Jan 302012
 
J. Edgar

Rating: ★★½☆☆

J. Edgar is a touching movie about gay lovers when the idea of gay rights did not exist, but the love story takes precedence over the story of a paranoid, narrow-minded bureaucrat who believed that his own patriotism was the ideal and anyone who did not meet his standards was a threat to the nation. Read More…

Nov 212008
 
Don Siegel

Don Siegel (October 26, 1912-April 20, 1991) made five films with Clint Eastwood, including Dirty Harry (1971). Two of Siegel’s better but less-known films are Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) and the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Read More…