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Worth Watching Before the Oscars or Not? Quick Reviews of Six Nominees
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 4, 2015
With little more than two weeks left before the Oscars, is it worth it to view all eight? Even for those of us who think this was a great year for movies, eight by Feb. 22nd may be pushing it. To help you decide, I’m including short reviews for the nominees I’ve seen so far (two left to go). The read more
Worth Watching Before the Oscars or Not? Quick Reviews of Six Nominees
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 4, 2015
With little more than two weeks left before the Oscars, is it worth it to view all eight? Even for those of us who think this was a great year for movies, eight by Feb. 22nd may be pushing it. To help you decide, I’m including short reviews for the nominees I’ve seen so far (two left to go). The read more
Fabulous Fights: Ginger Rogers & Gail Patrick in Stage Door (1937)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 31, 2015
This post is part of Backlots’ 4th Annual Dueling Divas Blogathon. Check out the other entries! If you haven’t seen Jean (Ginger Rogers) squabble with Linda (Gail Patrick) in Stage Door, I envy you. It’s just such a pleasure. Three minutes into the movie, they are already at it: Jean thinks Linda read more
Fabulous Fights: Ginger Rogers & Gail Patrick in Stage Door (1937)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 31, 2015
This post is part of Backlots’ 4th Annual Dueling Divas Blogathon. Check out the other entries! If you haven’t seen Jean (Ginger Rogers) squabble with Linda (Gail Patrick) in Stage Door, I envy you. It’s just such a pleasure. Three minutes into the movie, they are already at it: Jean thinks Linda read more
Five Surprising Lessons I’ve Learned from Blogging
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 27, 2015
Sixty posts after my first, I’d like to reflect on the unexpected—and sometimes bizarre—lessons I’ve learned in my first year blogging: 1. Quality/Effort/Originality Does Not Equal a Popular Post; the Word ‘Sex’ in the Title Does Of course, in theory I knew that words such as “sex” read more
Five Surprising Lessons I’ve Learned from Blogging
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 27, 2015
Sixty posts after my first, I’d like to reflect on the unexpected—and sometimes bizarre—lessons I’ve learned in my first year blogging: 1. Quality/Effort/Originality Does Not Equal a Popular Post; the Word ‘Sex’ in the Title Does Of course, in theory I knew that words such as “sex” read more
The Oscar Snub No One Is Talking about: Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 22, 2015
I know everyone is busy discussing the Selma Oscar snubs and Jennifer Aniston’s supposed one. The former film I haven’t seen yet, and Cake I won’t. Only when I scrolled through long lists of snubs would I find Ralph Fiennes, as if the omission of his name were insignificant, perhaps expected. read more
The Oscar Snub No One Is Talking about: Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 22, 2015
I know everyone is busy discussing the Selma Oscar snubs and Jennifer Aniston’s supposed one. The former film I haven’t seen yet, and Cake I won’t. Only when I scrolled through long lists of snubs would I find Ralph Fiennes, as if the omission of his name were insignificant, perhaps expected. read more
Some Like It Hot: Only for Men?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 18, 2015
I know that the field of comedy has always been dominated by men. It’s no surprise that when humorous films are ranked, those most amusing to men lead the pack. But I still find it disturbing that the film the AFI considers the funniest of all time is one that gives me just a few laughs in its two read more
Some Like It Hot: Only for Men?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 18, 2015
I know that the field of comedy has always been dominated by men. It’s no surprise that when humorous films are ranked, those most amusing to men lead the pack. But I still find it disturbing that the film the AFI considers the funniest of all time is one that gives me just a few laughs in its two read more
The Depression Satire, Gold Diggers of 1933
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 11, 2015
What does the term gold digger really mean, in the context of the Depression? Today we think of Kanye’s gold digger; buying gold and liposuction, maybe holding a lap dog and wearing furs; not a showgirl escaping destitution. For a musical, Gold Diggers of 1933 is surprisingly earnest, managing to read more
The Depression Satire, Gold Diggers of 1933
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 11, 2015
What does the term gold digger really mean, in the context of the Depression? Today we think of Kanye’s gold digger; buying gold and liposuction, maybe holding a lap dog and wearing furs; not a showgirl escaping destitution. For a musical, Gold Diggers of 1933 is surprisingly earnest, managing to read more
A Showcase for Garfield, Neal, and Hernandez: The Breaking Point (1950)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 7, 2015
The Breaking Point is tense from its first scene, with fishing boat captain Harry (John Garfield) arriving on dock to find that his credit is no longer good enough for the gas he needs for his next trip. Money troubles mean he can’t feed his wife and kids, can’t pay his partner, Wesley (Juano Herna read more
A Showcase for Garfield, Neal, and Hernandez: The Breaking Point (1950)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 7, 2015
The Breaking Point is tense from its first scene, with fishing boat captain Harry (John Garfield) arriving on dock to find that his credit is no longer good enough for the gas he needs for his next trip. Money troubles mean he can’t feed his wife and kids, can’t pay his partner, Wesley (Juano Herna read more
Turning My Sister into a Classic Movie Fan, Bout 1: Rachel 1, Me 0
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 28, 2014
Christmas night I made my sister watch Body and Soul (1947), her first viewing in fulfillment of our bet (if she watches 10 classic films, I will watch Breaking Bad). During the movie, she alternately complained about the music, stared blankly, and dozed off. Afterward, she said, “Well the acting read more
Turning My Sister into a Classic Movie Fan, Bout 1: Rachel 1, Me 0
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 28, 2014
Christmas night I made my sister watch Body and Soul (1947), her first viewing in fulfillment of our bet (if she watches 10 classic films, I will watch Breaking Bad). During the movie, she alternately complained about the music, stared blankly, and dozed off. Afterward, she said, “Well the acting read more
The Moment I Fell for Eve Arden
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 18, 2014
In the early eighties, all the girls I knew pined for large hoop earrings, curly hair, and tight pants just like the changed Sandy in Grease. We piped “You’re the One that I Want,” with its requisite “oooh, oooh, ooohs,” imagining we could lure Danny into the sky with us. Grease had a staying read more
The Moment I Fell for Eve Arden
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 18, 2014
In the early eighties, all the girls I knew pined for large hoop earrings, curly hair, and tight pants just like the changed Sandy in Grease. We piped “You’re the One that I Want,” with its requisite “oooh, oooh, ooohs,” imagining we could lure Danny into the sky with us. Grease had a staying read more
A Film Celebrating Bad Cooks: Christmas in Connecticut
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 13, 2014
I come from a long line of bad cooks. My mother was way ahead of her peers with the natural foods craze, but, like a new vegan, she never learned to substitute anything for the bacon grease she’d been raised with; everything she made was bland. When we visited my maternal grandmother’s, all of our read more
A Film Celebrating Bad Cooks: Christmas in Connecticut
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 13, 2014
I come from a long line of bad cooks. My mother was way ahead of her peers with the natural foods craze, but, like a new vegan, she never learned to substitute anything for the bacon grease she’d been raised with; everything she made was bland. When we visited my maternal grandmother’s, all of our read more