July 15: A Chump at Oxford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok8fu30XA8g I had never before seen a Laurel and Hardy film before. I don’t expect to seek them out, they aren’t my kind of […]

I’m very behind on these posts, I haven’t had much feedback and have become a bit discouraged, but I’m halfway finished with this resolution and if I give it up, […]

June 24: Deception http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmBvAR7ArRU In the 1940s, there were several movies made about women falling into passionate romances with talented musicians. They were like the original groupies. Joan Crawford starred […]

June 17: Albert Nobbs I looked forward to this film long before it was released in theaters, but because I never make it to the cinema, I had to wait […]

June 10: The Smiling Ghost This was one of the most racist movies I have ever seen. That said, the racism filled this picture with inappropriate giggles. The film is […]

May 27: Madame Bovary Madame Bovary is a tedious, dull novel. Not bad, but boring. I read the book, in French, of course, and thought to myself, “Well, ok. That’s […]

May 20: When Ladies Meet The Joan Crawford version of this picture is much better. Maybe that’s just my bias due to my complete adulation of Joan, but the later […]