmmaking can be.Torn Curtain is rarely mentioned among...
Lifeboat (1944)
After considering Hitchcock's out-of-character earnestness in The Wrong Man yesterday, we turn to another box office failure today - 1944's Lifeboat. Despite a bankable star (Tallulah Bankhead), a rising director (Hitchcock) and a story by a bestsell...
The Wrong Man (1956)
Coming four years after Dial M For Murder, and two years before the seminal Vertigo, The Wrong Man nonetheless marks an artistic departure for Alfred Hitchcock. It shows him moving away from his usual over-the-top thrillers and choosing to film a mov...
Dial M For Murder (1954)
This week we're turning back the clock to some of the greatest thrillers ever made. After all, many directors have tried - but very few have managed to live up to the standard set by Alfred Hitchcock.Dial M For Murder is widely considered to be one o...
