Scott's Movie Reviews – A Century of Cinema: Reviews by Scott Schirmer

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

[6] Walt Disney combines Charles Perrault's original 1697 fairy tale with the Brothers Grimm's 1812 'Briar Rose' to form the storyline for Sleeping Beauty. The story echoes Disney's Snow White and Cinderella, centering on the cursed princess Aurora, doomed by the scorned…

November 14, 2026

Rambo III (1988)

[4] The muscles and the explosions are bigger than ever, but the story and characters are running on fumes in Rambo III. 1982's First Blood, or 'Rambo 1' for the uninitiated, is a genuinely terrific action-drama with a flawed, tragic hero at…

November 13, 2026

Sabotage (1936)

[7] Sylvia Sidney and Oskar Homolka star in this Alfred Hitchcock suspense yarn about a movie theater owner (Homolka) who is conspiring to set off a bomb in London. While a Scotland Yard detective (John Loder) tries to identify and arrest the…

November 12, 2026

Vampire Circus (1972)

[6] A mysterious circus troupe comes to a small town while a deadly plague sweeps the land. While the citizenry is entertained by the circus performances, its children begin to disappear -- but from the plague, or by something else? Vampire Circus…

November 11, 2026

The Lion in Winter (1968)

[10] Which of King Henry II's three sons will succeed him on the throne? This question is rife with political intrigue, personal vendettas, and intense family drama in The Lion in Winter. The inter-familial relationships in this film are fascinating to watch…

November 9, 2026

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

[7] Clint Eastwood catapulted to fame after starring in this low-budget Italian western (an unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo) about a wandering gunfighter who rides his mule into a ramshackle town on the U.S./Mexico border looking to make a quick buck.…

November 8, 2026

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

[6] Director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) takes us once more to the Marigold well, reuniting all the original cast members and throwing Richard Gere into the mix. Gere plays a mysterious American who may or may not be a financial inspector…

November 8, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock

Hammer Films

Disney Animation