JRM

8/10. Early Chaney - Browning collaboration. Interesting use of perspective as trick photography in giant ape shots. Better work from Chaney to come.

8.5/10. Great original film. Jamaica's 1st feature film and a classic. Patois, ganja and reggae, mon.

8/10. Excellent documentary film about a hardworking, honest Toronto band that hit the big time in the early 80s.

8/10. Quirky charcters. Mildly funny and silly. Entertaining in a pure, simplistic form. Largely forgotten film. Very light fare.

9.5/10. A music professor protagonist struggles with the nature of beauty vs art. Unbeknownst to him, his homoerotic fascination with a young boy is really a growing attraction to the Angel of Death. The atmosphere and young boy's wardrobe shifts throughout the film from bright/white to dark/black. The surreal vibe is complemented with a beautiful, melancholy soundtrack by Mahler. The classic final scene portrays the Angel of Death pointing to his next boat of victims.

7.5/10. Early film about rape and abuse of a deaf and mute woman in the Maritimes. Good acting starring Lew Ayres (All Quiet On The Western Front) and Jane Wyman (Ronald Reagan's ex).

9/10. Inspirational film with great cinematography and character depth. Classic theme and beach scene at beginning and end. Best Picture Oscar winner, that hasn't aged well.

7.5/10. Very well acted and structured. Unnecessarily slow. Somewhat pointless.

7.5/10. Silly but hilarious comedy. Weak at times, but makes it up with several cheap laughs.

8.5/10. Unique dark comedy from New Zealand. So silly it's hilarious! Highly recommend for a good laugh.