NPG Reviews

Ten Little Indians (1965)

And then there was "Ten Little Indians"

[1 November 2000]

And then Agatha Christie, a great writer, thought of a rich, suspenseful, and thrilling story like this. This movie version is an excellent adaption of the story with ten strangers come to a ski resort which seems haunted at first turns out to be the scene of a crime. Which of the ten committed it? Well you'll have to see the movie. This film is beautifully filmed with the acting superb definitely with the Goldfinger girl Shirley Eaton. I'll make sure I add this movie to my classic film collection.

Dr. No (1962)

Excellent, one of the best Bond films

[1 November 2000]

The first of the series is actually one of the best along with "For Your Eyes Only" and "From Russia With Love". Connery makes a cunning potrayal of the secret agent. Inspired by the Cuban missile crisis, the ending is action packed and well done. For the rest of the film, a bit slow but that is definitely made up for in action and the mystery behind Dr.No which is really the subject of the film, not Bond.

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Hepburn as Eleanor? You Couldn't ask for More.

[28 October 2000]

Katherine was still keeping up her good acting in this film, wait till you see "On Golden Pond"! Hopkins and Dalton were also in this. This movie is very good and faithful and almost word for word to the play it was based on. The film can get too talkative at times but the action and suspense make up for that. I recommend it definitely to any history buff or plain movie buff for that matter. A wonderful movie!

My Little Chickadee (1940)

One of the Most Funniest movie I've Seen

[11 October 2000]

W.C. Fields will always in my opinion be the king of comedy from "The Golf Specialist", "the Dentist" to his features such as this. Mae West is pretty good though but the spotlight always went to W.C. The red rascal stooge was a funny foil to W.C.'s character and I laughed out loud at their card game in the jail.

The Bank Dick (1940)

THE PERFECT TEAMING

[6 October 2000]

My two favorite actors W.C. Fields and Shemp Howard team up in this great film. W.C. plays an alchoholic (as usual) who accidentally does a great thing for the bank. Shemp plays a bartender who is too darn cool. The film was funny with its actors definitely though I still prefer Fields's short films in the early '30's the best. This film is for all Fields lovers and fans.

Gold Raiders (1951)

Underrated farewell to O'Brien

[2 October 2000]

Great film suffers from not being seen often since it is very rare to find a video of it. I saw it at a film festival. Shemp and George do excellent jobs in this film which is both hilarious and very serious at the same time. An unusual work for the stooges definitely. See it if you have the chance!!!

East of Shanghai (1931)

No Wonder Hitchcock was so fond of this movie!

[22 September 2000]

Many people think of Hitchcock, and when many of them do, they think of 3 movies: Birds Psycho Rear Window. But this film along with many other rarely heard of Hitchcock films are great! This one particulary because it was Hitchcock's first use of a blonde in sound films. Many would follow. Hitchcock also made this film sort of autobiographical of himself. I recommend it to all Hitchcock fans.

Juno and the Paycock (1929)

great film!

[21 September 2000]

Great film! Hitchcock's second sound feature is a well done film though it isn't Hitch's usual genre. Hitch points his religion (which was Catholic) out many times in this film that it almost becomes the central theme. All scenes are well done! Acting is great too! Joxer is by far the comic relief.

The 39 Steps (1935)

excellent chase film

[12 August 2000]

The 39 Steps , made at the same time as Secret Agent, was as big of an impact on cinema as much as it was then as it is now. This is THE origin and grandaddy of all chase and action films of today. Certainly one of Hitchcock's best, it features running from the world as it is. Nothing is unrealistic besides the hymnal happens to block the bullet. Robert Donat is excellent in the starring role. Wylie Watson is superb as the mysterious vaudeville 'Mr.Memory' (which was a real person that Hitchcock saw as a young boy). This film can combine suspense and comedy LIKE NO OTHER. Story was later redone in "Young and Innocent". And remade with Kenneth More.

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Good but the original was great

[10 August 2000]

Hitchcock didn't have to remake the original. First I'll tell you the good things about this remake. 1: Ending where the family reunites is great. 2:Bernard Herrmann appears as himself. 3: The addition of "Que Sera" is a superb idea. 4: The father is wiser in this version than the original one.

Then come the bad things. 1: Forgive me if I'm mistaken but London would have people walking through the streets in the day time.

2: The Albert Hall seems to keep going on and on which drains the suspense the original movie's sequence had.

3: Changing the child to a boy in this version totally ruined it. The boy is annoying but the girl and parents of the original can cruelly tease eachother without being serious and rude and it's funny. The family in this take it serious at one another and there is no humor.

4: The black develish humor of Peter Lorre as Abbott is great and seems to be in the highest rank of all the villians.But the one in this version is dull and nervously takes orders from another person we see much later in the film.

Down to the bottom line, both good, see them both, but you'll like the original better.

Angela's Ashes (1999)

Great Movie Deserved Oscar Nominees

[8 August 2000]

The life of Angela McCourt and her son Frank in Frank's best selling autobiography could not be put to the screen better than Alec (who also directed Evita) did. An excellent movie deserved oscar nominees definitely for picture. American Beauty was dumb. Angela's Ashes was a long movie that entertains and touches all the way. I totally recommend it!

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Best of Hitchcock's British Pictures

[7 August 2000]

This is a great movie with Peter Lorre in a role that seems to repeat itself from "M". Leslie Banks is the star of this movie though and his character and his character's family(which I think is a spinoff of Hitchcock and his family) are the coolest family unlike the corny family Hitchcock's 1956 remake which seems to take away Albert Hall suspense. The end after the Albert Hall part is probably the most stunnig sequences in film history. Does anybody know if Gaumont or Gainborough Pictures are still around?

Cleopatra (1934)

visually stunning

[5 June 2000]

A great movie by the history buff DeMille. The cinematography is what I like best of all. Claudette Colbert did an excellent job as Cleopatra but her leading men did poorer. The beginning and end are both well done through. The part where Cleopatra meets Marc Anthony is still hilarious to this day. Overall, a very well done movie.

Psycho (1998)

good modernising and uses with color, BUT NO SUSPENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[30 May 2000]

The uses of color with white, green, blue,etc. are wonderful and the moderning is very interesting but it has no suspense or surprises like the original did. All the actors in the original do better than the ones in this film do. Alfred Hitchcock would probably sue the director of this film for breaking Hitchcock's own movie law: NEVER REMAKE A CLASSIC FILM!

Psycho III (1986)

faithful too much to Psycho II and not Psycho original

[30 May 2000]

This film had much Hitchcockian suspense, nightmarish sequences, and unsuspected surprises all through. But it had many teen-horrorish things that BUGS me and it was too faithful to Psycho II instead of Alfred's version but it definitely was a powereful film despite BIG mistakes and had us get to know Norman more, which was really exciting.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

more accurate than Laughton's original

[30 May 2000]

Okay, the 1935 version starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton was an excellent movie. But this movie was a lot more accurate than it. First of all, Bligh didn't go back to search for the mutineers like he did in the 1935 version.Plus, the mutiny in this version was more realistic, not like a planned war like it seemed in the 1935 version. The only stupid thing I found about this film is that Tahiti isn't pictured as a paradise island but as a beautiful land full of slutty women. Brando didn't do a perfect job but he did his best, and the Bligh in this movie is like hem probably was, a dead-serious man that was too strict for his own good, not a fat pig that threw tempers every 2 seconds. Overall, this movie was slightly better than its predecessor.

Tommy (1975)

different

[27 May 2000]

A very artistic movie. I rented Tommy when I got the role of young Tommy in the play (the play came first). The movie is extremely different from the play.The play has the WHO's original music, the movie slaughters the music when trying to update it, but not all the music. Pinball Wizard,Acid Queen, and I'm Free weren't changed. But my favorite song Eyesight to the Blind is turned into stupid rap (!) The play and movie are both Townshend-biographical with proper symbolism of Christ. The movie will teach a lesson as well though.

Psycho (1960)

a haunting film

[15 May 2000]

this film is a masterpiece of suspense, semi-horror, and most

of all romance. All three are haunting as they are placed through Hitchcock's outstanding touches and twists.In the first viewing by you, it will probably be a suspense thriller. The 2nd and 3rd viewings will put interesting questions in your mind like "Will Marion go with Norman or Sam?" or "What ever happens to Norman later on?" (of course two sequels were made to solve this one)but most of all this movie should be remembered for being based on probably the greatest murderer of our time named Ed Gein (who is even more psychopath than this movie describes him as). This film is the most haunting film I have seen, Halloween, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and I Know What You Did Last Summer are all just a bunch of stupid bloody teen flicks. But this film is a piece of art.

The Ten Commandments (1956)

The Greatest Film Ever Made!!!!!!

[5 January 2000]

I'm not a Bible and Christian freak though I am a christian. I loved watching this movie and it got me delighted and riveted to the last second!!!!! Charleton Heston and Anne Baxter are excellent as our main characters Moses and his lover Nefreteri. The cast who played Pharoah Rameses,Pharoah Sethi,Sephora(Mose- s's wife),Aaron(his brother), and Bithia and Yoshebal (Moses's mothers) were also great standouts and Dathan (ED G. ROBINSON) was the BEST!!! This film is greatly based on the ancient accounts of Philo,Josephus, and Midash but points out graetly what the Holy Scriptures actually mean. We are not just owned by the world but also of the divine, the God of Abraham and his son Jesus Christ. The characters greatly react to the events, each other, and of this mysterious Divine True God who worked through Aaron and Moses awesomly told through the award-winning visual effects of the miracles,plagues, and the Red Sea.4**** definitely and points out what we should do just like Moses did. Look to the Divine.

Elizabeth (1998)

an amazing look on "Good Queen Bess"

[26 December 1999]

This film was very good and probably the most accurate film on Elizabeth ever (minus the sex scene with Lord Bob Dudley). In Cate Blanchett, we can see the real Queen Elizabeth who banished by her father Henry VIII, suffered by the sad deaths of her brother Edward VI and cousin Lady Jane Grey, is a courageous and faithful Lutheran who did all she could to banish Catholocism started by her sister Mary the late Queen and restore Protestantism to England and Ireland and France (as Queen) of course. Sir Walsingham is her most trusted servant and advisor who did all he could to protect her and England.Bob Dudley is the lover that never was a lover. Mary,Queen of Scots is her rival and Mary's cousin is a man trying to marry Elizabeth. The monks and Pope (played by John Gielgud) team up with the Duke of Norfolk, Mary of Scots, and even the "lover" Dudley to overthrow Elizabeth and take over England. Until they are caught by Walsingham and are all executed. This was an excellent film of good qualitey, it was my favorite CHRISTmas present and I give it a 9 out of 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bible Adventures: Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, David and Goliath (1991 Video Game)

a classic VG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[29 September 1999]

Though not commonly known. This is a classic game. The baby moses game where you have to get baby moses safe from all the guards from guards,spiders, and the enemy, pharoah was excellent and certainly thrill kids ( you can even through the baby in the river(!) ). The ark game is excellent, as you go all through the forest as Noah trying to find a pair of every animal to go on the ark. And the Davi game is awesome where you get to fight all those evil animals and Goliath. I wonder if this fun classic was ever a good seller!!!???.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

a film that feels like no other

[17 September 1999]

This film, has powerful moments though it seems nothing that could've been made on this planet. But it was a good way of telling everyday life if there were space stations. Kubrick put a very wierd sort of wit and style and this is the movie to remember him by.

The Gold Rush (1925)

The Tramp's Best Yet

[5 September 1999]

The tramp never had it so good. Chaplin really made this film hilarious,wild, and most of all, creative. The falling cabin is still a masterpiece,eating a boot, and the ship scenes are even good. Seeing this will make you see what a comedy really is and inspires alot of today's comedies.

Casablanca (1942)

A FILM THAT LIVES ON FOREVER

[30 August 1999]

It is overrated.Come on folks, a lot of expected power was missing. But hey,why not it still be good! Bergman,Bogey, and Henreid hit as the greatest film love triangle of all time (topping Han,Luke,Lea) and Claude Rains,Peter Lorre,and Dooly Wilson are an excellent supporting cast with Conrad Veidt as the hated villain nazi.A truly beautiful film still loses power and makes the film slightly overrated. But the cast shines with power making it a landmark motion picture.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

THE ALL-TIME POWERFUL EPIC

[30 August 1999]

The greatest sea story of all time. It never loses attention and doesn't need to add movie junk (sex and violence) like in the Brando remake to grab your "attention". This is one of the best films of all time. Breathtaking humorous adventure and makes just want to throw old grouch Laughton off the ship (well that is what happens). Gable and Tone are stellar as the mutiny leader Fletcher Christian (our hero) and Byam , the young new experience on board. THE ALL-TIME POWERFUL EPIC!!!