Week of May 3 – 9, 2020 Harkening back to childhood often leads to nostalgic, happy memories, and many films have attempted to channel these feelings. One that has wildly succeeded at recapturing the joyful exuberance of youth, but in […]
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Something’s Gotta Give (2003) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2020 Romance can make one forget about one’s problems, even if it is occurring with other people, and we are only experiencing it vicariously. Such is the appeal of Something’s Gotta Give, a […]
Continue reading »Genevieve (1953) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of April 19 – 25, 2020 Back to Britain we go with a sunny, and rainy, venture from London to Brighton and back in vintage automobiles. One of these beautiful machines, a 1904 Darracq roadster, is the “Genevieve” of […]
Continue reading »Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Week of April 12 – 18, 2020 This movie struck me as an obvious choice as soon as I conceived the idea for this category. I like The Breakfast Club a little more in the John Hughes oeuvre, but Ferris […]
Continue reading »Bowfinger (1999) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of April 5 – 11, 2020 Director Frank Oz and star Steve Martin have made four films together, all of which I enjoy, and Bowfinger is the sweetest of them. I actually like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the most (I […]
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