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Feature Film Reviews at Troynovant
(Queen Mab's ride);
listed by Title
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At Troynovant we are more interested in excellent or distinctive work than the merely timely or fashionable. Quality is always in season, and often more topical and entertaining than currency or fashion admit. Thus, we aim to refer and amuse, rather than to announce and forget. We avoid spoiling surprises in reviews that recommend; other works take their chances.
The central column below names writers, directors, and/or actors to aid identification. Within reviews, credits are most-significant rather than inclusive. See PictureLike for a list of book reviews about movies & television.
- Reels are one- or two-reel films, short films (non-musical), or television episodes;
- Soundies are shorter musical films of song and/or dance, music videos;
- Feature Films are theater headliners, DVDs, or television series.
All screen presentations are in color with sound, dialogue in English, unless stated otherwise.
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| Absent-Minded Professor, The |
Stevenson / MacMurray |
RW Franson |
| Anzio |
Dmytryk / Mitchum |
RW Franson |
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| Beast of Yucca Flats, The |
Coleman Francis / Tor Johnson |
RW Franson |
| Big Store, The |
Marx Brothers |
RW Franson |
| Big Trouble in Little China |
Carpenter / Russell |
RW Franson |
| Blazing Saddles |
Mel Brooks |
RW Franson |
| Bubba Ho-Tep |
Coscarelli / Campbell |
RW Franson |
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| Cocoanuts, The |
Marx Brothers |
RW Franson |
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| Die Hard |
McTiernan / Willis |
RW Franson |
| Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
Whedon / Harris |
RW Franson |
| Dr. No (James Bond) |
Young / Connery |
RW Franson |
| Dressed to Kill (Sherlock Holmes) |
Neill / Rathbone |
RW Franson |
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Fire from the Heartland
The Awakening of the Conservative Woman |
Stephen K. Bannon |
SE Jordan |
| Firefly dvd series |
Joss Whedon |
RW Franson,
DH Franson |
| First Love |
Henry Koster / Deanna Durbin |
RW Franson,
JM Franson |
| Fish Called Wanda, A |
Crichton / Cleese |
RW Franson |
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| General, The |
Buster Keaton |
RW Franson |
| Ghost Goes West, The |
Clair / Donat |
RW Franson |
| Good Night, and Good Luck |
Clooney / Strathairn / McCarthy |
CB Kurtz |
| Great Dan Patch, The |
Joe Newman / Gail Russell |
RW Franson |
| Gunga Din |
Kipling / Stevens |
RW Franson |
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| June |
Chris Hutson / Felicia Day |
RW Franson |
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| King of the Texas Rangers |
English & Witney / Baugh / Renaldo |
RW Franson,
DH Franson |
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| Lady on a Train |
David / Durbin |
RW Franson |
Lord of the Rings, The
(with Balrog Eggs) |
Tolkien / Jackson |
RW Franson,
DH Franson |
| 1. The Fellowship of the Ring |
WH Stoddard |
| 2. The Two Towers |
WH Stoddard |
| 3. The Return of the King |
WH Stoddard |
| Love Letters |
William Dieterle / Jennifer Jones / Joseph Cotten |
RW Franson |
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| Maltese Falcon, The |
John Huston / Humphrey Bogart |
RW Franson |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
Monty Python |
S Farrell |
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| Ninotchka |
Lubitsch / Garbo |
RW Franson |
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| Outlaw Josey Wales, The |
Clint Eastwood |
RW Franson,
DH Franson |
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Pan's Labyrinth
(El labertino del fauno) |
del Toro / Baquero |
WH Stoddard |
| Princess Comes Across, The |
Howard / Lombard / MacMurray |
RW Franson |
| Pygmalion |
Shaw / Asquith / Howard / Hiller |
RW Franson |
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| Serenity |
Joss Whedon |
RW Franson,
DH Franson |
| Serenity |
Joss Whedon |
WH Stoddard |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace |
Fisher / Christopher Lee |
RW Franson |
| Sign of Four, The (Sherlock Holmes) |
Cutts / Wontner |
JM Franson |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
Conran / Law / Paltrow / Jolie |
S Cook |
| Star Wars series |
George Lucas |
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| Feminist Take on the Whole Star Wars Saga, A |
G Binkly |
| Streets of Fire |
Walter Hill / Michael Paré |
WH Stoddard |
| Study in Scarlet, A (Sherlock Holmes) |
Marin / Owen |
RW Franson,
JM Franson |
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| Third Man, The |
Reed / Greene / Cotten / Welles / Valli |
RW Franson |
| True Confession |
Ruggles / Lombard / MacMurray |
RW Franson |
| True Lies |
Cameron / Schwarzenegger |
RW Franson |
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| Undefeated, The |
Sarah Palin / Stephen Bannon |
S Drake |
Underwater Shooting
Tests & Evaluations |
Lenny Magill |
RW Franson |
| United 93 |
Paul Greengrass |
CB Kurtz |
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| Way Out West |
Laurel and Hardy |
RW Franson |
| While You Were Sleeping |
Turteltaub / Bullock |
RW Franson |
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[A street or public square in Verona, Italy.]
Benvolio:
Queen Mab, what's she?
Mercutio:
She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate stone
On the forefinger of an alderman,
Drawn with a team of little atomi
Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep.
Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs;
The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers;
Her traces, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams;
Her collars, of the smallest spider web;
Her whip, of cricket's bone, the lash of film; ...
And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; ...
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, 1.4.54-64, 71-72
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comprehensive with a high level of accuracy;
but beware of many casual plot spoilers
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