ROTTEN TOMATOES: Michael E. Grost

MICHAEL E. GROST

Agrees with the Tomatometer 91% of the time.

Biography: Abstract painter, writer of mystery fiction. History of Film, Mystery Fiction, Comics, Art

Favorites: The Tree of Wooden Clogs Ministry of Fear Isn't Life Wonderful Valley Girl The Year of Living Dangerously Lapis Some Came Running Thunderbolt A Geisha Wonder Ring Our Hospitality Lola Montes L'avventura Sullivan's Travels Grease 2 Singin in the Rain The Immortal Story Regeneration Les Vampires Vertigo He Walked by Night Meshes of the Afternoon A Man's Castle Murder is My Beat Orpheus

Publications: Classic Film and Television

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 260
Total QuickRatings: 69

Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Fresh	N/A	That Gang of Mine (1940)	" Unexpectedly involving tale of young people and horse racing, with good direction by Joseph H. Lewis." Posted Jul 21, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 94%	They Drive by Night (1940)	" Riveting mix of working man film and crime drama, inventively directed by Raoul Walsh." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)	" OK Jerome Kern musical, with some well done Vincente Minnelli musical numbers added to the mix." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Lust for Life (1956)	" Horrifying - but informative - tragic biography of Van Gogh, with a look at his painting technique and location filming of the places he lived." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Rotten	N/A	The Seventh Sin (1957)	" Gloomy, but well-acted and characterized soap opera." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 71%	Ziegfeld Follies (1946)	" Uneven anthology with some great Minnelli musical numbers." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Cabin in the Sky (1943)	" Fascinatingly stylized musical." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)	" Visually fascinating Western has lots of plot, and an attack on racism in the Old West." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Brewster's Millions (1945)	" Allan Dwan's love of financial processes is on display in this farce, and his flair for mixing normal and surreally comic characters." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Young People (1940)	" Interesting musical about liberal young people in revolt against small town conservative economics; good direction by Allan Dwan." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)	" Mild vehicle shows interesting sets and the nostalgia of radio." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Robin Hood (1922)	" The lavish sets show such Allan Dwan enthusiams as waterworks (the moat), secret passages, multi-story architecture (the castle), elevators (the curtain Fairbanks slides)." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Rotten	N/A	A Modern Musketeer (1918)	" Disappointing Fairbanks adventure suffers from racism; has a well-done sequence of Fairbanks bounding around his home town." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)	" Strange, complexly styled crime melodrama." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Ministry of Fear (1944)	" Visually brilliant masterpiece." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Man Hunt (1941)	" Well crafted spy thriller." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Human Desire (1954)	" Unpleasant crime melodrama, but with outstanding photography of trains and working class America." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Clash by Night (1952)	" Interesting romantic drama, with vivid location filming in Monterey's fishing community." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)	" Underrated tale of men trying to build media and communications in secret, with good Fritz Lang direction." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 67%	Cloak and Dagger (1946)	" Minor spy thriller has some good touches from the great Fritz Lang." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Scarlet Street (1945)	" Powerful film noir, of a poor clerk lured into a tragic love story." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	The Woman in the Window (1944)	" Richly styled, inventive detective story." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	You and Me (1938)	" Inventive mix of musical, crime thriller, social commentary and romance." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Spiders Part 1, The: The Golden Lake (1919)	" Inventive silent adventure." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Riding Shotgun (1954)	" Inventive Western with good visual style." Posted Jul 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Band of Angels ()	" Brilliant Civil War era drama about the evils of slavery, made with all of Raoul Walsh's visual creativity." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)	" Unusual film about a sinister woman who rises to the financial top through war profiteering." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The Tall Men (1955)	" Interesting Western with beautiful landscapes, a Native American hero, and Mexican-Americans as the good guys." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Battle Cry (1955)	" Fascinating soap opera romance with a little bit of World War II background." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Gun Fury (1953)	" Interesting Western with themes of non-violence." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Rotten	N/A	The Lawless Breed (1953)	" Indifferent Western about a repulsive outlaw, with some decent use of color as a saving grace." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)	" World's sleaziest pirates don't do much of interest." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The World in His Arms (1952)	" Superb swashbuckler with brilliant direction from Raoul Walsh." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Distant Drums (1951)	" Dubious war film, mixed with interesting jungle adventure from director Raoul Walsh." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)	" Brilliant adventure film with rich visual style." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Pursued (1947)	" Unusual combination of Western and film noir crime thriller." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 88%	The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)	" Underrated fantasy, with inventive finale." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Objective, Burma (1945)	" Grim war film, that suffers from a racist treatment of the Japanese." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	The Roaring Twenties (1939)	" Dynamic, quintessential gangster film, wonderfully stylized by director Raoul Walsh," Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Going Hollywood (1933)	" Musical with delightful musical numbers and Raoul Walsh's usual zest." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Gentleman Jim (1942)	" One of the most lovable, funny and enthusiastic of all film biographies." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	In This Our Life (1942)	" Good soap opera, with an unusually resiliant Good Woman, and plenty to say about race relations." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Manpower (1941)	" Working man melodrama with good visual style." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	They Died With Their Boots On (1941)	" Powerful, if heavily fictionalized, Western, with dynamic direction by Raoul Walsh." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 94%	High Sierra (1941)	" Unusual mix of gangster, big heist movie and romantic drama." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The Dark Command (1940)	" Unusual Western, with eerie, sinister atmosphere, lots of political commentary, and strange relationships." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	College Swing (1938)	" Cheerful musical, with inventive Raoul Walsh style and nice touches of fantasy images." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Artists and Models (1937)	" Delightful musical, with a torrent of invention and style." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Big Brown Eyes (1936)	" Offbeat mix of comedy and mystery, inventively styled by Raoul Walsh." Posted Jul 17, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 40%	In Old Arizona (1928)	" Uneven film with brilliant comedy relief by Edmund Lowe, and lots to interest fans of Raoul Walsh." Posted Jul 17, 2009

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