Movie Minx

Starring: Peter Lorre Directed by: Fritz Lang Plot: When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. But is it any good? I’d never heard of M before. Shame on me! I had seen Metropolis, and was rather overwhelmed that a directed had made something [...]

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard Directed by: Charles Chaplin Plot: The Tramp struggles to survive in an industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. But is it any good? Let me start by saying that I much prefer City Lights and The Great Dictator. Those two films had me actually crying with [...]

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers Directed by: Charles Chaplin Plot: The Tramp falls for a blind flower girl and befriends an alcoholic millionaire, swallows a whistle and falls into a canal 50 times. But is it any good? 1931 and Chaplin still wasn’t talking! And fair enough, as he was undeniably the comic [...]

<br /> Starring: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich Directed by: Fritz Lang Plot: It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don’t know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don’t have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together [...]