Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear (1952)

Sam: ★★★★

This is a classic noir: ridiculously unrealistic in places but also dark & intense. Jack Palance is creepy & has a face unlike anything in movies today.

    Emma: ★★★★

    Still very watchable a half-century later. Has the Joan Crawford campiness but is also genuinely suspenseful. I also like that a-lot of it was filmed in SF.

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      Martian Child (2007)

      Sam: ★★★

      This movie was really not very good: John Cusack doing his usual schtick, not much action, not much in the way of plot surprises, etc. The only halfway good thing about it was Joan Cusack’s comedic timing. I would have hated it before I was dad. But, as I’ve said before, fatherhood has turned my brain to mush, so I kinda liked this movie.

        Emma: ★★★

        I’m a John Cusack fan & a parent. If you are also both of those you might think this movie is OK.

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