The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

I picked up The Great St Louis Bank Robbery(1959) for a dollar. Steve McQueen is a naive college dropout lured in to be the getaway driver for the title crime. This is based on the true incident, with many police officers and bank employees playing themselves. Not the greatest, but definitely worth a dollar and seeing on a lazy Saturday morning.


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Misspelling in Credits

You all will probably think I'm neurotic On my copy of State of the Union, Katharine Hepburn's name is misspelled in the opening credits (Katherine), but spelled right in the ending credits. Am I the only one who notices things like this? It seems like in all these years, someone would notice and correct it. I wonder if Kate caught it. Am I making mountains out of molehills?

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America America(1963)

I have been watching Elia Kazan's America America and I'm wondering how I've never heard of this! I think it's a masterpiece!
It's set in the 1890's and is about Greek Stavros(Stathis Giallelis) and his quest to get to America. This has first rate acting, directing, writing, cinematography, editing, score, everything! I think it's a much better candidate for Greatest Picture Ever than Citizen Kane(if forced to make a list). It passes my "Where Did the Time Go in a 3 Hour Movie List". Very moving, an underrated gem.

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Jamaica Inn(1939)

I watched Jamaica Inn(1939) with Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara which I believe was her screen debut. She's always worth watching. It's the story of smugglers extinguishing coastal beacons in order to cause ships to run aground. Then they loot the wrecks and kill the surviving sailors. Not much excitement for a Hitchcock film, but then this is one of his early ones. I don't know if it was my print, but it was even hard to hear anything and the actors spoke much too fast for my taste.


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The Tenth Kingdom(2000)

I watched the 7 hour miniseries The Tenth Kingdom the other day. I was enthralled the whole time! The tenth kingdom is Central Park and father and daughter John Larroquette and Kimberly Williams travel through a magic mirror to the other nine(why I don't remember), have several adventures with many fantasy creatures, they are joined by a prince who has been changed to a dog by the evil queen(delightful Dianne Wiest). Ed O'Neill is fun as the leader of the trolls, Ann-Margaret lovely as Cinderella. This is fun fun fun, escapist entertainment! Though Larroquette gets on my nerves after a while

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Flower Drum Song(1961)

I've watched Rodgers and Hammerstein(II)'s Flower Drum Song. It's okay not great. A young woman comes to San Francisco from China with her father ilegally to enter into an arranged marriage. Various misunderstandings result in a romantic quadrangle of sorts. There are two or three great production numbers, one which two characters from a black-and-white movie come out of the TV and join the number, for no apparent reason other than they can! Some of it's not PC. Worth a look.

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Pan's Labyrinth(2006 - Spanish)

I have revisited Pan's Labyrinth(2006). I think it's mostly great, but some of the violence is a little much for me. It's set in Spain in 1944. It's a combination fantasy story, which is great, with the real life story. The little girl Ofelia is in a horrible situation with her mother and evil stepfather Captain Vidal who hunts the Spanish Maquis who fight against the Fascist reign in the region. Ofelia is drawn into a fantasy world by a mysterious faun creature and is given three tasks to complete. All the creatures in the movie are a wonder, you really feel you're in a fantasy world. The ending is wonderful after some tragedy along the way. I recommend unless you're squeamish about violence.


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Rear Window(1954)

I have revisited Rear Window. I was struck by how much is going on, how much symbolism there is. All the windows across from James Stewart all have a different "mini-movie" going on. My audio commentary noted that Hitchcock started in silent movies and these are all like mini silent movies, especially the Miss Lonelyhearts, with her exagerated gestures. Fascinating, this demands multiple viewings to catch what all is happening, besides the main story of a murder possibly happening across the street, which would be a good movie by itself.


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Slumdog Millionaire(2008)

Today I watched 2008's Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire, a friend of mine had recommended it a while back. It is a wonderful surprise! It's on paper the story of Jamal, who causes suspicion of cheating when he gets to the last question on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire and is subsequently interrogated by the police. We flash back through his life with his brother Salim and love of his life Latika, as we see how each of the questions came up in incidents. The final question causes the most dramatic phone-a-friend you're likely to see. The music throughout is very good, which is always a strong point with me. This is a very good "feel-good" movie for modern films, I recommend it highly


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Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall(1961)

I picked up this CD the other day... love it! I love Judy anyway. There are lots of her songs from her movies(Over the Rainbow of course) and standards. It's great to hear her rapport with the audience! Wonderful singer.



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The Heiress(1949)

I have watched The Heiress(1949) with Olivia de Haviland, Montgomery Clift, directed by William Wyler. Ms de Haviland is a shy wealthy young woman wooed by fortune hunter(or is he?) Clift. She soon agrees to marry him to the chagrin of her cruel father Sir Ralph Richardson, who definitely thinks he's after her fortune. There are lots of twists which kept me guessing throughout, which I enjoyed. All of the acting is very good. At first I was disappointed with the ending, but after thought realized it's better than a traditional ending. I'm optimistic enough to believe though the ending seemed to be clear cut one way about the Clift character, it could have been different and to think that it was ambiguous. I'm sure there'd be debate about that. Olivia won the Oscar which was well deserved as she played her transformation well.

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