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

Murder! (1930)

[4] In this early Alfred Hitchcock film, an actress (Diana Baring) is found in a fugue state next to a bloody fire poker and a murdered acquaintance. She's sentenced to death for a crime she doesn't remember committing, but a skeptical juror…

September 16, 2026

The Witches (1966)

[6] Joan Fontaine (Rebecca, Suspicion) gave her final big screen performance in this horror/mystery about a school teacher who stumbles into a mystery involving a cult of witches and disappearing children. It was Fontaine who spearheaded the production, discovering Norah Lofts' novel…

September 15, 2026

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

[10] William Dieterle's adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet's The Devil and Daniel Webster is a winning combination of rustic Americana and dark fantasy. A cautionary tale of greed and power, the narrative centers around the character of Jabez Stone (James Craig), a…

September 14, 2026

Some Came Running (1958)

[7] Frank Sinatra plays Dave Hirsh, a war veteran who returns to his scenic Indiana home town where family secrets and town gossip threaten to disrupt the lives of many. He arrives with a young, naïve floozie named Ginnie (Shirley MacLaine) who…

September 13, 2026

The Jackal (1997)

[4] Bruce Willis and Richard Gere co-star in this wobbly, underwhelming thriller about an imprisoned IRA fighter (Gere) who helps the FBI hunt down a mysterious assassin known as 'The Jackal' (Willis) before he kills a high-profile political target at the behest…

September 13, 2026

Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

[7] In this ensemble romantic comedy, Steve Carell plays a middle-aged husband and father whose wife (Julianne Moore) breaks the news that she wants a divorce. In Pygmalion fashion, Carell then becomes the pet project of a young metrosexual (Ryan Gosling) whose…

September 13, 2026

Citizen Kane (1941)

[7] When the sixth-richest man in the world dies in solitude at his palatial estate, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning behind his dying word: "Rosebud". Through a series of interviews with his business partners and estranged wives, a portrait of Charles…

September 12, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock

Hammer Films

Disney Animation