I can't believe we're in December already because 2025 has seemed really long and really short at the same time. Who knows how that happens, but I'm not complaining. Movie-wise, November turned out to be another theme month. I don't think anyone planned it as such, but anyway, it was all about history and memory. … Continue reading Where Have We Been?
Poverty Row Tries Horror (Or Something)
Here we go... When I picked my movie for Kristen's latest Spooky Classic Movie Blogathon, I thought Torture Ship sounded suitably menacing. I went into it knowing absolutely nothing about the movie except that it was released in 1939 and was about a ship where criminals were tortured. It should have been at least a little … Continue reading Poverty Row Tries Horror (Or Something)
August Was Hot. The Movies Were Not.
In Placer County, we have lonnnng summers. We'll get summerlike weather from June all the way up until around Halloween, albeit punctuated with some rain and thunder and lightning in the last couple of months. Right now we keep getting rain and lightning in the morning, and muggy and hot in the afternoon. At least … Continue reading August Was Hot. The Movies Were Not.
Charlie Chaplin’s Chagrin
Charlie Chaplin was certainly multi-talented, and 1928's The Circus tested every performing skill he had, along with others that he probably would have preferred not to exercise. The whole business was so bad that in after years Chaplin preferred to act as if the film never existed, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. The movie opens … Continue reading Charlie Chaplin’s Chagrin
Five Favorite Hollywood Biopics
Tag time! My lovely friend, Gill of Realweegimidget Reviews challenged me to name my five favorite Hollywood biopics, so here we go. It's hard to believe this tag is still going after almost four years, but it somehow is. Woo hoo! Here are the rules: Nominate one or more people to review the film or … Continue reading Five Favorite Hollywood Biopics
Songs, Schtick and Not Much Else
Remember the 1941 Abbott and Costello movie, Buck Privates? Maybe. Remember 1942's Private Buckaroo? No? There's a good reason for that. Two, actually. One, it stinks. Two, it has no plot, but we'll do our best. It all opens at a club, where Henry James is giving out with Helen Forrest and his orchestra on "You Made Me … Continue reading Songs, Schtick and Not Much Else
It’s A Wash
We're most definitely in the thick of fall now, and I say that because Placer County is typically late with the fall weather--as I've said before, we generally don't cool off too much until mid-October--but now we're getting rain and wind and all that stuff. Coziness...woo hoo! Naturally, the movies are starting to reflect Award … Continue reading It’s A Wash
Eddie Poe Goes To Camp
Spooky, scary skeletons, and shivers down your spine... When we think of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, we all think of the forlorn, unnamed narrator trying to shoo away that pesky bird as it perches itself on the pallid bust of Pallas, always and only uttering that single word, "Nevermore." Thoughts of lost Lenore are shelved for … Continue reading Eddie Poe Goes To Camp
If Movies Were Clickbait
We all know there are a lot of lame movies floating around out there, and the best ones are laughably bad. 2014's Treehouse, not so much. This monstrosity, which is set in the Ozarks, only garnered two critics' reviews and an abysmal thirteen percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, plus a whopping 3.8 rating on IMDb. … Continue reading If Movies Were Clickbait
Taking Up Room 