Movie Review

Title: Mutiny on the Bounty Year: 1935 Starring: Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone Director: Frank Lloyd Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins   Is It Any Good?: It’s pretty good. It’s overly long and that hurts it. And while 132...

Title: It Happened One Night Year: 1934 Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert Director: Frank Capra Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins Is It Any Good?: It is a true classic and a film that if we were without America's truly...

Under the lens takes a deep look at films by focusing in on one or two particular areas of the picture that helped to define it for better or for worse. Spoilers will be included...

Title: Cavalcade Year: 1933 Starring: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O’Connor Director: Frank Lloyd Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins Is It Any Good?: Drab, it’s just drab. A film like this which was pegged as “The Picture of the...

Title: Grand Hotel Year: 1932 Starring: John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Greta Grabo Director: Edmund Goulding Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins Is It Any Good?: Not too shabby. While some of the dialogue seems overly melodramatic, and it looses some steam...

Title: Cimarron Year: 1931 Starring: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor Director: Wesley Ruggles Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins Is It Any Good?: No, no it isn’t. Not only does Cimarron blow its the whole load within the first 15...

Title: All Quiet on the Western Front Year: 1929/30 Starring: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray Director: Lewis Milestone Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins Is It Any Good?: Great. It’s an early war epic. Its anti-war sentiment is masked rather well,...

Under the lens takes a deep look at films by focusing in on one or two particular areas of the picture that helped to define it for better or for worse. Spoilers will be included...