The Great Escape

Continuing the theme of war films, specifically P.O.W. films (from WWII), for Memorial Day I decided to review the classic The Great Escape...

May 31, 2010
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Stalag 17

 Let's take a break from Hitchcock to honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country.  For this 2010 Memorial ...

May 31, 2010
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Shadow of a Doubt

"I'm trying to keep my mind free of things that don't matter because I have so much on my mind." Charlie Newton ...

May 31, 2010
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Lifeboat

*There was an issue with my Shadow of a Doubt disc, so I skipped it to watch the next Alfred Hitchcock film on my list: Lifeboat . ...

May 29, 2010
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Saboteur

"I'm afraid we're not behaving very well." "What's the difference, we're not invited anyway." A ...

May 25, 2010
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)

"I guess she's changed some huh?" "Well, she's... changed a little." "She once chased a dogcatcher ...

May 23, 2010
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Foreign Correspondent

"I came 4,000 miles to get a story. I get shot at like a duck in a shooting gallery, I get pushed off buildings, I *get* the stor...

May 19, 2010
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Suspicion

"I always think of my murderers as my heroes." TheLina McLaidlaw (Fontaine) and Johnnie Aysgarth (Grant) could not be more ...

May 16, 2010
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Rebecca

"Happiness is something I know nothing about." While vacationing in Monte Carlo with her wealthy employer, a naive young wo...

May 14, 2010
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Hitchcock Filmography

I HAD A BRILLIANT IDEA!  After reading " It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock, A Personal Biography " by Charlot...

May 12, 2010
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Zombieland

"Are you one of those guys who has to constantly 'one-up' everyone else?" "Hell, no! I knew a guy once who was ...

May 08, 2010
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The Princess and the Frog

"There is no way I'm kissing a frog and eating a bug in the same day." Tiana (Rose) longs to make her late father...

April 30, 2010
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Cats Don't Dance

"Wow! My own dream come true." "Yeah, yeah. But remember: 10% of that dream is mine." Hollywood doesn't ha...

April 28, 2010
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The House Bunny

"They're kicking me out?" "Maybe it's because of your age." "But I'm 27." "But that...

April 25, 2010
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Couples Retreat

"You got a pose called yoga guy gets his ass kicked? Cause that's my favorite one." Three married couples and a rece...

April 24, 2010
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Sherlock Holmes

"Why are you always so suspicious?" "Should I answer chronologically or alphabetically?" In 1891, detective Sher...

April 22, 2010
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Up in the Air

"You're awfully isolated the way you live." "Isolated? I'm surrounded." Ryan Bingham (Clooney) lives wi...

April 19, 2010
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

"Well, me, I just don't happen to believe in ghosts... particularly." Newspaper typist, Luther Heggs (Knotts) longs t...

April 13, 2010
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The Brothers Bloom

"The perfect con is one where everyone involved gets just what they wanted." From an early age brothers Stephen (Ruffalo) ...

April 10, 2010
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Brick

"Do you trust me now?" "Less than when I didn't trust you before." A few days after receiving a desperate an...

April 09, 2010
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