Buck A Review
(Not as frequent as he’d like) filmmaker Douglas Buck spends a lot of time at the cinema rep house and at home watching old movies. In a new-fangled modern approach to the old index card cataloguing system he used to compulsively follow as a teen, about 4 years ago, Buck started posting a photo or film poster on Facebook for every one of the films he saw. Soon enough, this led to him including the occasional single sentence or brief paragraph write-up. Helped along by the surprise appearance of a small number of seemingly interested thread commenters as well as his own obsessive-compulsive traits, this then (perhaps inevitably) developed into longer form reviews and discussions for each and every one of the films. And here we are. Below will be a mishmash of older entries and current. Feel free to chime in.
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The Immortal Story (Orson Welles, 1968)
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Inferno (Roy Baker, aka, Roy Ward Baker, 1953)
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Dr. Orloff’s Monster (aka, The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll) (Jess Franck, aka, Jesús Franco, 1964)
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It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946), with special Xmas treats The Little Soldier (Paul Grimault, 1948) & The Great Toy Robbery (1963, Jeff Hale)
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The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse (aka, Dr. M schlägt zu, aka, Dr. M Strikes) (Jess Frank, aka, Jesús Franco, 1970)
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller & George Ogilvie, 1985)
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The Fool Killer (aka, Violent Journey) (Servando Gonzalez, 1965)
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The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)
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Dead Reckoning (John Cromwell, 1947)
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Miami Vice, Season 4 (1987-1988)