Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 2, 2019
The first hour of Mikey and Nicky is trying to decide if you’re going to like either of them. Because they don’t deserve sympathy, it’s just whether you’re going to like them. It’s possible to be sympathetic to Peter Falk (Mikey) while still liking John Cassavettes (Nicky). The movie runs read more
Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 2, 2019
The first hour of Mikey and Nicky is trying to decide if you’re going to like either of them. Because they don’t deserve sympathy, it’s just whether you’re going to like them. It’s possible to be sympathetic to Peter Falk (Mikey) while still liking John Cassavettes (Nicky). The movie runs read more
Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 2, 2019
The first hour of Mikey and Nicky is trying to decide if you’re going to like either of them. Because they don’t deserve sympathy, it’s just whether you’re going to like them. It’s possible to be sympathetic to Peter Falk (Mikey) while still liking John Cassavettes (Nicky). The movie runs read more
Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 2, 2019
The first hour of Mikey and Nicky is trying to decide if you’re going to like either of them. Because they don’t deserve sympathy, it’s just whether you’re going to like them. It’s possible to be sympathetic to Peter Falk (Mikey) while still liking John Cassavettes (Nicky). The movie runs read more
Jaws song
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 1, 2019
I’ve run The Stop Button at various levels of pretentiousness over the years. So not having star ratings was something I thought about a lot. For whatever reason, whether someone I knew who liked movies was LaserDisc level or just someone who respected OAR (even if they still watched P&S) read more
Night Call (1964, Jacques Tourneur) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 31, 2019
Night Call’s pre-Rod Serling tag has lead Gladys Cooper having trouble sleeping through a thunderstorm. She then gets two phone calls at 2 a.m., with just static on the line. The next day, after the Serling intro promising Cooper’s in for a momentous event, Cooper tries reporting the phone calls read more
Night Call (1964, Jacques Tourneur) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 31, 2019
Night Call’s pre-Rod Serling tag has lead Gladys Cooper having trouble sleeping through a thunderstorm. She then gets two phone calls at 2 a.m., with just static on the line. The next day, after the Serling intro promising Cooper’s in for a momentous event, Cooper tries reporting the phone calls read more
Night Call (1964, Jacques Tourneur) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 31, 2019
Night Call’s pre-Rod Serling tag has lead Gladys Cooper having trouble sleeping through a thunderstorm. She then gets two phone calls at 2 a.m., with just static on the line. The next day, after the Serling intro promising Cooper’s in for a momentous event, Cooper tries reporting the phone calls read more
Night Call (1964, Jacques Tourneur) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 31, 2019
Night Call’s pre-Rod Serling tag has lead Gladys Cooper having trouble sleeping through a thunderstorm. She then gets two phone calls at 2 a.m., with just static on the line. The next day, after the Serling intro promising Cooper’s in for a momentous event, Cooper tries reporting the phone calls read more
As needed
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 30, 2019
I use streaming services as needed. Want to see that Godzilla anime, time to dust off the Netflix, want to watch “Discovery,” CBSAccess until the season is done. I wasn’t enthusiastic about FilmStruck. I never did Warner Archive streaming even though I should’ve. I don’ read more
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 29, 2019
Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n read more
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 29, 2019
Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n read more
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 29, 2019
Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n read more
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 29, 2019
Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n read more
Snow snow go away
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 28, 2019
I’m trying to write this blog post and Fozzy (the cat) is sitting on my lap and, while it’s adorable and not exactly distracting, it’s limiting my options, motion-wise. I’ve been through five starts to this post, which probably won’t be longer than 300 words, probably read more
Sum Up | 2018 in Review (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 27, 2019
I didn’t have any big plans for The Stop Button in 2018 other than blogathons and whatever came up. Comics Fondle I was reading all of Love and Rockets, which took more than 2018. But Stop Button… well, marathon training. It was going to take up a lot of time. Of the 157 feature films… the three read more
Sum Up | 2018 in Review (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 27, 2019
I didn’t have any big plans for The Stop Button in 2018 other than blogathons and whatever came up. Comics Fondle I was reading all of Love and Rockets, which took more than 2018. But Stop Button… well, marathon training. It was going to take up a lot of time. Of the 157 feature films… the three read more
Sum Up | 2018 in Review (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 27, 2019
I didn’t have any big plans for The Stop Button in 2018 other than blogathons and whatever came up. Comics Fondle I was reading all of Love and Rockets, which took more than 2018. But Stop Button… well, marathon training. It was going to take up a lot of time. Of the 157 feature films… the three read more
Sum Up | 2018 in Review (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 27, 2019
I didn’t have any big plans for The Stop Button in 2018 other than blogathons and whatever came up. Comics Fondle I was reading all of Love and Rockets, which took more than 2018. But Stop Button… well, marathon training. It was going to take up a lot of time. Of the 157 feature films… the three read more
Unrelated
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 26, 2019
I got one episode left on “Punisher” Season Two and I’m dreading it. I’ve read skimmed the posts about the concerning finish. Like multi-level concerning finish. And it’s already been a self-indulgent season. Two episodes of selling Jon Bernthal as a heartthrob, the en read more