One of my favorite films from 1937 is the comedy / drama / romance/ adventure History is Made a Night, with Charles Boyer and the incomparable Jean Arthur. It’s a movie that cannot easily be pigeonholed because it does so […]
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I Don’t Buy Kisses Anymore (1992) ✰ ✰ ✰
Soon after Jason Alexander found fame as George Costanza on the wacky TV series “Seinfeld,” he made this charming romantic comedy in which he portrays overweight shoe salesman Bernie Fishbine, who falls in love with a pretty Italian psychology student. […]
Continue reading »The Onion Field (1979) ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
The vast majority of movies about murder concentrate on the crime and / or the resolution of the case, which is quite understandable. Few, however, go past the crime to depict with any depth the disruptive aftereffects which always follow. […]
Continue reading »Attack (1956) ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
U.S. military services usually aid movies with military themes and situations, even if those agencies object to particular elements in the script (the best example of this is The Caine Mutiny; the Navy demanded and received a prologue stating that […]
Continue reading »The Hot Heiress (1931) ✰ ✰ ✰
Handsome riveter Hap Harrigan (Ben Lyon) falls in love with beautiful society girl Juliette Hunter (Ona Munson) in this early talkie from Clarence G. Badger. Since this was made soon after the sound era began, The Hot Heiress, like many […]
Continue reading »Indian Summer (1993) ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Do you ever get the itch to revisit the summer camp you attended when you were a kid? If so, this movie is for you. Mike Binder’s nostalgic comedy Indian Summer (1993) is largely autobiographical, filmed on location at Canada’s […]
Continue reading »Silver Streak (1976) ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
In the last issue I discussed the films of Alfred Hitchcock in some detail, and mentioned remakes of his classic films. One aspect which I did not touch upon concerns those films which serve as homages to Hitchcock’s legacy. Director Brian […]
Continue reading »Call Me Madam (1953) ✰ ✰ ✰
Frank’s second choice is a 1953 musical. “Call Me Madam was buried in the vaults for years by the Irving Berlin estate and this is a great, underappreciated musical. While it is now dated with references to Harry S. Truman’s […]
Continue reading »They Won’t Forget (1937) ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
For this issue, subscriber Frank Gutierrez has suggested two movies worth rediscovering, and I concur with his judgment. I’ll let him describe them, beginning with a 1937 drama. “They Won’t Forget is noteworthy because it was Lana Turner’s first film. […]
Continue reading »Gorky Park (1983) ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
If ever there was an underrated murder mystery / suspense thriller, this is it. Based on the bestselling novel by Martin Cruz Smith, this 1983 adaptation opened to mixed reviews and mediocre business. That’s quite unfortunate, because it is a […]
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