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 […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »Angels in the Outfield (1951) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of March 29 – April 4, 2020 Major League Baseball was supposed to have begun this week, and I for one will miss the National Pastime until it returns (probably in July, after the All-Star break). In the meantime, […]
Continue reading »My Favorite Year (1982) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Week of March 22 – 28, 2020 Nostalgia fuels my fourth sheltering choice. When done right — and I think this film does it right — nostalgic movies can be amazingly comforting as well as brightly entertaining. I’ve loved My […]
Continue reading »Sing Street (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Week of March 15 – 21, 2020 An Irish coming-of-age story with music at its core is my third choice as a movie to curl up with while having to remain at home. Sing Street may not be as good […]
Continue reading »It Should Happen to You (1954) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of March 8 – 14, 2020 My second choice for a feel-good film is an oldie from 1954 with the stellar talents of comedienne Judy Holliday and a new face at that time, the one and only Jack Lemmon, […]
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As we are forced to abandon old habits and adapt to the strange new world of self-containment for the near future, many of us are bound to become bored and lean toward stir-craziness. It isn’t easy, but rest assured that […]
Continue reading »El Dorado (1967) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Week of March 1 – 7, 2020 I’m beginning this new category with the 1967 western I’ve come to believe is my favorite John Wayne film, El Dorado. Readers with great memories may recall that I cited the 1962 western, […]
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Emma is the final “recent release” I shall probably review for a while, because within two days of that viewing, all the movie theaters around me, including the one at which I worked, closed due to the coronavirus scare. Naturally, […]
Continue reading »Emma. (2020) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Yes, I, a man, can enjoy an occasional Jane Austen-inspired movie, too. For instance, I highly recommend Pride and Prejudice (1940, with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier), Sense and Sensibility (1995, with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet) and Emma (1996, […]
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