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Reviews by 'Carl Tait'
Current status of
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with a total of
132
reviews published to date.
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All About Eve (1950)
Mostly about Margo.
Sep 9, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(6)
Vertigo (1958)
Stewart ultimately regains equilibrium.
Sep 10, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(4)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scam unlocked by Keyes.
Sep 17, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(4)
Paradine Case, The (1947)
Death, Valli, Daze.
Jan 12, 2007
Scored 2/5
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(4)
Benny's Video (1992)
Boy shoots video, girl.
Feb 14, 2006
Scored 2/5
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(3)
Funny Games (1997)
Invaders cheerfully torture family.
Feb 19, 2006
Scored 1/5
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(3)
Gilda (1946)
Mame blamed; Rita guilty.
Mar 7, 2006
Scored 5/5
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(3)
Virgin Spring, The (1960)
Medieval Max avenges daughter.
Sep 6, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(3)
And Then There Were None (1945)
One guest decimates rest.
Sep 7, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(3)
Chien Andalou, Un (1929)
Eye dream of genius.
Sep 14, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(3)
Rebecca (1940)
Mrs. DeWinter? Which one?
Sep 2, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(3)
Chimes At Midnight (1965)
Falstaff needs no padding.
Sep 9, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(3)
Alice (1988)
Creepy Czech surrealist Wonderland.
Sep 6, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(2)
Hostel (2005)
See Slovakia! Die screaming!
Feb 28, 2006
Scored 2/5
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(2)
Suspicion (1941)
Cary proffers glowing milk.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(2)
Trial, The (1962)
Norman Bates finally convicted.
Sep 7, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(2)
Waiting For Godot (2001)
Didi, Gogo kill time.
Sep 6, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(2)
Code Unknown (2000)
Binoche changes her combination.
Feb 21, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(2)
Killers, The (1946)
Tired Swede awaits gunmen.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 5/5
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(2)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Restaurateur's daughter needs spanking.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(2)
Notorious (1946)
Captain Renault joins Nazis.
Mar 8, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(2)
Big Combo, The (1955)
Hearing aid used sadistically.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(2)
Olvidados, Los (1950)
Bunuel examines pitiable delinquents.
Sep 14, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(2)
Third Man, The (1949)
That damned zither music.
Sep 9, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(2)
Cries And Whispers (1972)
Bergman's blood-red tableaux.
Oct 5, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(2)
Narrow Margin, The (1952)
Windsor fears trained killers.
Mar 8, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(2)
To Have And Have Not (1944)
'Casablanca' with whistling.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(2)
Touch Of Evil (1958)
Tubby Orson plants evidence.
Sep 5, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(2)
5x2 (2004)
Marriage, 'Memento'-style.
Feb 16, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964)
Moreau services kinky family.
Sep 14, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Last Of Sheila, The (1973)
Coburn's puzzle spells murder.
Sep 7, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Oliver! (1968)
Orphaned pickpockets sing constantly.
Sep 10, 2005
Scored 2/5
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(1)
Persona (1966)
Strindberg's dualism; Bergman's triumph.
Sep 2, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Station Agent, The (2003)
Small talk about trains.
Sep 6, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Ten Commandments, The (1956)
Heston's boss torments Egyptians.
Sep 12, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(1)
This Gun For Hire (1942)
Ladd loves kittens, killing.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(1)
5x2 (2004)
Marriage a from Scenes.
Nov 9, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(1)
71 Fragments Of A Chronology Of Chance (1994)
TV + ping pong = murder.
Sep 16, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Alphabet Murders, The (1965)
Abecedarian Botch; Christie Disfigured.
Sep 7, 2005
Scored 2/5
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(1)
Laura (1944)
Tierney emulates Jesus.
Mar 5, 2006
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Oldboy (2003)
Hotel imprisonment initiates revenge.
Sep 5, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Piano Teacher, The (2001)
Prof enjoys Schubert, sadomasochism.
Sep 18, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Shining, The (1980)
Kubrick copies Bergman's 'Silence'.
Nov 24, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977)
Conchita: twice the tease.
Sep 14, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Belle De Jour (1967)
Deneuve with buzzing box.
Sep 12, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Charles fosters Susan's singing.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Dark Passage (1947)
Seeing through Bogart's eyes.
Mar 7, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rabbit befriends teenage Jesus.
Sep 6, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Happiness (1998)
Therapist rapes children. Hilarious!
Nov 1, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Hidden (2005)
Haneke rethinks 'Lost Highway'.
Feb 16, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Magic Flute, The (1975)
High F's in Swedish.
Sep 5, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Saw (2004)
Sawbones saws bone.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Stranger, The (1946)
Small-town Nazi loves clocks.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Strangers On A Train (1951)
Guy regrets railway conversation.
Sep 17, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)
Tragedy breeds misguided lawsuit.
Sep 3, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Viridiana (1961)
Would-be nun squanders kindness.
Sep 14, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Wrong Man, The (1956)
Eyewitness erroneously ensnares Emmanuel.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Chopin Prelude humiliates daughter.
Sep 5, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Crossfire (1947)
Soldier's anti-Semitism finally exposed.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Cube (1997)
Integer factorization saves lives.
Sep 11, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(1)
D.O.A. (1950)
O'Brien races slow poison.
Feb 20, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Deathtrap (1982)
'Sleuth' sans Olivier.
Sep 9, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Ikiru (1952)
Farewell gifts: swingset, compassion.
Sep 3, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Killing, The (1956)
Hayden needs better luggage.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Others, The (2001)
Henry 'Shyamalan' James.
Sep 9, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Palindromes (2004)
Eight Faces of Aviva.
Nov 1, 2005
Scored 2/5
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(1)
Quill (2004)
A (Guide) Dog's Life.
Oct 5, 2005
Scored 4/5
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(1)
Sawdust And Tinsel (1953)
Bergman attempts Circus Expressionism.
Oct 8, 2005
Scored 2/5
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(1)
Spellbound (1945)
Ersatz psychoanalysis cures imposter.
Mar 4, 2006
Scored 3/5
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(1)
Strada, La (1954)
Lovable Masina: Chaplin + Harpo.
Sep 3, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Lonely cabbie intimidates mirror.
Sep 7, 2005
Scored 5/5
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(1)
Welcome To The Dollhouse (1995)
Wiener endures puberty, suburbia.
Nov 1, 2005
Scored 3/5
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(1)
What? (1972)
Polanski's soft-porn 'Alice' sucks.
Sep 9, 2005
Scored 1/5
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(1)
Angel Face (1952)
Simmons ain't no angel.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 3/5
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Asphalt Jungle, The (1950)
Heist-meister Riedenschneider's scheme unravels.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 5/5
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Big Sleep, The (1946)
Bogie navigates labyrinthine Chandler.
Sep 13, 2005
Scored 5/5
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Bottle Rocket (1996)
'Reservoir Dogs' meets 'Sideways'.
Sep 11, 2005
Scored 3/5
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Farewell My Lovely (1944)
Powell's Marlowe: lightweight wiseacre.
Sep 6, 2005
Scored 3/5
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Aging Mitchum's world-weary Marlowe.
Sep 3, 2005
Scored 4/5
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Illusion Travels By Streetcar (1954)
Streetcar's enjoyable final ride.
Sep 14, 2005
Scored 3/5
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Key Largo (1948)
Huston's overblown hurricane saga.
Mar 7, 2006
Scored 2/5
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Lady From Shanghai, The (1947)
Blonde Rita, Irish Orson.
Feb 20, 2006
Scored 2/5
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Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
Astor clubs Spade's heart.
Mar 8, 2006
Scored 5/5
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Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)
Charlie outsmarts Charlie.
Mar 4, 2006
Scored 4/5
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Smiles Of A Summer Night (1955)
Bergman's warm-hearted sex romp.
Sep 6, 2005
Scored 5/5
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Stanwyck overhears homicidal hubby.
Feb 22, 2006
Scored 3/5
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Storytelling (2001)
Orange rectangle obscures copulation.
Nov 1, 2005
Scored 4/5
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Usual Suspects, The (1995)
Keyser role holds surprise.
Dec 13, 2005
Scored 4/5
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Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Andrews regrets killing witness.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 3/5
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All The Vermeers In New York (1990)
Stockbroker stares, audience snores.
Sep 19, 2005
Scored 1/5
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Big Clock, The (1948)
Milland hides in clock.
Mar 20, 2006
Scored 3/5
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Big Sleep, The (1946)
Bogart, Bacall discuss horses.
Feb 24, 2006
Scored 5/5
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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Attempted computer termination, pre-Terminator.
Sep 12, 2005
Unscored
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Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989)
Imitating Woody, pre-'Dollhouse'.
Oct 27, 2005
Scored 2/5
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Glass Key, The (1942)
Bendix beats Ladd enthusiastically.
Mar 7, 2006
Scored 3/5
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In The Bedroom (2001)
Fake Bergman wastes Spacek.
Sep 5, 2005
Scored 1/5
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Kiss Of Death (1947)
Widmark finds everything funny.
Feb 27, 2006
Scored 4/5
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Lady In The Lake (1947)
Gimmicky noir: first-person camera.
Sep 5, 2005
Scored 2/5
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Lost Weekend, The (1945)
Milland boozes, hallucinates, recovers.
Mar 8, 2006
Scored 3/5
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Milky Way, The (1969)
Hobo pilgrims satirize religion.
Sep 14, 2005
Scored 2/5
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