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Dead to Me (2019) s01e07 – I Can Handle It
The Stop Button Posted by on May 10, 2020
In a somewhat incredible turn, the episode opens with Christina Applegate and investigator—I guess—Brandon Scott going to cop Diana Maria Riva and telling her about the evidence they found. Riva doesn’t seem to care much about the evidence and seems ready to throw it away; it’s incredible Applegate read more
FAVOURITE MOVIES: It Always Rains on Sunday, 1947
Caftan Woman Posted by on May 8, 2020
Arthur La Bern's 1945 debut novel It Always Rains on Sunday shone a realistic spotlight on the East London the journalist knew so well from his upbringing. The 1947 film from Ealing Studios written and directed by Robert Hamer (Kind Hearts and Coronets) and Angus MacPhail (The Captive Heart) would p read more
A Lombard flick...at a drive-in? It happened in her lifetime
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on May 4, 2020
This photo of Carole Lombard with her car was taken by the esteemed Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1938. And the year after this, she could have taken that auto of hers, driven not far from her new Encino ranch home, and done something more culturally associated with future generations.For years, I've wonder read more
The short story that inspired 'But Is It Love?'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 11, 2020
What might have been...It's a cruel irony of classic Hollywood that the actress and actor most identified with screwball comedy, Carole Lombard and Cary Grant, never made one together. (Apologies to William Powell fans, although he's won belated acclaim in recent years for his aplomb in the genre.)B read more
'Supernatural' on Blu-ray: That's scary, kiddies (or is it?)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 21, 2020
It's no secret that "Supernatural," released in spring 1933, is a film Carole Lombard really didn't want to make. Her lone foray into horror, Carole probably feared if the film was a hit, Paramount might relegate her to that genre. And while Fay Wray was able to escape typecasting after several outi read more
'But Is It Love?' update: The script exists!
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 19, 2020
When Carole Lombard stopped at Salt Lake City's train station on Jan. 13, 1942, she was probably focused on the upcoming war bond rally in Indianapolis. But in the back of her mind, she may have occasionally thought about her career, and the script she planned to film after her next picture, "He Kis read more
Let's hear it for the homegirl
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 4, 2020
While Carole Lombard never saw the plaque honoring her at her birthplace at 704 Rockhill Street in Fort Wayne, Ind., she posed with it in Los Angeles before it was sent east. There it remains, some 82 years after its installation.We bring this up because the plaque is referred to in a Lombard profil read more
The Academy Loves Directors Who Play It Safe
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 3, 2020
I watched Marriage Story with excitement. I’ve been following Noah Baumbach’s career since Kicking and Screaming (1995), a hilarious movie about East Coast college men’s arrested development and how their romantic immaturity interferes with their happiness. The déjà vu happened imm read more
The Academy Loves Directors Who Play It Safe
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 3, 2020
I watched Marriage Story with excitement. I’ve been following Noah Baumbach’s career since Kicking and Screaming (1995), a hilarious movie about East Coast college men’s arrested development and how their romantic immaturity interferes with their happiness. The déjà vu happened imm read more
A Cheap Endorphin Rush, or: 2020’s off to a lousy start, isn’t it?
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 5, 2020
We’ve been marathoning “Superstore” and now “Schitt’s Creek” so I don’t have a ready backlog of Stop Button posts right now. I wrote that sugar-high post earlier this week, which was… something to do. And I’ve been fairly good with the comics posts. I’m going to do the next Ennis read more
book: When It Grows Dark (2016; trans 2017 Anne Bruce) by Jorn Lier Horst
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 4, 2020
A prequel to a series of Norwegian police procedurals that I have not read. Thirty-three years ago, in 1983, series protagonist William Wisting is just a humble patrol cop with a young wife, infant twins and too many bills. Trying to catch a habitual car thief, he and his partner make a discovery t read more
Old Time Radio Tuesday – It Pays to Be Ignorant
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Nov 5, 2019
The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top records o read more
That other time Washington baseball won it all
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 31, 2019
If you woke up this morning believing you've stumbled into some bizarre alternate universe, you have not. Washington is world champion of baseball. Actually. And it has nothing to do with Halloween. Today's Washington Post covers prove it:The only other time D.C. claimed major league baseball suprem read more
Next month, Hop(per) to it at the 'What A Character!' blogathon
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Oct 7, 2019
Just because I'll be co-hosting a blogathon (on Carole Lombard, of course) in slightly more than three months doesn't mean I can't participate in others. In November, I'll do just that.This event is so considerable that it's co-hosted by three blogs -- Outspoken & Freckled (https://kelleepratt.com/ read more
On Blu-ray: Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer in Gaslight (1944) and the 1940 Original That Preceded It
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 19, 2019
The 1944 version of Gaslight is one of the first classic films I saw and I return to it frequently. It is Hollywood filmmaking at its best, where talent, story, and production value are so good that a simple entertainment becomes an artistic triumph. I recently revisited the George Cukor-directed fi read more
Come and Get It (1936) with Frances Farmer The Hawksian Archetype
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 4, 2019
Author Edna Ferber in both her plays and novels had a penchant for sprawling familial tales of Americana which were indubitably fortified by social issues. Come and Get It gives the initial impression of another Howard Hawks movie released the same year, Barbary Coast (1936). In fact, that’s read more
Here's how Lubitsch did it
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 1, 2019
Carole Lombard didn't have much time to savor the afterglow, but she called working on "To Be Or Not To Be" the best filmmaking experience she'd had in her career. And a book on its director discusses it and other classic Hollywood masterpieces he made.That director, of course, is Ernst Lubitsch, wh read more
Jack Arnold's "It Came From Outer Space"
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 8, 2019
Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush.
On a cool evening outside Sand Rock, Arizona, amateur astronomer John Putnam and his girlfriend Ellen watch a meteor crash into the desert. The pair and a pilot friend are the first to arrive at the newly-formed crater. John ventures into the rubble and--to his ast read more
Is your life a rom-com? This weekend, it can be
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 21, 2019
Ever wished you could magically project yourself into a romantic comedy, such as Carole Lombard's "Hands Across The Table"? This weekend in Los Angeles, you can.It's through an inaugural event titled "Rom Com Fest," a tribute to a genre that's had its ups and downs over the decades and now appears t read more
The 2nd Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon – The End…Or is it?
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 17, 2019
After
months of planning, Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews and I have reached the
end of The 2nd Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon. Once again, I’m floored by the volume
of outstanding contributions, ranging across a variety of films and subjects. As
much as we love Hammer and Amicus horror, we read more