OBPC #23: All About Eve, 1950
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) All About Eve (1950): Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based upon the short story “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr. Starring: Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Celeste […]
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REVIEW: Lincoln
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Lincoln (2012): Dir. Steven Spielberg. Written by: Tony Kushner. Based upon the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, […]
OBPC #19: The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Dir. William Wyler. Written by: Robert E. Sherwood. Based upon the novella Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor. Starring: Fredric March, Dana […]
OBPC #16: Casablanca, 1943
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Casablanca (1943): Dir. Michael Curtiz. Written by: Howard Koch, Philip G. Epstein, and Julius J. Epstein, with contributions by Casey Robinson. Based upon the play Everybody Comes to Rick’s […]
OBPC #15: Mrs. Miniver, 1942
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Mrs. Miniver (1942): Dir. William Wyler. Written by: Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, and Claudine West. Based on the book of the same name by Jan Struther. Starring: […]
OBPC #14: How Green Was My Valley, 1941
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) How Green Was My Valley (1941): Dir. John Ford. Written by: Philip Dunne. Based upon the novel of the same name by Richard Llewellyn. Starring: Roddy McDowall, Walter Pidgeon, […]
REVIEW: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Directed by Benh Zeitlin. Written by: Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin. Based on the play “Juicy and Delicious” by Alibar. Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight […]
OBPC #13: Rebecca, 1940
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Rebecca (1940): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Written by: Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, from an adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan. Based upon the novel of the same […]
OBPC #11: You Can’t Take It with You, 1938
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) You Can’t Take It with You (1938): Dir. Frank Capra. Written by: Robert Riskin. Based upon the play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. […]
OBPC #5: Grand Hotel, 1932
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Grand Hotel (1932): Dir. Edmund Goulding. Written by: William A. Drake and Béla Balázs. Based upon the play of the same name by William A. Drake, adapted from the […]