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Sympathetic Liars: The Book of Mormon & Beat the Devil
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 26, 2016
Kooky. Bizarre. Silly. Odd. Original. It’s difficult to sum up the strange charm of Beat the Devil (1953), that Truman Capote-penned film* that fits no genre and makes no sense. You have the feeling as you watch that Capote must have been tripping, but his quirky personality, not to mention t read more
Sympathetic Liars: The Book of Mormon & Beat the Devil
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 26, 2016
Kooky. Bizarre. Silly. Odd. Original. It’s difficult to sum up the strange charm of Beat the Devil (1953), that Truman Capote-penned film* that fits no genre and makes no sense. You have the feeling as you watch that Capote must have been tripping, but his quirky personality, not to mention t read more
The Dark Humor of High Noon (1952)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 12, 2016
**Contains spoilers** When I watched High Noon many years ago, I was struck by its pacing, its intensity, its seriousness. This time, I kept laughing. There’s something comic about watching Marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) aimlessly tread around the town, waiting for someone, anyone to assist read more
The Dark Humor of High Noon (1952)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 12, 2016
**Contains spoilers** When I watched High Noon many years ago, I was struck by its pacing, its intensity, its seriousness. This time, I kept laughing. There’s something comic about watching Marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) aimlessly tread around the town, waiting for someone, anyone to assist read more
The Klutziest Bonnie & Clyde Ever: Gun Crazy (1950)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 6, 2016
**Only very minor, preliminary spoilers here** Gun Crazy begins with a boy getting caught for stealing a gun because he trips. The kid, Barton Tare, has a mysterious attraction to guns he can neither explain nor control. Others try to defend him, given that he has no desire to harm and isn’t read more
The Klutziest Bonnie & Clyde Ever: Gun Crazy (1950)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 6, 2016
**Only very minor, preliminary spoilers here** Gun Crazy begins with a boy getting caught for stealing a gun because he trips. The kid, Barton Tare, has a mysterious attraction to guns he can neither explain nor control. Others try to defend him, given that he has no desire to harm and isn’t read more
Mae West’s Theme Show: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 30, 2016
Sexually adventurous, unapologetic, averse to marriage, in control, attractive to all men–and in her 40s. Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) is the kind of character feminists have despaired of seeing onscreen, and yet there she is, captivating her Australian viewers, and now American ones, who have read more
Mae West’s Theme Show: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 30, 2016
Sexually adventurous, unapologetic, averse to marriage, in control, attractive to all men–and in her 40s. Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) is the kind of character feminists have despaired of seeing onscreen, and yet there she is, captivating her Australian viewers, and now American ones, who have read more
Happy Films: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 22, 2016
When asked to pick a film that I’d equate with ice cream for a sweet-inspired blogathon, I recalled the Rita Hayworth-Fred Astaire confection, You Were Never Lovelier. The plot is so silly: a sexist father, Eduardo Acuña (Adolphe Menjou), creates an imaginary secret admirer for his daughter, read more
Happy Films: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 22, 2016
When asked to pick a film that I’d equate with ice cream for a sweet-inspired blogathon, I recalled the Rita Hayworth-Fred Astaire confection, You Were Never Lovelier. The plot is so silly: a sexist father, Eduardo Acuña (Adolphe Menjou), creates an imaginary secret admirer for his daughter, read more
Gary Cole’s Brilliant Lumbergh
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 15, 2016
It says something about me–the fact that I have a red Swingline stapler. I was a proselytizer where Office Space (1999) was concerned: My rec of the film was one of the ways I earned credibility with roommates and dates (the stapler itself was a parting gift from a convert). I even held viewin read more
Gary Cole’s Brilliant Lumbergh
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 15, 2016
It says something about me–the fact that I have a red Swingline stapler. I was a proselytizer where Office Space (1999) was concerned: My rec of the film was one of the ways I earned credibility with roommates and dates (the stapler itself was a parting gift from a convert). I even held viewin read more
New TV Show on Bette Davis and Joan Crawford!!
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 6, 2016
FX is bringing classic movie buffs’ favorite sparring partners, Bette and Joan, to the screen. And the leads for the pair? Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange. How lucky are we? The show, aptly titled Feud, will also feature some amazing costars. The only downside? We have to wait until 2017. Jo read more
New TV Show on Bette Davis and Joan Crawford!!
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 6, 2016
FX is bringing classic movie buffs’ favorite sparring partners, Bette and Joan, to the screen. And the leads for the pair? Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange. How lucky are we? The show, aptly titled Feud, will also feature some amazing costars. The only downside? We have to wait until 2017. Jo read more
Top 4 Lazy Evening Films on Netflix
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 1, 2016
So you feel like doing nothing tonight, just want a film to make you smile? Here are four movies now on Netflix that I dare you to watch without grinning. 4. Bowfinger (1999)
Steve Martin, a conniving producer/con man down on his luck, forces paranoid action megastar Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) into h read more
Top 4 Lazy Evening Films on Netflix
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 1, 2016
So you feel like doing nothing tonight, just want a film to make you smile? Here are four movies now on Netflix that I dare you to watch without grinning. 4. Bowfinger (1999)
Steve Martin, a conniving producer/con man down on his luck, forces paranoid action megastar Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) into h read more
Remaking Hitchcock
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2016
This week I’ve been lucky enough to convince author Michael Gutierrez into guest posting. Check out his wonderful book, The Trench Angel (which deserves cinematic treatment of its own). Back in the early 90s, during a time when there were a spate of remakes of classic films, my grandfather posited: read more
Remaking Hitchcock
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2016
This week I’ve been lucky enough to convince author Michael Gutierrez into guest posting. Check out his wonderful book, The Trench Angel (which deserves cinematic treatment of its own). Back in the early 90s, during a time when there were a spate of remakes of classic films, my grandfather posited: read more
Surreal Reproduction: When Bette Met Mae (2014)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2016
On November 13, 1973 Wes Wheadon was the bartender for a party that joined superstars Mae West (Victoria Mills) and Bette Davis (Karen Teliha) for the first time. He captured their encounter on audio tape, and then reenacted the event with lip-syncing actors, producing it more than 40 years later. read more
Surreal Reproduction: When Bette Met Mae (2014)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2016
On November 13, 1973 Wes Wheadon was the bartender for a party that joined superstars Mae West (Victoria Mills) and Bette Davis (Karen Teliha) for the first time. He captured their encounter on audio tape, and then reenacted the event with lip-syncing actors, producing it more than 40 years later. read more