Recently Watched Films

Decent noir.

I'd already seen the Coen Brothers remake and unlike most liked it, but this is probably objectively better. Damn is Alec Guinness bloody creepy and sinister in this.

Went in not expecting much - pleasantly surprised, though I don't think it's a watch more than once kind of movie. 

Entertaining enough comedy drama, though predictable in just about everything that happens. 

Another excellent Hitchcock. This must have been pretty poignant in 1940 given it's subject about WW2 breaking out and showing London being bombed, before London was actually bombed IRL. 

Shit with a capital SHIT. It ought to be illegal to make horror movies this bad. No atmosphere, terrible characters who make you not give a crap about them, generic plot and a bad CGI monster all done up in a genuinely creepy DVD cover (not the above image) rife with misinformation about the movie including it's running time.

Re-watch of this western gem.

While I do think it's the weakest of Martin McDonagh's three movies so far, it's still bloody brilliant. It just has the misfortune of being released between In Bruges and Three Billboards.

Highly enjoyable drama. 

Fritz Lang gem. Obvious influence from Bonnie and Clyde's story in the ending, even only a few years after they were killed. 

Henry Fonda western. Pretty solid.

Western meets samurai, which a lot of them borrowed or stole from in the first place. A gem.  

Not a noir but a few simple tweaks here and there and it so easily could have been. A very good showbiz film all the same.

I don't go for sporting films much but this is much more a drama about the people than the sport involved. I enjoyed it.

The last of the main five 30's gangster movies I hadn't seen. 

Weaker Hitchcock, but still worth watching.

Fritz Lang's sound sequel to Dr. Mabuse the Gambler. Being under two hours it's much more manageable than the earlier silent film. It's also a semi-sequel to M, featuring the same police inspector in a leading role. Makes you wonder what Lang would have made had he not had to flee Germany because of the Nazi rise to power. 

Spoiler: nothing came at night. Really didn't rate this one.