Dec 10 2010
Remember the Night (1940) Genre: Romance Grade: B+ Last year I did a “Favorites” list for Christmas inviting comments about it and readers’ own favorite movies. One that was recommended by Cristiane is “Remember the Night.” It took me a while to find a copy of it but I finally did. Then it took me(…)
Dec 3 2010
The Slipper and the Rose (1976) Genre: Fairy Tale/Musical/Romance Grade: B The first time I saw this musical version of Cinderella was a few years ago on the Disney Channel. I thought I’d watch it and laugh at Richard Chamberlain singing but ended up pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the movie. While it’s(…)
Nov 26 2010
Posh Nosh (2003) Genre: Cooking Show parody Grade: A Well, it’s the day after Thanksgiving here in the US and I’m sure some people are still in a turkey stupor. But for those of you who’ve managed to regain conciousness or those who don’t celebrate the holiday, here’s a little treat in the form of(…)
Nov 19 2010
A Room with a View (1985) Genre: Romance/Drama/literary adaptation Grade: A This is one of those movies I knew immediately was destined to be among my favorites. I remember having my sister tape it for me then, after watching it for the first time, immediately rewinding the tape to watch it again. Now, over twenty(…)
Nov 12 2010
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002) Genre: Revisionist Fairy Tale/Romance Grade: B- I want to go ahead and review this made-for-TV movie for one main reason and that is that it’s only available online two ways. One is to try and purchase a VHS tape made for promoting the film for (I think) the Emmys(…)
Nov 5 2010
Benny and Joon (1993) Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance Grade: B I had never seen this movie until just now having avoided it because of the issue of Mary Stuart Masterson’s character’s mental illness. Having a mentally ill character fall in love and move in with her boyfriend? It just seemed too cute or in avoidance of reality(…)
Oct 29 2010
The Mummy (1999) Genre: Action/Horror/Romance Grade: B Fun, fun, fun. This movie is just so much fun. As the writer/director and editor state in their commentary (which I advise people to watch once they’ve seen the movie once or twice), they go for shameless gags, laughs and gasps but it all works and we end(…)
Oct 22 2010
Ever After (1998) Genre: Romance Grade: B A few weeks ago when I reviewed the Rodger’s and Hammerstein Cinderella musicals, I promised I’d be doing more Cinderella movies in the coming months. Here’s a different version of the fairy tale which is both more and less grounded in actual history but which I find charming(…)
Oct 15 2010
This review is part of our Gay Writes celebration. Don't forget to comment on the original post for a chance to win one of those prizes. Better Than Chocolate (1999) Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy Grade: B For our last day of our Gay Writes Reviews celebrating National Coming Out Day and the It Gets Better Project, we(…)
Oct 8 2010
Beautiful Thing (1996) Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy Grade: B Note for most viewers: Turn the subtitles ON! I’ve had this film in my Netflix queue for awhile because of recs made here after Sarah’s review of “Latter Days” and when she told me about what she wants to do for next Monday, I zipped it up to(…)
Oct 1 2010
Nate and Hayes (aka Savage Islands) (1983) Genre: Adventure/Swashbuckler Grade: B- Did I understand correctly that we like our swashbucklers here? I think I did and here’s another entry into the genre. I first saw it when it was broadcast on the Cinemax cable TV channel, oh quite a while ago, but honestly have no(…)
Sep 24 2010
Cinderella (1957, 1965, 1997) Genre: Musical Fairy Tale Grades: B If, like me, you are of a certain age and watched US TV, you probably grew up watching the 1965 version of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” Before VHS tapes or DVDs the only way to see it was the annual TV broadcast. Every year I’d(…)
Sep 17 2010
Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991) Genre: Historical Western/Romance Grade: B Early last month, Karenmc contacted me about a movie she thought might make a good Friday Film Review called “Thousand Pieces of Gold.” After tracking down a VHS copy, I have to agree with her. In 1880s China after years of drought, Lalu (Rosalind Chao)(…)
Sep 10 2010
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) Genre: Romantic Comedy Grade: B Surprisingly I’ve never read the book on which the movie is based and which spawned a whole new literary style. I’ve read plenty of other Chick Lit books and love the genre but, the grandmother of them all is still on my TBR list. [nggallery id(…)
Sep 3 2010
Run Fatboy Run (2007) Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport Grade: B- So I’ve started a quest to see more Simon Pegg movies and put this one in my Netflix queue. It’s got a lower star ranking than does “Hot Fuzz” or “Shaun of the Dead” so I went into it with lower expectations. Luckily for me,(…)
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