From f9de4e17041ed3e1027cc323f8ff7d2fe1140a20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Showalter <842058+fshowalter@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:55:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add legacy reviews
---
data/ratings.json | 32 +
.../titles/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005-0356910.json | 643 ++++++++++++++++++
data/titles/mr-sardonicus-1961-0055200.json | 87 +++
reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-1941.md | 16 +
reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md | 14 +
reviews/mr-sardonicus-1961.md | 16 +
reviews/mr-wong-in-chinatown-1939.md | 16 +
reviews/my-bloody-valentine-2009.md | 16 +
reviews/my-darling-clementine-1946.md | 14 +
reviews/my-forbidden-past-1951.md | 14 +
reviews/my-man-godfrey-1936.md | 16 +
11 files changed, 884 insertions(+)
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create mode 100644 data/titles/mr-sardonicus-1961-0055200.json
create mode 100644 reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-1941.md
create mode 100644 reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md
create mode 100644 reviews/mr-sardonicus-1961.md
create mode 100644 reviews/mr-wong-in-chinatown-1939.md
create mode 100644 reviews/my-bloody-valentine-2009.md
create mode 100644 reviews/my-darling-clementine-1946.md
create mode 100644 reviews/my-forbidden-past-1951.md
create mode 100644 reviews/my-man-godfrey-1936.md
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diff --git a/data/titles/mr-sardonicus-1961-0055200.json b/data/titles/mr-sardonicus-1961-0055200.json
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diff --git a/reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-1941.md b/reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-1941.md
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+---
+date: 2009-01-01
+imdb_id: tt0033922
+grade: D
+slug: mr-and-mrs-smith-1941
+---
+
+A bickering New York couple (Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery) learns from a lawyer that, due to a technicality, they're not actually married.
+
+It should be noted from the outset that Alfred Hitchcock reportedly agreed to direct _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ solely as a favor to star Carole Lombard. Hitch always was a sucker for blondes.
+
+That said, Hitchcock might be the Master of Suspense, but the Master of Screwball Comedy he's certainly not. Howard Hawks and Cary Grant might have been able to so something with the material—Hitchcock reportedly wanted Grant for the male lead—but we'll never know.
+
+Instead, we're left with a flat, overlong, and ultimately unfunny story that stretches about a 10-minute gag into a 95-minute feature. There really isn't much to like here. Neither Lombard nor co-star Robert Montgomery play particularly likable or interesting characters, and the script passes at the chance to turn the film into a black comedy.
+
+In the end, Hitchcock's cameo is about the only thing differentiating _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ from the countless other flat screwball comedies of its era.
diff --git a/reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md b/reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md
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+++ b/reviews/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md
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+---
+date: 2007-06-24
+imdb_id: tt0356910
+grade: B
+slug: mr-and-mrs-smith-2005
+---
+
+After five (or six) years of marriage, a sedate couple (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) each discover the other is a rival assassin.
+
+_Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ is, on the surface, a cartoonish action picture, and on this level the movie works fairly well. Just below the surface, however, is a really dark comedy about marriage. On this level, the movie _rocks_.
+
+As usual, director Doug Liman turns in a beautifully photographed picture, and manages to coax great performances out of the entire cast (especially Vince Vaughn, who steals all his scenes).
+
+The final over-the-top, knock down, drag out battle royale between stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, will leave you in stitches. And if the movie ended here it would have been 'A' material. Unfortunately it doesn't, but that shouldn't deter you.
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+---
+date: 2009-01-03
+imdb_id: tt0055200
+grade: C-
+slug: mr-sardonicus-1961
+---
+
+A prominent surgeon (Ronald Lewis) receives word from an old flame that her husband (Guy Rolfe) is in need of his aid.
+
+_Mr. Sardonicus_ is producer/director William Castle's version of a Hammer film. It's got all the trappings, an English cast headed by Ronald Lewis and Guy Rolfe (both recent Hammer alums), a gloomy gothic castle, and above-average B-movie production. Unfortunately, it's also shackled with a script that's fatally flawed.
+
+The film works best during the first half, as Ronald Lewis' character arrives at the creepy castle and attempts to decipher the mystery behind his masked host, the Baron Sardonicus. It's good, creepy stuff, helped along by top-billed Oskar Homolka as Sardonicus' twisted servant. But then, at the halfway point, we get the whole story and all the mystery is gone. From there out the film becomes a predictable exercise in patience.
+
+This is a shame, because the cast is good and the concept of Sardonicus is solid and resonant. Just the execution is lacking. All the ingredients are here for a great monster movie, only the script fails to structure them properly. By putting its cards on the table so early, the film robs us of the greatest horror, the fear of the unknown. By attempting to humanize Sardonicus' character, the film robs us of a truly monstrous villain.
+
+Thus, _Mr. Sardonicus_ is really for Castle fans, who will appreciate his introduction and trademark gimmick ending, and horror movie buffs, who will recognize and appreciate the Sardonicus character's influence over the years.
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+---
+date: 2008-11-06
+imdb_id: tt0031680
+grade: D+
+slug: mr-wong-in-chinatown-1939
+---
+
+Sleuth Wong (Boris Karloff) solves blowgun murders in San Francisco.
+
+_Mr. Wong in Chinatown_, the third (of six) installment in Monogram's "Mr. Wong" series, is a modest, B-grade detective yarn buoyed by a fun performance from Boris Karloff in the titular role.
+
+The story is pretty much by the numbers, opening with a murder that only Wong can solve using his Chinatown contacts, awkwardly introducing the token female lead in Marjorie Reynolds, and finishing with the obligatory "big reveal" that you'll see coming a mile away. Midget and assorted blowgun murders aside, this isn't anything you haven't seen before.
+
+There's no budget to speak of, the plot crumbles upon even a cursory inspection, and the acting, aside from Karloff, is stilted at best.
+
+Yet, despite all this, the film's still watchable, especially for Karloff fans. While much of this is no doubt due to the brief 71 minute running time, some of the credit must go to Karloff, who manages to be charming, funny, and compelling, despite his somewhat atrocious makeup. If the rest of the cast had even half of Karloff's presence this might be worth recommending, but as is, _Mr. Wong in Chinatown_ for Karloff fans only.
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+---
+date: 2009-01-28
+imdb_id: tt1179891
+grade: B-
+slug: my-bloody-valentine-2009
+---
+
+A young man returns to his hometown ten years after nearly falling victim to a miner's Valentine's night rampage, only to find himself at the center of a rash of new killings.
+
+_My Bloody Valentine_, when viewed in 3-D, is great, over-the-top fun. Sure, it's okay in 2-D, but honestly, nothing says "cartoon horror" quite like the sight of a giant, dismembered eyeball flying right at you. Well, that and the midget, but we'll get to that.
+
+Storywise, the film borrows heavily from the giallo subgenre, playing out as a gory whodunit, but director Patrick Lussier keeps his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, never taking things too seriously, and gets reasonably creative with his death scenes, one of which involves a midget being pinned to the ceiling via an uppercut with an oversized pickaxe. Yeah, it's that kind of movie.
+
+The performers are all solid enough, and, in a refreshing change of pace, the script doesn't force any of them to act like idiots. Granted, this is still a formula picture, but at least it's not insulting to the audience.
+
+That said, if you're not a fan of cheesy horror films, or the slasher genre, _My Bloody Valentine_ isn't going to make a convert out of you, but if you like a good thrill ride, and grew up cringing at the likes of Freddy and Jason, the 3-D version of this film will be right up your alley.
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+---
+date: 2008-03-15
+imdb_id: tt0038762
+grade: C+
+slug: my-darling-clementine-1946
+---
+
+Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) shoot it out with old man Clanton (Walter Brennan) and his sons at the O.K. Corral.
+
+_My Darling Clementine_ is a well-produced take on the classic old-west tale, marred by an uneven cast.
+
+While Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, and Tim Holt are great as the Earp brothers, and Walter Brennan is equally well cast opposite them as old man Clanton (a role he would later semi-spoof in _Support Your Local Sheriff_), Victor Mature is far too wooden as the enigmatic Doc Holliday, and in the titular role, Cathy Downs has zero charisma with either Fonda or Mature, and second-billed Linda Darnell’s overacting and distinctly American accent cripple the credibility of every scene she’s in. It’s surprising that director John Ford, renowned for his sometimes harsh treatment of actors, let these sub-par performances slide.
+
+That aside however, _My Darling Clementine_ is an entertaining western, with a fast-paced script and excellent Monument Valley cinematography. The climatic shootout at the O.K. Corral holds up well even today, and is, according to Ford, fairly historically accurate. A few cast changes and this could have been a western classic on par with Ford’s earlier _Stagecoach_.
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+---
+date: 2008-12-12
+imdb_id: tt0043828
+grade: D-
+slug: my-forbidden-past-1951
+---
+
+Heir to a scandalous family fortune, a New Orleans woman (Ava Gardner) bribes her cousin (Melvyn Douglas) into helping her win a married doctor (Robert Mitchum).
+
+_My Forbidden Past_ is a disaster; a waste of a good cast in a costume melodrama that's actually devoid of drama. So much so, that it's amazing the picture went ahead, given its considerable production cost, and no wonder that it went on to loose $700,000 for Howard Hughes' studio, RKO. To top it off, both Ann Sheridan and Polan Banks (author of the source novel) sued the studio for replacing Sheridan with Ava Gardner.
+
+For his part, top-billed Robert Mitchum looks stiff and bored, almost as if he were watching the film instead of acting in it. Gardner and Melvyn Douglas are a bit better, but both struggle to wring any real feeling out of the lifeless script. Aside from Lucile Watson acting like a bitch, there's really no emotional content to be found.
+
+About the only thing going for _My Forbidden Past_ is its length. At 70 minutes, it's mercifully short, although, of course, the film ends just when the real drama is about to begin. But, then again, given the various missteps associated with this film, that's just par for the course.
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+---
+date: 2007-12-08
+imdb_id: tt0028010
+grade: B-
+slug: my-man-godfrey-1936
+---
+
+A derelict (William Powell), living in the city dump, becomes a butler for a rich eccentric family.
+
+_My Man Godfrey_ is an entertaining comedy thanks in large part to the considerable charm of William Powell.
+
+Opening with a refreshingly clever credit sequence, the film grabs you right from the first scene with Powell’s endearing performance. He carries the film and is simply a joy to watch.
+
+Less charming however, is Powell’s romantic lead Carole Lombard. She plays an annoying brat prone to tantrums. Further, she and Powell have little visible chemistry, despite (or perhaps because of) having been married briefly a few years earlier. This is exasperated by the curious lighting, which makes Lombard seem to wear a five o’clock shadow throughout most of the film.
+
+Lombard as a romantic lead aside, the rest of the sparkles. Alice Brady is great fun as Lombard’s character’s scatterbrained matriarch, as is Eugene Pallette as the long-suffering father, while Gail Patrick is deliciously evil as Lombard’s wicked sister. Their interactions go a long way toward carrying the film when Powell is off screen.