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Reviews of films from 1930's through to 1999.


Father Goose (1964)
Review of the light hearted yet thoughtful comedy that pairs the legendary Cary Grant with the delightful Leslie Caron in an unlikely wartime adventure.

Soames Inscker
6 min read
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Road To Zanzibar (1941)
A review of the second "Road to Movies", starring Bing Crosby and Bob hope.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Killers (1946)
Review of the adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway short story—it’s a defining piece of film noir, a poetic, fatalistic puzzle wrapped in hard shadows and even harder choices.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Notorious (1946)
Review of the Alfred Hitchcock classic "Notorious". Starring Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Suspicion (1941)
A review of the Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller "Suspicion". Starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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My Favourite Wife (1940)
My Favourite Wife is one of the most quintessential examples of the screwball comedy genre — a film that juggles marital misadventures, romantic reversals, mistaken identities, and slapstick absurdity with sparkling charm.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Review of the Western The Treasure of the Sierra Madre starry Humphrey Bogart.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Review of a quintessential romantic comedy that manages to be both a sparkling social satire and a surprisingly sincere exploration of vulnerability, forgiveness, and self-knowledge.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Bells of St Mary's (1945)
The Bells of St. Mary’s is a sequel in spirit — and direct continuation — to Going My Way (1944), a surprise hit that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and turned Bing Crosby’s easy going Father Chuck O’Malley into a cultural icon.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Review of the rousing musical biography of the legendary entertainer George M. Cohan.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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All Through The Night (1942)
Review of the 1940's entertaining hybrid — part gangster caper, part anti-Nazi propaganda thriller, and part screwball comedy.

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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Rope (1948)
Review of the 1940's Hitchcock classic crime drama "Rope".

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Review of the Frank Capra madcap crime comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace". Starring Cary Grant.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Review of the classic Abbott and Costello comedy horror "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein".

Soames Inscker
4 min read
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The Omen (1976)
Review of Richard Donner breakout Horror film "The Omen".

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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The Exorcist (1973)
Review of the classic 1970's horror film "The Exorcist".

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
Review of the Francis Ford Coppola Vietnam masterpiece "Apocalypse Now".

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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The Godfather part II (1974)
Review of the second instalment of the Godfather trilogy.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Mean Streets (1973)
Review of the Martin Scorsese crime drama "Mean Streets". Starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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Bull Durham (1988)
Review of the Ron Shelton sports romantic comedy "Bull Durham". Starring Kevon Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.

Soames Inscker
5 min read
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