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Review: The Seventh Cross (1944)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 3, 2013
Seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp and struggle across Nazi Germany. Six are captured, tortured, and strung up on one of seven crosses in built in the camp. The seventh cross remains empty. That’s some powerful, if heavy-handed symbolism, especially for a film made in 1944. The read more
Winsor McCay, Animation Inspiration
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 2, 2013
Winsor Zenic McCay – how’s that for a name guys and gals? – was an early American cartoonist and animator,. While he was mostly known as Windsor McCay, and celebrated for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), he also used the pen read more
Review: Five Star Final (1931)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 1, 2013
A blast from the Pretty Clever Films past – This review was originally published in September of 2011. It’s tough to pass up a movie made in 1931 starring Edward G. Robinson as a fast talking newsman. Five Star Final, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, does not disappoint, but it does surprise. read more
PCF Blog of the Day: All Things Classic
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 1, 2013
What do we have hear? A movie blog named All Things Classic, with a header image of Buster Keaton, and a tag line that’s a Mae West quote. You know, I’m all over that shizz. All Things Classic is a charming little site, from a chicka who proclaims herself not an expert, but just a fan. read more
Watch It: The Pleasure Garden (1926) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 1, 2013
Today, my friends, is the anniversary of one Mr. Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial debut. The Pleasure Garden, Hitch’s first credited as director, debuted for the London press on March 1, 1926. It was officially released in 1927, after the success of The Lodger. This is the movie that lau read more
Watch It: The Pleasure Garden (1926) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 1, 2013
Today, my friends, is the anniversary of one Mr. Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial debut. The Pleasure Garden, Hitch’s first credited as director, debuted for the London press on March 1, 1926. It was officially released in 1927, after the success of The Lodger. This is the movie that lau read more
Review: Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 28, 2013
You know when your Yakuza gang disbands because your boss is going straight? And then a rival gang leader tries to recruit you, but you’re having none of it because you’re so loyal to the old boss? And then that rival gang tries to kill you? And then your old boss decides you can’ read more
Alfred Hitchcock Geek
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 28, 2013
This beauty of a film blog had me at Alfred Hitchcock. The geek is just a bonus. As you might have guessed from the title, Alfred Hitchcock Geek is all Hitchcock, all the time. And it is good. From book reviews, news about stage productions of Hitch related stuff, and the movies – oh the writ read more
Check out this Funny Short from Brothers Tucker
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 28, 2013
One of the awesome contributors to Calling All Cinemaniacs!, Tony Tucker, is part of Brothers Tucker, a sibling duo intent on making you laugh. Tony doesn’t just fund little film related projects, he also makes ‘em! Brothers Tucker just posted their latest vid, “Sweaty Taint,R read more
Top Five Most Moving and Inspirational Movies
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Oubah O. on Feb 28, 2013
Sometimes we watch movies to simply be entertained. Other times we want to be terrified, challenged, intrigued. And there are movies that inspire. Filmmakers have long turned their lenses to situation where humans are required to be better than they are, face unimaginable obstacles, or sacrifice th read more
Calling All Cinemaniacs!: Day 9
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 28, 2013
Good afternoon Cinemaniacs! Here’s an awesome update on the campaign – we broke the $1,000 mark this morning! I cannot express either my deep gratitude or my amazement at the support that Calling All Cinemaniacs! has received. Here’s the part where I get mushy. The experience of h read more
366 Weird Movies
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 27, 2013
366 Weird Movies has a mission which is explained in the site’s tag line: Celebrating the cinematically surreal, bizarre, cult, oddball, fantastique, psychotronic, and the just plain WEIRD! There’s a subset of this mission, which is to compile THE LIST, a quest to compile a curated, def read more
Top 5 Movies Adapted from Novels
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Oubah O. on Feb 27, 2013
As an English student and self-professed cinemaniac, I have to say that there are some terrible film adaptations of fantastic books. Hopefully, this list will show you that yes, there are some fantastic adaptations out there that also maintained some commercial success along the way. The transition read more
Review: The Harder They Fall (1956)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 26, 2013
The Harder They Fall (1956) was directed by Mark Robson, featuring Humphrey Bogart in his last film before his death in 1957. The film was based on the 1947 novel by Budd Schulberg and remains a stinging indictment of pre-commissioned boxing in the United States. What do you think of The Harder read more
Backlots
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 26, 2013
Every time a post from Backlots pops up in my rss feed, I feel a little tingle of excitement. That’s because Lara, the doyenne of Backlots, is truly afflicted with a serious case of cinemania. And she brings that fervor for her topic to bear on every single word she publishes. Lara is in love read more
Top 5 Movie Clocks
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 26, 2013
Rather I should say, Top 5 Movies with Clocks or Top 5 Movies That Are Clocks, or some such. Really, I’m talking about movies that are time pieces, where time and the passing of it counts for the characters, the plot, and the audience. If I was just talking about movies with awesome clocks, s read more
Review: Pursued (1947)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 25, 2013
Funny story. I made plans to see Raoul Walsh’s 1947 psychological western Pursued with a friend a month in advance. For some reason, I wrote only Pursued! on the date box in question, leading to a one weird day where I wondered – Am I being pursued? Am I pursuing someone? Should I be wo read more
Silver Screenings
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 25, 2013
When you click into the About page of the amazing classic movie blog Silver Screenings, you find this statement: “Classic movies are good for you, like chocolate eclairs or a trip to the spa. You should never let a week go by without enjoying at least one of these.” True words, true wor read more
Oubah O’s Top 5 Most Influential Films
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Oubah O. on Feb 25, 2013
Continuing our ongoing “My Most Influential Films” series, Oubah O. gives us hers. You can see Brandy’s Top 5 Most Influential Films here. There are so many films out there, and despite such a varying array of characteristics and forms, there are always those particular films tha read more
Watch It: The Finishing Touch (1928) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 25, 2013
The Finishing Touch is a 1928 short comedy silent film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1927 and released February 25, 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For serious, what else needs to be said? I know I had you at read more