Jean Renoir’s masterpiece “La Grande Illusion” is an anti-war film, yet you won’t see any battles in it, nor a lot of blood. There are casualties, one person is shot off camera for trying to escape a POW camp, while another one is shot in a different camp while helping his comrades escape. This to me […]

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This is my entry for the “Hot and Bothered Blog-a-Thon: The films of 1932 which is today hosted by Once Upon a Screen today, and then tomorrow will be hosted by Cinemaven’s Essays from the Couch.  Check out all the great bloggers talking about some of the great movies of 1932. But for me there is really only […]

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1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978): A classic kung Fu film about a young student who runs away from his oppressive village and swearing vengence on the regime who rules his people by becoming a master of Kung Fu in the legendary Shaolin temple. The film is an excellent Fung Fu film filled with some […]

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