For this week’s film I did a selection of lesser known Billy Wilder comedies, specifically ones with an international flavor. This selection started with a conversation I had with a friend at a favorite hangout that went something like this.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week I took a chance and tried something different. Bollywood rip… er remakes of Hollywood movies. This was very much a risk since I had heard horror stories about some of the bad ones but at the same time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After doing Bollywood rip… er… remakes of Hollywood thrillers last week I decided I really needed to clear my palette. I decided to do this with the films of Charlie Kaufman. I’d seen Being John Malkovicth and enjoyed the whacky[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I kind of screwed up on this one. It was all my fault , really, forged foolishness and a touch of hubris. You see I’d had a general theme of horror comedy and I had two perfect films on my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the death of Christopher Lee earlier this year I finally was drawn to watching him along with Peter Cushing in Hammer Films Horror films’ versions of some of classic monsters. I’d been hearing about some of these for year[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For finishing up this year’s october halloween theme I went with two films I’d been wanting to see for years but had not been aware of their availability. These adaptations of the H.P. Lovecraft stories done by the H. P.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s selection was adventures on the high seas during the napolianic wars The first of my selection was Captain Horatio Hornblower starring Gregory Peck. Based on the works of C. S. Forester. I’ve never actually read any of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I thought doing a Thanksgiving theme considering the holiday would be a good idea, but in the end I really didn’t get into my selection. Nothing against the films themselves, perhaps I wasn’t in the mood or perhaps it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well after two weeks of watching dark cynical films that while taking place in and around Christmas were not in any way shape or form about Christmas I decided to finish the season with some true blue, optimistic, fluffy, troll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well after a brief holiday break I decided to start the year with something simple and fun with the works of Marilyn Monroe. The first on my list was Howard Hawks‘ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. I mostly knew about this movie through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
