Pros: Entertaining, mostly suspenseful movie. Bergman and Peck. Cons: Some overly dramatic moments. Slower pace at times.
I can't remember when I first saw a Hitchcock movie, but I have been enjoying them for many years. There are still several of his movies that I haven't seen, though I have added some of them to my DVD collection and I have been watching them in ...
Pros: psycho-driven love story with excellent visuals Cons: reduces the real psychology down to drivel
As a psychological murder mystery Spellbound still stands tall as one of the better Hitchcock collaborations, this time with the wonderful talents of the Spanish artist Salvador Dali. Although 20 minutes was initially created for the film, the ...
Pros: Bergman, Peck Cons: overly dramatic characters, some cheesy scenes
This was another one of those old black and white films that I rented from Netflix on a whim. I had no intention of actually renting it, but decided recently that I liked these old films and actually enjoy the dramatics from the characters. Its good...
Pros: C'mon, it's Alfred Hitchcock! Cons: Ben Hecht's script isn't as good as it could have been.
Alfred Hitchcock has been one of my favorite directors for a long time; he creates dark worlds of psychological turmoil and plants comfortable, familiar faces like Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and Ingrid Bergman in them so he can take us along. Most...
Pros: cast, sets, cinematography Cons: characters, direction
"Spellbound" is a slightly disappointing entry from the production and direction team of Selznick and Hitchcock. There's romance, psycho-babble and an entertaining dream sequence, but character motivation and plot development are not...
Pros: Good film, great DVD version Cons: First pressing of Criterion DVD defective
An enjoyable but unimpressive film, this 1945 psychological thriller of an amnesiac involved in a web of mystery is notable nowadays mainly for a 2-minute surrealist dream sequence, and is frowned upon for its pseudo-intellectual discourse on...
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