Stories by Jude Reid on Medium

The Most Ridiculous Horror Movie of the Forties: ‘The Beast with Five Fingers’ Film Review

Jude Reid — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 16:00:50 GMT

The Beast with Five Fingers is completely irrational and ridiculous. As Pauline Kael puts it, “Warner Brothers forties mediocrity,”…

Jude Reid — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 21:06:00 GMT

Jude Reid — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:24:08 GMT

It is perhaps the first 25 minutes in which director Tod Browning sets up the film as what will surely be one of the most frightening and…

Jude Reid — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:04:17 GMT

Well, if you’re not already in love with Katharine Hepburn, her performance in Alice Adams will surely do the trick. The story itself is…

Jude Reid — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 16:13:36 GMT

Although the narrative and subject matter of Magic (1978) are out of the ordinary for director Richard Attenborough, it still suffers from…

Jude Reid — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:56:04 GMT

Some critics have dubbed Richard Attenborough’s third film, A Bridge Too Far, “A Movie Too Long” — and they aren’t wrong. Its grand scale…

Jude Reid — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:31:18 GMT

Richard Attenborough’s second directed film centers around the iconic and beloved British prime minister, Winston Churchill. Now, most…

Jude Reid — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:28:10 GMT

While Stephen King is responsible for the source material of some of the most iconic films of all time (Carrie, The Shining, The Shawshank…

Jude Reid — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:38:17 GMT

Before we learn anything about the story in “The Dead Zone”, we are introduced to two things: An amazingly creative title-card, and…

Jude Reid — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:20:21 GMT

In 1969, Richard Attenborough made his directorial debut with the musical war film Oh! What a Lovely War. The film is based on the play of…