Spitball Army

watched Nov 07, 2017 spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 6.3 [DVD, library] MELODRAMA!!! Crazy-great ultimate Hitchcockian ending scene, plus several uncredited appearances of Brahms’ Symphony No. 3. There is a shot near the end of the movie with Robert Montgomery climbing a staircase a la Cary Grant in SUSPICION (though without the light-bulbed glass of milk) […]

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watched Nov 07, 2017 spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 4.3 [DVD, library] I found this screwball animated take on “Of Mice and Men” (in which Lenny gets his “revenge”) to be in questionable taste, but then found myself wondering if I’ve become too politically-correct in my thinking. Still, this is slight entertainment, at best. https://boxd.it/lsckd

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watched Nov 07, 2017 spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 6.0 [DVD, library] A public service short that begins with the friendly Los Angeles motorcycle cop describing his job and all its petty annoyances. He shares some very interesting driving statistics, spanning from covered wagon days through to the mid-20th century, while we’re shown some wonderful period […]

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