“The Great Man Votes” is a simple little film from 1939 starring the late, great John Barrymore in one of his last film roles.
Category: B.J.’s Quickies
Quick movie reviews by B.J., not terribly deep or complex, just off-the-cuff thoughts and opinions. And a rock-solid rating system.
Ken Russell’s “The Devils” (1971) is…well, it’s a fucking Ken Russell film, which means all subtlety and nuance go flying out the window before the
Female bodily functions are on full display in “Saint Frances,” the 2019 film from very talented writer/star Kelly O’Sullivan and director Alex Thompson. Unexpected
Tonight I watched Sidney Lumet’s 1964 film “The Pawnbroker.” I’d be curious to know if anyone else has seen this movie…it’s not Lumet’s best
Just finished a Vietnam war movie from 1989 called “The Iron Triangle.” It was highly recommended by a fellow member of the Chicago Film
In the “body horror” genre, there’s the good (the first Re-Animator movie, and pretty much anything by David Cronenberg), and there’s the bad. Squarely in
My exploration into Paul Bartel‘s body of work led me to “White Dog,” the 1981 film directed by famed war film auteur Samuel Fuller.
“Eating Raoul” is a movie I had never seen before last night, but I remember seeing the box on the shelves of pretty much
If you’ve seen every other Edgar Wright film (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, all 14 episodes of SPACED,
Yesterday I watched “The Inglorious Bastards,” the 1978 “spaghetti WW2” film that Tarantino stole the name from for his own 2009 epic. It stars Bo