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Spotlight: Break the Silence

Last week, in my review of Going My Way, I wrote about Bing Crosby’s Father O’Malley character and how much … More

Academy Awards, Best Picture, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies, Oscars, Rachel McAdams, Spotlight, Tom McCarthy

Going My Way: Uplifting During Wartime

Last week, I wrote some about the American musical, a genre that’s so ingrained within our film history, that it … More

1944, Academy Awards, Barry Fitzgerald, Best Picture, Bing Crosby, Going My Way, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies, Oscars

Chicago: All That Jazz

As with many things on the grand stage of pop culture, trends come and trends go. The best example with … More

Academy Awards, Best Picture, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies, musical, Oscars, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Rob Marshall

Marty: A Film for the Everyman

From a young age, we as people are subject to peer and societal pressure. Being social creatures, we often organize … More

1955, Academy Awards, Best Picture, Betsy Blair, Delbert Mann, Ernest Borgnine, Marty, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies, Oscars

All About Eve: Simply Terrific

As the saying goes, “those who do not know history are bound to repeat it.” I think that’s true in … More

1950, All About Eve, Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Cold War, Joseph Mankiewicz, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies

Shakespeare in Love: Not Good Enough

On June 6, 1944, the Allies stormed the beaches at Normandy, France in an attempt to break Hitler’s stone cold … More

1998, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Madden, Joseph Fiennes, movie review, movie reviews, movies, Shakespeare In Love

Mutiny on the Bounty: Adventure on the High Seas

Throughout this blog, I’ve probably preached until I’m blue in the face anytime a film from or about the 1930s … More

1935, Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Frank Lloyd, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies, Mutiny on the Bounty

Cavalcade: Untapped Potential

Normally, when I think back to the history of the 20th century, one of the first words that come to … More

1933, Cavalcade, Frank Lloyd, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies

Rain Man: The Unexpected Road Trip

For all of human history, the probably the most misunderstood aspect of being human has been mental illness. These range … More

1988, Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies, Rain Man, Tom Cruise

The Great Ziegfeld: Fantastically​ Flat

I have always believed that it is my goal while writing this blog is to help put movies in their … More

1936, Broadway, Luise Rainer, movie, movie review, movie reviews, movies, Myrna Loy, Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld, William Powell

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