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My Top 100, 80-71
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 24, 2010
It’s Friday again, which means it’s time to count down ten more of my favorite movies! All I really have to say about this bunch of movies is that almost all of my favorite types of movies are represented here. Silents, musicals, foreign, film noir, drama, comedy, they’re all the read more
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 21, 2010
Last Year at Marienbad is a very unique movie. In it, a man meets a woman while staying at a luxurious hotel and is convinced that he met her last year, that they had an affair, and that she was waiting to meet him again at the hotel. Only problem is that she says she has never met him before. read more
My Top 100, 90-81
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 17, 2010
Welcome to week two of counting down my top 100 favorite movies! This week is a pretty eclectic bunch of movies. There are a lot of lighthearted favorites, a couple of mysteries, some from the “I don’t usually like this kind of movie, but…” file, and even a few of my modern read more
A Face in the Crowd (1957) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 15, 2010
Spending some time in jail for drunk and disorderly conduct turns out to be a life altering event for Larry Rhodes (Andy Griffith). While he’s in jail, Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) stops by to broadcast her radio show and the sheriff makes a deal with Larry that he’ll be released ear read more
The African Queen at The Redford
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 12, 2010
Yesterday, I paid a visit to the Redford Theater to see two of my favorite stars, Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, together on the big screen in The African Queen. This was such a fun screening for me for several reasons. First of all, this was the first time I’d seen the movie in a read more
My Top 100, 100-91
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 10, 2010
A while back, I was talking with Colin from Pick ‘n’ Mix Flix Movie Reviews, and we got to discussing movie lists. Over at his site, he did a list of his 101 favorite movies and he challenged me to make my own top 100 list. And since everyone seems to love movie lists, I thought itR read more
12 Questions with Critical Mass
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 4, 2010
Shane over at Only Good Movies was kind enough to invite me to be part of his weekly feature Critical Mass, in which he asks various film critics and bloggers twelve questions. If you’d like to hear my thoughts on everything from my favorite director to the future of the film industry, you sh read more
A Woman is a Woman (1961)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Sep 4, 2010
A Woman is a Woman has a pretty straightforward premise: Woman wants to have a baby, her boyfriend doesn’t, conflict ensues. Anna Karina plays Angela, a stripper who desperately wants to have a baby. Angela lives with her boyfriend Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy), but he is in no hurry to get read more
What’s on TCM: September 2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 29, 2010
I Hope everyone had fun with Summer Under the Stars 2010! I know I sure did. I saw a lot of great stuff for the first time and I’ve still got lots to catch up on. September feels a little slow in comparison, but there’s still some great stuff coming soon. Vivien Leigh is the star read more
Nora Prentiss (1947)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 25, 2010
Nora Prentiss is less about Nora and more about Dr. Richard Talbot (Kent Smith). When we meet Dr. Talbot, he is a successful, married doctor from San Francisco with two children. However, he has become bored with his life and his marriage. That all changes when nightclub singer Nora Prentiss (Ann read more
A Lady of Chance (1928) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 18, 2010
Welcome to what may be the first of many reviews of Norma Shearer movies to come in the near future. I recorded about half the movies TCM played during Norma Shearer day last week, so I’ve been having a lot of fun watching them all. The first one I watched was A Lady of Chance, and it sure read more
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 7, 2010
In 1939 Poland, a theater troupe is spending its days rehearsing a new play called Gestapo and performing Hamlet by night. Part of the troupe is husband and wife Joseph and Maria Tura (Jack Benny and Carole Lombard). Maria has quite an admirer in Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski (Robert Stack), who read more
What’s on TCM: August 2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 28, 2010
It’s August, and that can only mean one thing: Summer Under the Stars! Like 31 Days of Oscar, Summer Under the Stars never disappoints and I’m definitely excited for this year’s schedule. There are plenty of days dedicated to showcasing some SUTS mainstays like Katharine Hepburn read more
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 24, 2010
I have a real weakness for big coffee table books about classic Hollywood. They’re not typically the best biographies, but they are full of nice, big pictures that are beautiful to look at and I can’t resist some good eye candy. The only problem is those books tend to get rather price read more
Contempt (1963) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 17, 2010
In Contempt, Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is hired by American film producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) to rework the script for an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang. On his first day of work, Paul’s wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) stops by, but read more
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 14, 2010
When rock star Conrad Birdie (a very thinly veiled Elvis-type) is drafted by the U.S. Army, the news isn’t just devastating to his legion of teenage fans. It’s also bad news for songwriter Albert Peterson (Dick Van Dyke), who was supposed to write a song for Birdie’s next movie. read more
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 7, 2010
BUtterfield 8 is a portrait of two people eager to start their lives over again. Elizabeth Taylor plays Gloria Wanderous, a model with a reputation for being, as she so succinctly puts it, “the slut of all time.” Laurence Harvey plays Weston Liggett, a wealthy man who has been forced read more
The Big Cube (1969)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 1, 2010
A while back, I bought the book Lana: The Memories, The Myths, The Movies by Cheryl Crane and while reading it, I came across something about a movie Lana was in called The Big Cube. The book didn’t say much about it, but all I knew is that there was a movie about Lana Turner on LSD. And sin read more
Hot Weather Classics
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 29, 2010
I think everyone has a few favorite seasonal movies. Who doesn’t have some favorite movies they watch every Halloween or Christmas? Or even some favorites to watch on rainy days. But does anyone else out there have some favorites they love to watch in the summertime when it’s nice read more
What’s on TCM: July 2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 24, 2010
Wow, TCM in July is chock full of noteworthy days! Gregory Peck is the star of the month, so that means lots of great movies like To Kill a Mockingbird, Roman Holiday, Designing Woman, and Spellbound. In addition to Gregory Peck, TCM will spend some time spotlighting other great stars like Myrna read more