Our sixth classic of 2014 is the first and only teaming of comedy legends Mae West and W. C. Fields, in My Little Chickadee. This 1940 film is a Western parody in which “novelties and notions” salesman Cuthbert J. Twillie […]
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My Little Chickadee (1940)
by Barb Lentz The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Deadline USA (1952) The In-Laws (1979) My Little Chickadee (1940) A Raisin in the Sun (1961) I chose […]
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When I made my Oscar predictions I knew that this documentary was the front runner in its category, but I bet on an upset. That didn’t happen. Now that I’ve actually seen the film, I see why it won — […]
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Pixar Studios has been the gold standard of animation for so long now that it seems surprising when another studio presents a movie of comparable quality. Especially the Walt Disney studio, because audiences have not embraced their films with the […]
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Our fifth classic of 2014 is a show business drama of the New York theater scene, All About Eve. It is a 1950 movie which, in a very strong year for really good movies, set a record with an astonishing […]
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by Barb Lentz The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: All About Eve (1950) David Copperfield (1935) Ikiru (1952) The Sea Hawk (1940) Sleeper (1973) I chose All About Eve from this […]
Continue reading »Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) ☆ 1/2
The Coen brothers as filmmakers are hit and miss with me. For every one of their on-target skewers of life as we know it they produce something that I just don’t get, like Burn After Reading or O Brother, Where Art […]
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Meryl Streep is the most honored performer in Academy Awards history, with a total of eighteen acting nominations — including a current one for August: Osage County, in which she once again proves her incredible range and talent. Over the […]
Continue reading »12 Years a Slave (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have to admit that I have not been looking forward to seeing this, for the subject matter inevitably leads to viewer depression and guilt. Misplaced guilt, perhaps, but guilt nonetheless. My trepidation was absolutely realized; 12 Years a Slave is […]
Continue reading »The Monuments Men (2014) ☆ ☆
Cinema can serve as a wonderful introduction to real-life stories, especially those which have, for many reasons, remained largely hidden from public view. I have always held a special appreciation for movies like Argo (2012), or The Raid (1954) or The Man […]
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