You Should Be Watching Psycho Today...

Take the time on Halloween to watch what I consider to be the best film of all time -- Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Psycho.  I know I'll be doing just that.  

And once you're done, feel free to peruse these Psycho-related postings an a look at this website's 2010 Hitchcock Fest wherein I reviewed all of Hitchcock's modern films over the span of a little over thirty days.  (2010!  I can't believe I did that a decade ago!!!)

2014:  "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes"

2013:  Halloween Means...Psycho

2012: The Two Sides of Psycho

2011: Halloween Means Hitchcock

2010:  Hitchcock Month Review

2009:  Minute-by-Minute Thoughts

Hitchcock Fest

Wrap-Up Part I

Wrap-Up Part II

Wrap-Up Part III

Wrap-Up Part IV

Wrap-Up Part V

Ready or Not

Ready or Not (2019)

Starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Braun, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, John Ralston, and Andie McDowell

Directed by Matt Bettinelli and Tyler Gillet

Written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy

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The RyMickey Rating: B+

Who Slew Auntie Roo?

Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)

Starting Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, and Michael Gothard

Directed by Curtis Harrington

Written by David D. Osborn, Robert Blees, James Sangster, and Gavin Lambert

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The RyMickey Rating:  C

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Starring Steve Martin and John Candy

Directed by John Hughes

Written by John Hughes

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The RyMickey Rating:  B-

The Last Full Measure

 The Last Full Measure (2020)

Starring Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, Ed Harris, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Fonda, LisaGay Hamilton, Jeremy Irvine, Diane Ladd, Amy Madigan, and Bradley Whitford

Directed by Todd Robinson

Written by Todd Robinson

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The RyMickey Rating:  C

Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values (1993)

Starring Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Christopher Hart's Hand, Carel Struycken, Jimmy Workman, Carol Kane, Joan Cusack, Dana Ivey, David Krumholtz, Peter McNicol and Christine Baranski

Directed by Barry Sonnefeld

Written by Paul Rudnick

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The RyMickey Rating: B

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

Starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby

Directed by Nicolas Gessner

Written by Laird Koenig

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The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones (1954)

Starring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Broc Peters, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart, and Diahann Carroll

Directed by Otto Preminger

Written by Harry Kleiner

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The RyMickey Rating: C

Deception

Deception (1946)

Starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains

Directed by Irving Rapper

Written by John Collier and Joseph Than

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The RyMickey Rating: D+

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray

And the vocal talent of Levi Stubbs

Directed by Frank Oz

Written by Howard Ashman

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The RyMickey Rating:  A-

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Ed Skrein, Harris Dickinson, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville

Directed by Joachin Rønning

Written by Linda Woolverton, Noah Harpster, and Micah Fitzerman-Blue

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The RyMickey Rating:  C-

Maleficent

Maleficent (2014)

Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Leslie Manville, Sam Riley, and Brenton Thwaites

Directed by Robert Stromberg

Written by Linda Woolverton

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Current RyMickey Rating:  B

The Haunted Mansion

 The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Starring Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker, Marsha Thomason, Marc John Jefferies, Aree Davis, Wallace Shawn, Dina Spybey, and Jennifer Tilly

Directed by Rob Minkoff

Written by David Berenbaum

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The RyMickey Rating:  C+

The Prodigy

 The Prodigy (2019)

Starring Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, and Peter Mooney

Directed by Nicholas McCarthy

Written by Jeff Buhler

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The RyMickey Rating:  C+

Dark Waters

Dark Waters (2019)

Starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, Louisa Krause, and Bill Pullman

Directed by Todd Haynes

Written by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan

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The RyMickey Rating: B

Child's Play

 Child's Play (2019)

Starring Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Tim Matheson, Beatrice Kitsos, and Ty Consiglio

And the vocal talent of Mark Hamill

Directed by Lars Klevberg

Written by Tyler Burton Smith

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The RyMickey Rating:  B

The Addams Family

 The Addams Family (1991)

Starring Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Wilson, Christine Ricci, Judith Malina, Dan Hedaya, Carel Struycken, Paul Benedict, Christopher Hart's hand, Dana Ivey, and Jimmy Workman

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

Written by Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson

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The RyMickey Rating: B-

Kodachrome

Kodachrome (2018)

Starring Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen, Bruce Greenwood, Wendy Crewson, and Dennis Haysbert

Directed by Mark Raso

Written by Jonathan Tropper

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The RyMickey Rating: B

Cargo

Cargo (2018)

Starring Martin Freeman, Simone Landers, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, and Caren Pistorius

Directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke

Written by Yolanda Ramke

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The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Village of the Damned

 Village of the Damned (1960)

Starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynne, and Martin Stephens

Directed by Wolf Rilla

Written by Stirling Silliphant, Wolf Rilla, and Ronald Kinnoch

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The RyMickey Rating: B-

Foul Play

 Foul Play (1978)

Starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Brian Dennehy, and Dudley Moore

Directed by Colin Higgins

Written by Colin Higgins

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The RyMickey Rating: C-

For Your Consideration

 For Your Consideration (2006)

Starring Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest, Rachel Harris, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Don Lake, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Christopher Moynihan, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, and Fred Willard 

Directed by Christopher Guest

Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy

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The RyMickey Rating: D

A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind (2003)

Starring Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, and Fred Willard

Directed by Christopher Guest 

Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy

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The RyMickey Rating: B

Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman (1997)

Starring Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Matt Keesler, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, and Fred Willard

Directed by Christopher Guest

Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy

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The RyMickey Rating: B

Best in Show

Best in Show (2000)

Starring Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, and Fred Willard

Directed by Christopher Guest

Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy 

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The RyMickey Rating:  A-

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) 

Starring Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Ronny Howard, Stella Stevens, Dina Merrill, Roberta Sherwood, and Jerry van Dyke

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Written by John Gay

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The RyMickey Rating: B+

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Starring Jimmy Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, and George C. Scott

Directed by Otto Preminger

Written by Wendell Mayes

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The RyMickey Rating:  C 

The Lady Eve

 The Lady Eve (1941)

Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, and Charles Coburn

Directed by Preston Sturges

Written by Preston Sturges

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The RyMickey Rating:  C

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

Starring Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Katherine Parkinson, Matthew Goode, Tom Courtenay, and Penelope Wilton

Directed by Mike Newell

Written by Kevin Hood, Don Roos, and Tom Bezucha

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The RyMickey Rating:  B-

Repeat Performance

 Repeat Performance (1947)

Starring Joan Leslie, Louis Hayward, Virginia Field, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart, and Natalie Shafer

Directed by Alfred L. Werker

Written by Walter Bullock

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The RyMickey Rating:  D

The Kid

 The Kid (1921)

Starring Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, and Edna Purviance

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Written by Charlie Chaplin

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The RyMickey Rating:  B-