Guys and Dolls (1955, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Worst part: at no point did the whole cast sing “guys and dolls… we’re just a bunch of crazy guys and dolls!” The Simpsons has misled me again. It had better not happen again… I wanna hear Lee Marvin...
View ArticleFrom Here to Eternity (1953, Fred Zinnemann)
Watched one of the most romantic films of all time, recommended by TCM Essentials, on valentine’s day, only to find it neither romantic nor essential. In fact, I didn’t like it much at all, and am...
View ArticleEsther Williams double feature
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949, Busby Berkeley) I finally watched some Esther Williams movie with Katy the night we heard she’d died (Esther, not Katy), but I have to say she didn’t make a huge...
View ArticleOn The Town (1949, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
Unaccountably wonderful movie… seems like the usual madcap romantic comedy business (three sailors have a day of shore leave, spend it picking up girls) but the very end, returning to the ship as three...
View ArticleHigh Society (1956, Charles Walters)
Thought I wrote this up already, but can’t find it. Must be thinking of The Philadelphia Story. Yuk yuk, but no, really. I recall saying that everything felt like an imitation (and it doesn’t help that...
View ArticleThe Manchurian Candidate (1962, John Frankenheimer)
“Why don’t you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?” Brilliant visual display of espionage, duplicity, politics and memory (real and false), with at least five perfect performances, but the one...
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