Oh wow was this one a doozy! And by that I mean it was horribly tedious. Hometown Story (or apparently the proper name Home Town Story), was a small MGM film that has since lapsed into the public domain and is easily accessible if you know where to look. Unfortunately, the time it takes in findin read more
It’s hard to classify today’s film, Love Nest, because it seems to suffer from the same problems of yesterday’s film As Young As You Feel. Love Nest focuses on a small ensemble cast, several subplots, and in contrast to the other film is sickeningly sweet. A product of the early read more
I really wanted to go in chronological order but unfortunately wasn’t able to get the film before this one (Hometown Story), and already being a day behind figured I’d just skip it for now. The next film in our month is the 1951 film As Young As You Feel, the first made under Marilyn read more
So who am I and why the hell should I do a film blog? I ask myself that all the time, but I’ve been told by more than a few people I should devote some time to a blog and discuss my thoughts on film. I do this in several places already namely my weekly film podcast I do called The Midnight Matinee read more
My inaugrual post (and in fact the idea that caused me to create this blog) kicks off with My Month with Marilyn in honor of the film My Week With Marilyn. This won’t be a true month because I didn’t have a full 30 days worth of movies as I’m culling this from a few box sets I own. The biggest read more
