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The Sadistic Spouse: Charles Boyer in Gaslight
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2014
This post is part of the Great Villain Blogathon cohosted by Speakeasy, Shadows and Satin, and Silver Screenings. Check out other entries on one of their sites! When it comes to villains, Gregory Anton in Gaslight lacks the theatricality of The Joker or Lecter. He wants the presence of Harry Li read more
The Sadistic Spouse: Charles Boyer in Gaslight
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2014
This post is part of the Great Villain Blogathon cohosted by Speakeasy, Shadows and Satin, and Silver Screenings. Check out other entries on one of their sites! When it comes to villains, Gregory Anton in Gaslight lacks the theatricality of The Joker or Lecter. He wants the presence of Harry Lime or read more
Nazis and Humor: The Shock of Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2014
Wrap your head around this fact: Two decades before Quentin Tarantino was born, Ernst Lubitsch directed a comedy about Nazis. Unlike Tarantino, whose own Nazi film was typically bloodthirsty, Lubitsch was best known for light fare, especially sophisticated sex farces so insightful and lac read more
Nazis and Humor: The Shock of Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2014
Wrap your head around this fact: Two decades before Quentin Tarantino was born, Ernst Lubitsch directed a comedy about Nazis. Unlike Tarantino, whose own Nazi film was typically bloodthirsty, Lubitsch was best known for light fare, especially sophisticated sex farces so insightful and lacking in pr read more
The Gatsbys of Wes Anderson Films: Climbing above Archie Leach
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 10, 2014
M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes); the impeccable, refined, and deeply sketchy hero of The Grand Budapest Hotel; is the kind of character who made me fall for Wes Anderson films: men with a flair for self-creation so extreme that I can’t help rooting for them because my own imagination, by comparison, read more
Cary Grant & Wes Anderson: Climbing above Archie Leach
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 10, 2014
M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), the impeccable, refined, and deeply sketchy hero of The Grand Budapest Hotel is the kind of character who made me fall for Wes Anderson films: men with a flair for self-creation so extreme that I can’t help rooting for them because my own imagination, by comparison, seems read more
How to Crash a Party, Claudette Colbert Style
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 3, 2014
Want to crash a party, but not sure how? Mimic Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) in Midnight. Enter with Attitude You don’t have an invite? So what. A pawn ticket will do. Who looks at a piece of paper when a woman is sufficiently glamorous? Draw Attention to Yourself You might think you’d be safer read more
How to Crash a Party, Claudette Colbert Style
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 3, 2014
Want to crash a party, but not sure how? Mimic Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) in Midnight. Enter with Attitude You don’t have an invite? So what. A pawn ticket will do. Who looks at a piece of paper when a woman is sufficiently glamorous? Draw Attention to Yourself You might think you’d be safer read more
Beating the March Madness Blues with Knute
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 26, 2014
Little Mercer defeating the Big Bad Duke. That stunning Laettner shot you prayed wouldn’t go in. Davidson paying for busloads of its students to attend the Elite Eight. If you were born near corn and have since transplanted to either coast, I don’t care how thin your grasp of the finer rules (a read more
Beating the March Madness Blues with Knute
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 26, 2014
Little Mercer defeating the Big Bad Duke. That stunning Laettner shot you prayed wouldn’t go in. Davidson paying for busloads of its students to attend the Elite Eight. If you were born near corn and have since transplanted to either coast, I don’t care how thin your grasp of the finer rules (a read more
Like Liz Lemon’s Sugarbaker Meltdown? See Bette Davis in All about Eve
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 20, 2014
I always love a comedic meltdown, and 30 Rock‘s Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is brilliant at them. In one of my favorite episodes, The C Word (Season 1, Episode 14), Lemon tries to earn a reputation as a nice boss by spoiling her staff. Of course, her subordinates quickly exploit her kindness, resulti read more
Like Liz Lemon’s Sugarbaker Meltdown? See Bette Davis in All about Eve
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 20, 2014
I always love a comedic meltdown, and 30 Rock‘s Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is brilliant at them. In one of my favorite episodes, The C Word (Season 1, Episode 14), Lemon tries to earn a reputation as a nice boss by spoiling her staff. Of course, her subordinates quickly exploit her kindness, resulti read more
Sherlock Holmes Meets Paris Hilton: The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 16, 2014
This post is part of Movies Silently’s Sleuthathon. Check out other entries on her site! Imagine pitching this story idea: a Paris Hilton type with a pack of tiny dogs solves a crime New York cops can’t. It sounds like a Beyond Balderdash card, doesn’t it? That couldn’t possibly be a real movie read more
Sherlock Holmes Meets Paris Hilton: The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 16, 2014
This post is part of Movies Silently’s Sleuthathon. Check out other entries on her site! Imagine pitching this story idea: a Paris Hilton type with a pack of tiny dogs solves a crime New York cops can’t. It sounds like a Beyond Balderdash card, doesn’t it? That couldn’t possibly be a real movie read more
The Death of the Marital Rom-Com: Where Have All the Toppers Gone?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 10, 2014
When is the last time you watched a rom-com about a married couple? Aside from the occasional indie and rare mainstream flick, Hollywood seems to have retired this subject matter, despite the success of TV shows such as Mad about You, Everybody Loves Raymond, and The King of Queens. Yet I came up wi read more
The Death of the Marital Rom-Com: Where Have All the Toppers Gone?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 10, 2014
When is the last time you watched a rom-com about a married couple? Aside from the occasional indie and rare mainstream flick, Hollywood seems to have retired this subject matter, despite the success of TV shows such as Mad about You, Everybody Loves Raymond, and The King of Queens. Yet I came up wi read more
Three Hypocritical Oscar Moments
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 5, 2014
1. Ellen Insulting Her Wife’s Arrested Development Costar I don’t know about you, but if my wife had been flayed in the press for her plastic surgery, I would avoid digs like the one Ellen gave Liza Minnelli at Sunday’s Oscars. Kimmel’s Spoof Oscars Night: Perhaps Pre-Spat? While Portia read more
Three Hypocritical Oscar Moments
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 5, 2014
1. Ellen Insulting Her Wife’s Arrested Development Costar I don’t know about you, but if my wife had been flayed in the press for her plastic surgery, I would avoid digs like the one Ellen gave Liza Minnelli at Sunday’s Oscars. While Portia de Rossi didn’t seem offended, it’s hard to believe read more
No Oscar Love for Harold Ramis: The Academy, as Humorless as Ever
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 27, 2014
Harold Ramis, whom President Obama labeled “one of America’s greatest satirists,” died this week shortly before this Sunday’s Oscars. His list of co-writing credits is astonishing: Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day. He also directed the latter, Caddyshack, and read more
No Oscar Love for Harold Ramis: The Academy, as Humorless as Ever
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 27, 2014
Harold Ramis, whom President Obama labeled “one of America’s greatest satirists,” died this week shortly before this Sunday’s Oscars. His list of co-writing credits is astonishing: Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day. He also directed the latter, Caddyshack, and read more