What Classics Did You See Last Week (December 17-23)
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spiderwort — 2 years ago(December 24, 2023 01:39 AM)
First viewing:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
(2023) Highly recommended.
Re-watches, all holiday favorites:
The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Come to the Stable (1949)
, directed by Henry Koster
Holiday Affair (1949)
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FreeHugs — 2 years ago(December 24, 2023 01:50 AM)
I watched:
Friends & Family Christmas 2023 6/10 I liked the two leading ladies and I appreciate that Hallmark did a lesbian Christmas movie. I found it a little slow though and not very interesting.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 1989 6/10 rewatch This alternates between annoying and amusing. Not everything works and it is a little too over the top at times. Some memorable moments though.
Home Alone 1990 8/10 rewatch This is entertaining and fun. A good cast and lots of memorable moments.
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town 2011 8/10 rewatch This was cute and charming.
A Timeless Christmas 2020 8/10 rewatch I enjoyed this one. It's cute and fun and both leads do a good job.
The Santa Suit 2010 8/10 rewatch This is a sweet, fun movie. I enjoyed it.
A Boy Called Christmas 2021 7/10 rewatch I enjoyed this more on rewatch. A nice Christmas movie with some good moments.
Northpole 2014 7/10 rewatch This is a cute and fun film. I really enjoyed Bailee Madison's performance in it.
Eloise at Christmastime 2003 7/10 This was cute.
The Key to Christmas 2020 6/10 The acting and writing are fairly amateurish, but it does have its charms.
Maestro 2023 8/10 Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan are both excellent in this well made, beautifully filmed biopic.
American Symphony 2023 8/10 A personal and touching documentary with some beautiful moments.
Die Hard 1988 9/10 rewatch Yippee-ki-yay and Merry Christmas!
Miracle in Bethlehem, PA 2023 7/10 I thought this was pretty good. I liked the actors and the story was nice.
Elf 2003 9/10 rewatch Fun stuff. Will Ferrell is a delight.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1964 7/10 This was fun and amusing. Santa is cool and I liked the martians. Hooray for Santy Claus! -
PygmyLion — 2 years ago(December 24, 2023 03:40 AM)
Holiday Affair
(1949) - Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Gordon Gebert - 8
The Shop Around the Corner
(1940) - James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan, Felix Bressart - Sullavan and Stewart are workers in a small shop in Hungary, who don't like each other, but unbeknownst to either are corresponding through letters as lovers. Director Ernst Lubisch called it, "the best picture I ever made in my life. - 9
The Man I Love
(1947) - Ida Lupino, Andrea King, Robert Alda, Bruce Bennett - Lupino plays a night club singer in NY, who decides to return and see her family: 2 sisters and a brother in California, where she helps them with their lives - 8
Watch on the Rhine
(1943) - Paul Lukas, Bette Davis, Geraldine Fitzgerald, George Coulouris - Bette Davis's character returns home to America with her family after many years of living in Europe. Her husband (Lukas) turns out to be a fighter against fascism. - 7
Gunga Din
(1939) - Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Joan Fontaine - Grant, McLaglen, and Fairbanks are three seageants serving India, who must deal with a rising of a murderous Thuggee cult. - 8
Vivacious Lady
(1938) - Jimmy Stewart, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, James Ellison, Beulah Bondi. A college professor (Stewart) falls in love on a trip to the city with a night club singer (Rogers) and marries her, but hides her from his father (Coburn), the university president, when he returns home - 7 -
Sophienoire — 2 years ago(December 24, 2023 06:00 AM)
Going My Way
(1944) 6/10 comedy drama/musical
Easy Living
(1937) 6/10 screwball comedy
Topper Takes a Trip
(1938) 7/10 screwball comedy
Topper Returns
(1941) 8/10 screwball comedy/crime
After the Thin Man
(1936) 7/10 screwball comedy/crime (rewatch)
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954) 6/10 crime drama (rewatch)
Bedside Manner
aka Her Favorite Patient (1945) 5/10 screwball comedy
Scream Bloody Murder
(1973) 5/10 horror
Oppenheimer
(2023) 7/10 biopic drama (rewatch)
Killers of the Flower Moon
(2023) 8/10 crime drama
Napoleon
(2023) 7/10 history drama
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
(2023) 9/10 comedy drama (rewatch)
Adrift
(2018) 6/10 adventure drama
Hide and Seek
(2005) 5/10 horror
55 Days at Peking
(1963) 6/10 drama
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The Kraken — 2 years ago(December 24, 2023 06:45 AM)
Yes she's a talented actress. Also I read the Judy Blume book but haven't seen the film adaptation. I saw that you rated it high. I'm happy that younger people enjoy that story as much as I did when I was in middle school.
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Rufus-T — 2 years ago(December 24, 2023 07:46 AM)
Die Hard (1988)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/
My favorite action film ever. And yes, it is a Christmas movie. I never get tired of it.
The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097647/
It is stupid funny. Daniel forgotten what he learned from the previous two movies and went to the dark side. Very cartoonish at time, and played off like a comedy. I enjoyed it though.
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093300/
If you think a Jaws movie can't be worse than Jaws 3-D, this one succeed. What a stupid concept of a shark targeting the Brody family, like a curse. Not only terrible story, atrocious acting, and comical effect.
The Money Pit (1986)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091541/
A couple (Tom Hanks & Shelly Long) tried to fix up a scammed house they bought. There were some very funny moment that worked like a Rube Goldberg machine. Other time, did not work so well. Tom Hanks was funny, but not Shelly Long. Watchable, but don't expect anything great. -
unex — 2 years ago(December 25, 2023 01:48 PM)
Scarlet Street (1945) - This has some similarities to The Woman in the Window. Edward G. Robinson is good in a role of a henpecked lonely man. Dan Duryea started to get on my nerves. He said "For cat's sake!" one too many times for my taste.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Good movie, good production. No miniatures, all real ships, they even filmed in Tahiti which seems extravagant for the time. Clark Gable didn't try on the accent but I wonder if they would even have let him if he wanted too. The British didn't sound like modern Brits back then anyway. Bligh is cruel but I liked him, especially when things got tough. There is a Christmas celebration later in the film so this is technically a Christmas movie.
