Epinions Recent Reviews for j_deverchai

Altered States

Sat, 7 Jan 2006 18:25:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Altered States is a messy, amateurish film that has production values equivalent to that of a home movie but beneath all the garbage there is some semblance of a good idea. Whether or not you can look past all the things wrong with the film probably...

Across the Pacific

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:20:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Like John Huston’s adventure film The Man Who Would Be King, Across the Pacific is tremendously underrated and overlooked. Coming on the heels of probably Huston’s most famous film, The Maltese Falcon, Across the Pacific might seem to have been a lesser...

"I've got everything Betty Grable has - only I've had it longer."

Sun, 6 Nov 2005 02:56:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Simply put The Lady Vanishes is one of the greatest, most thrilling movies ever made. It is quite possibly Hitchcock’s greatest film (only Rear Window comes close to it) and it sets the standards for which all suspense should have to live up to...

It's Me, Sugar!

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:43:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Our perceptions of what comedy is has changed dramatically over the past couple of decades that what constituted humor prior to the 1960s no longer seems funny. Modern comedy depends on a constant barrage of visual gags and simplistic puns on obvious...

Sandrine Bonnaire Really Creeps Me Out But. . .WOW!

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 02:50:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Claude Chabrol says La Ceremonie is a “Marxist film about class struggle.” That’s certainly true b...

A Social Phobe In Love

Fri, 4 Jul 2003 16:48:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Zero Effect, the first film of writer/director Jake Kasdan (son of Lawrence Kasdan) is a smart, quir...

To Kill A Nazi

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:29:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - To honor the life and work of Gregory Peck who recently passed away I’ve decided to review my favori...

Tony Richardson's Bastard

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:56:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Henry Fielding must have turned over his grave to see the great hero/protagonist of his 1749 novel...

Out of Their League: TV Movies On the Big Screen

Sun, 1 Jun 2003 18:47:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - I’m hesitant to write a review of A League of Their Own since dissecting a movie that has no elements to dissect seems like an exercise in futility. That’s not necessary a slam against this “cute” little film, but it’s not quite a...

"I Was Bombed While Eating Cheese"

Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:02:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - I’ve seen a lot of bad movies since I saw A Farewell To Arms the first time, and now seeing it again, after being subjected to much more horrific punishment from the film industry, it doesn’t seem nearly as bad as it once did. And after having to...

Life As A Bride Of Christ

Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:18:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Some of the things people will do and say in the name of Jesus Christ are truly incredible. A cult can take girls in, tear their identities and personality away from them and claim that it is the will of God. And what's most astonishing is that the...

Warning! Mixing Communism with Flamethrower May Cause Repression

Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:28:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - There something distinctively familiar about Fahrenheit 451, it seems very Truffaut-esque. It’s not in the vein of his early films but its direction, the writing, the acting, the overall feel of the movie resembles all the other movies of...

Michael Moore Plays The Blame Game

Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:15:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - *Warning*

This review contains opinions of an individualistic nature that will most likely offend the sensitive and/or ignorant reader. Discretion is advised!

North America's favourite pastime is playing the blame...

Rope

Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:58:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Hitchcock's Rope may be the closes the great director ever came to working on the stage. His proscenium is a posh New York apartment inhabited by two evident homosexuals, one a psychopath and the other a sociopath. Hitchcock doesn't try and deny the...

In Which We Serve

Sun, 27 Oct 2002 23:09:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - In Which We Serve is the most disgraceful pandering to wartime sensibilities I've seen, even beating out William Wyler's pathetic Oscar winner, the Best Years Of Our Lives. The movie made in 1942 is a brutal criticism of the stiff upper lips of the...

Memento

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 18:35:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Christopher Nolan's Memento is a miracle of innovation; a mediocre mystery made into one of the best films of 2000 by a revamping of conventional narrative structure. The greatest gift of the filmmakers seems to be the way they use that structure to...

Anne Of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 01:32:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Half romance, half spy thriller, entirely marvelous Anne Of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, the third and most likely final part of the film adventures of Anne Shirley is a masterpiece of grace, charm, romance, maturity and suspense. Suspense is...

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Sun, 20 Oct 2002 00:52:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - The spirit of Luis Bunuel winks at us often during The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, which tells us that he's playing a joke on us but this time around it's not always clear what the joke is. Bunuel is even more sly for making a movie where the...

The Sixth Sense

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:43:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - It takes more than one viewing I think to fully appreciate the many special nuances of M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense. The first time I watched the film I thought it was meticulously designed and finely crafting but nothing extraordinary. The...

East Side Story

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:19:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - East Side Story is a tremendous disappointment even though I went in with few expectations. I hear about a documentary that chronicles the production of socialist musicals during the 40s, 50 and 60s and I expect it to be at least intriguing...

The Limey

Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:35:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Revenge can be such a tangible physical element of life that sometimes we can relate to it in movies without much emotion. Steven Soderbergh in his revenge drama The Limey uses very little emotion. The movie reaches the audience using...

The Wizard of Oz

Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:28:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Somewhere far across the black and white rainbow lies the magical, enchanting and Technicolor land of Oz where a young, virginal Judy Garland won our hearts and imaginations with her endless enthusiasm and enchanting, pure singing voice...

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 01:56:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - Let me just say that I haven't read the Lord of the Rings books although I plan to soon. I think this probably will help my review rather than hurt it because I watched the movie completely unbiased whereas I'm sure many fans of the popular...

Kriemhilde's Revenge

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:40:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - When people think of the best movies of Fritz Lang, they usually think of M, Fury, Metropolis and others but few people will mention his 1924 silent classic Kriemhilde's Revenge, the sequel to his Siegfried. Maybe that's...

It's All True

Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:33:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author j_deverchai - There were several films started by cinematic maverick Orson Welles that were never completed for various reasons but the collection of short films that would have been called It's All True may have been the best film he never made.

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