Shorty’s Film Reviews

195 Films have been rated or reviewed by Shorty.

Mark Twain (2002): Up to the expected Ken Burns' standard. Marvelous use of archival photographs and Twain's words.
Tehran Taxi (2015): Very funny, and then comes the so–called "sordid realism]" of the final scene.
Offside (2006): Cocks a snook at what Iranian women (and men) have to put up with from 'the Regime'.
Rio Bravo (1959): And there's singin' too.
Gallipoli: The Frontline Experience (2005): Clear–eyed account of events. Loads of original footage, plus impressive re–enactment sequences.
To Have and Have Not (1944): Hoagy is Highlight of Howard Hawks' Hollywood Hokum.
Why We Fight (2005): An outstanding assemblage of stories and images to answer the question. "I guarantee when war becomes that profitable you're gonna see more war". Meanwhile, in Ukraine another business opportunity opens up . . .
Horse's Mouth, The (1958): A great novel emerges as a delightful movie. (That doesn't always happen!) Alec Guinness in sparkling form.
This is Not a Film (2011): The gaze of that iguana stays in my mind.; DVD $19.95
Adventure of English, The (2002): A delightful and thorough history for us word nerds.