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JxSxPx posted a review of The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn

“The Kid from Brooklyn casts Danny Kaye as a meek milkman who somehow becomes a boxer. That’s it, that’s the entire premise of this one. Many of the usual parts are here again, Vera-Ellen, Virginia Mayo, the Goldwyn Girls, songs and dances, bits of slapstick comedy. It’s pure Kaye formula by th” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Wonder Man

Wonder Man

“Danny Kaye pulls double-duty in Wonder Man playing twins, one a nebbish type and the other a nightclub sensation that runs afoul of some gangsters. The ghost of the extrovert possesses the nerd and causes all sorts of shenanigans along the way. Of course, there’s a love triangle adject plotline in” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Up in Arms

Up in Arms

“Danny Kaye’s film debut, Up in Arms, is a case study in his (now stale) musical-comedies of the mid-40s. There’s a very basic premise and structure, hypochondriac gets drafted into the army, that merely exists as an excuse to get Kaye to perform various bits of song-and-dance, pull faces, and co” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Ferdinando and Carolina

Ferdinando and Carolina

“Lina WertmĂźller returns to her oldest obsessions – sexuality and politics and where/how they converge – in Ferdinando and Carolina. Yet WertmĂźller’s film is malformed and various maneuvers are poorly explained to the audience so the narrative remains indecipherable. It’s quite simple, Ferd” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Summer Night

Summer Night

“Summer Night plays like a spiritual sequel to Swept Away in which the couple get something akin to a happy ending, or as happy an ending as Lina WertmĂźller is capable of crafting, which is more elliptical than emphatic. A wealthy industrialist (Mariangela Melato) kidnaps a Sicilian renegade (Michel” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Swept Away (1974)

Swept Away

“A make-or-break film or the make-or-break film for whether the cinema of Lina WertmĂźller is for you? Swept Away is a combination of her rebellious treatment of sexual politics, class politics, and regional differences populated with her two favorite actors, Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato.” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of All Screwed Up

All Screwed Up

“Coming off her first masterpiece, Love & Anarchy, Lina WertmĂźller dropped the stars and more playful tone for this scattershot glimpse on modern living in Milan viewed through the prism of recently arrived citizens of southern Italy. The film is essentially an assembly of various pieces struggl” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of The Seduction of Mimi

The Seduction of Mimi

“A perfect sampler for the cinema of Lina WertmĂźller, one of Italian cinema’s biggest provocateurs. The Seduction of Mimi not only unites the director with her two best stars, Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato, but offers an accessible primer on her artistic outlook and prevailing themes. W” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
3 years, 11 months ago
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3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of A Separation

A Separation

“From the opening minutes of A Separation we are thrown into the deep end of the film’s emotionally bruising and complicated morass. The simplest of domestic squabbles can so easily spin out into messy situations that grow exponentially and drag in surrounding players. What starts as a simple impas” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Get Carter

Get Carter

“Am I missing something with Get Carter? Widely acclaimed as one of the preeminent British gangster films, if not films in general, but I just couldn’t embrace it. For all its grit, grime, and fetishistic sexuality, there’s a sleaziness and pronounced periods of lag.   Granted, having Michael” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Alfie

Alfie

“A corrosive portrait of a misogynist getting his comeuppance, Alfie is a minor late-60s work anchored by a wonderful Michael Caine performance. Caine gives a layered, complex performance that finds Alfie’s toxic masculinity, unwarranted arrogance, and gross sexism smothering a deep insecurity and ” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Charlotte's Web

Charlotte’s Web

“Hanna-Barbera aren’t a studio that’s necessarily known for its high production values. Many of its beloved franchises, and I do love several of them, aren’t exactly memorable (in a positive way) for their beautiful animation. Plenty of chatter has occurred referencing the repeating backgrounds” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

“Ava DuVernay’s camera is one that is best when the scales are smaller, and she can obsess over the contours and textures of an actor’s face. Not only the stellar adult players in this ensemble, but Storm Reid and Deric McCabe’s surprising and pleasing central performances. It’s a shame that ” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

“The Depression looms large over the lives of these showgirls – skipping the rent, desperate for employment, putting things in hock. And what a fun group of girls it is between Aline MacMahon’s acid tongue, Joan Blondell’s raw intensity, and a pre-supernova Ginger Rogers playing one of her good” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Oliver!

Oliver!

“Quick – what did Sir Carol Reed win his Oscar for? If you answered The Third Man, The Fallen Idol, or any of his acknowledged masterpieces you’d be wrong. In fact, Reed didn’t win his Oscar until late in his career during the height of the Academy’s obsession with two different things: music” read more

3 years, 11 months ago
Atlantic City
 Atlantic City 9/10
3 years, 12 months ago
JxSxPx added 2 items to their collection
The Swimmer

have watched

9/10

Birdman of Alcatraz

7/10


3 years, 12 months ago
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Rio Bravo
Johnny Guitar
Once Upon a Time in the West
My Darling Clementine (1946)

3 years, 12 months ago
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3 years, 12 months ago
3 years, 12 months ago
Brute Force
 Brute Force 6/10
4 years ago
I Walk Alone
 I Walk Alone 7/10
4 years ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

“The original Clash of the Titans is no cinematic masterpiece, but it is an enjoyable matinee-styled romp through Greek mythology replete with some of the greatest creations of Ray Harryhausen’s estimable career. This remake turns everything up to eleven as a starting point and seems rolled off the” read more

4 years ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Æon Flux

Æon Flux

“While out promoting Atomic Blonde in 2017, Charlize Theron mentioned Æon Flux and her ultimate disappointment with the movie. She remarked that while she never had complete faith in the project, she wanted to trust in director Karyn Kusama but acknowledged that they “fucked it all up” because t” read more

4 years ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Men in Black

Men in Black

“A six-issue independent comic book baked in hyperviolence about a group of (largely Aryan) secretive agents that use any means necessary to hide the existence of the supernatural from the public at large gets remade into a popcorn entertainment that’s a lively buddy cop movie. If that sounds like ” read more

4 years ago
4 years ago
JxSxPx posted a review of Logan's Run

Logan’s Run

“Ever watch something that was so clearly kitsch try to take itself too seriously? If not, then behold Logan’s Run, another adaptation of a grim novel that jettisons everything but the most skeletal basics. There’s a compelling idea there but it’s buried under poor acting (from normally solid a” read more

4 years ago