Jul 8 2011
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005) Genre: Stop Action Animation Grade: B- Though Corpse Bride doesn’t live up to the wonder that is “Nightmare Before Christmas,” it still has oodles to recommend it. Fantastic puppets, painstaking animation and the voices of some acting greats to bring these creations “to life” (even if some of them are(…)
Jul 1 2011
Love and Basketball (2000) Genre: Sports Romance Grade: B I’ve wanted to review this movie for over a year and finally got off my lazy butt when I realized that June 23rd was the anniversary of what’s come to be called simply Title IX. Now I’m probably one of the most unathletic people on the(…)
Jun 24 2011
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) Genre: GBLT Social Dramedy Grade: B Frankly I put this one in my Netflix queue because after enjoying “Saving Face” I was looking for another lesbian centered movie and this one seemed to have gotten fairly good reviews while many others had been panned. It also features several(…)
Jun 17 2011
The Sea Hawk (1940) Genre: Historical swashbuckler/romance Grade: B- Since Flynn’s birthday is next week, I thought I’d review another of his Warner Brothers swashbucklers. Released in 1940, it bears little resemblance to the Raphael Sabatini novel of the same name. Instead, it was supposed to be a take on the war that had just(…)
Jun 10 2011
The Reluctant Debutante (1958) Genre: Comedy/Romance Grade: B We read so many books here about “The Season” that I thought it appropriate to review this movie set during the last official one before the Queen pulled the plug on it in 1958. Though it was probably watched more for Sandra Dee and John Saxon during(…)
Jun 3 2011
The Wedding Singer (1998) Genre: Romantic Comedy Grade: B- I’ll be honest and say that I didn’t expect I’d like this movie. Drew Barrymore is an actress who works for me about 50:50 while Adam Sandler is someone I’ll dive for the remote to change the channel away from. But the comments about the movie(…)
May 27 2011
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort) (1967) Genre: Musical/Romance Grade: B- Cate mentioned this one in comments on the review of “Moliere” and described the plot as “barking.” Oh, yeah, I agree with that. Another way to phrase it might be wondrous European WTFery. Singing and dancing and romancing and a gruesome(…)
May 20 2011
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008) Genre: Comedy/Musical/SF Grade: B+ Cheer for the villain? Hate the “hero?” Listen to people sing catchy songs? Have Joss Whedon turn superhero/villain tropes on their heads? You’ll do all this and and more when you watch “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” For those who’ve never seen it, go now and watch(…)
May 13 2011
The Mark of Zorro (1940) Genre: Swashbuckler/romance Grade: B When you do a search of movies/TV shows based on the character of Zorro, it’s amazing just how many there are. But for me, this one is still right up there. Made in the golden age of Hollywood swashbucklers, it features Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell,(…)
May 6 2011
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Genre: Action/Romance/Comedy Grade: B+ It’ll soon be that time of year again, when we get contacted about the organized hell that are High School Reunions. “Festivals of Pain” as one character here calls this one, when we see people we’ve barely thought of in 10, 20, 30 years and wince as(…)
Apr 29 2011
The Glass Slipper (1955) Genre: Ballet/Fairy Tale Grade: B- Somebody recommended this a while back as their favorite Cinderella film version. And since I can’t resist a challenge to find a rare film, off I went to look for it. And look for it. And finally find it through ebay as an import from SE(…)
Apr 22 2011
Quo Vadis (1951 and 2001) Genre: Religious Historical Grade: B- Yes, the dates are correct. This is a dual review of the famous 1951 Hollywood version and a Polish version made in 2001 which was also released as a six part TV version in 2002. I saw the Polish TV version which clocked in at(…)
Apr 15 2011
Broken Trail (2006) Genre: Western Grade: B+ Ah, the beauty of the West, of a herd of wild horses, of a campfire crackling at night, of a group of young Chinese women being driven to a fate worse than death in a rough hewn mining camp – wait, back up, strike that. Let’s start again.(…)
Apr 8 2011
The Lady Eve (1941) Genre: Screwball comedy/romance Grade B For some reason I’d missed watching this movie until recently. Preston Sturges films either work well for me or bomb and after a miss with “Christmas in July,” I hesitated on trying “The Lady Eve.” Now that I’ve seen it, I wish I’d watched it years(…)
Apr 1 2011
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 and a bit of 1925) Genre: Historical Romance/Drama Grade: B+ In honor of Edmund Rostand today’s film review is for Cyrano de Bergerac. It’s swashbuckling, it’s funny, it’s romantic and it’s ultimately tragic. It’s perfect for clearing out the tear ducts by either weeping in a hankie or crying in your(…)
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