Every time I see this, I'm more and more impressed. The performances, story, characters and dialogue are all incredibly tight - but it's those visual effects that really shine - even some 35 years later.
I often wonder where stop-motion effects would have gone had they not abandoned the process in favour of CGI a few years later. The bumblebee and scorpion sequences in this are simply magical - integrating with the live action photography seamlessly and brilliantly. What a…
My heart weeps for these filmmakers. Imagine pouring your heart and soul into making a film and then going on Letterboxd to read the reviews and it's nothing but reviews for another film with the same title.
It would be like if all the reviews for the Brie Larson movie, ROOM were just a bunch of people writing, "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!!!"
The ONE PIECE is real!!!
As you might have guessed from my last name, Psycho is a particularly special film to me and my family. I've grown up hearing jokes and references to the movie long before actually seeing it myself as a teenager. It's long held a special place in my heart and I rank it quite high among Hitchcock's work (even though my personal favourite is NXNW).
Tonight was my eleven-year-old son's first time watching it. Thankfully, unlike his father's experience - where…
