Category: Book Reviews

Classic film book reviews including my entries in the three past Summer Classic Film Reading Challenges hosted by the Out of the Past blog.

Ink-Stained Hollywood — Book Review

The Sting, 1973 - ★★★★
I love how even when the film withholds certain information for so long, the audience is never confused. Tons of star power and a beautiful […]
If I Had a Million, 1932 - ★★½
Like any anthology film, If I Had A Million has its high and low points. The framing device, a rich dying tycoon giving away a […]
Bad Girl, 1931 - ★★★½
Even though the title suggested a pre-code tale of seduction like Baby Face, you end up with a mature and frank depiction of marital troubles. […]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2007 - ★★★★
I love that no one can tell each other anything outright. There are so many tense scenes of characters talking around their intentions, trying to […]
Abraham Lincoln, 1930 - ★★½
This is one of those biopics that feel more like a checklist of all the famous parts of its subject’s life rather than a depiction […]