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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 15, 2011
Coming home to break the big news of an engagement is stressful enough, but in Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, an emerging social issue was tossed in: interracial marriage. John (Sidney Poitier) and Joey (Katharine Houghton) hope that the fact that she is white and he is black won’t read more
Doctor Dolittle (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 14, 2011
Renowned veterinarian, Doctor John Dolittle (Rex Harrison), is a strange and fantastic man. He has learned nearly five hundred different animal languages. His whole house seems to be run and overrun by his animal companions, his chimp, Chee-Chee, answers the door and tends to the dinner cooking read more
Silence of the Lambs
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 13, 2011
Sometimes it is hard to put Silence of the Lambs into the Horror film category. It’s more of s suspenseful psychological mystery/thriller, but deep down there are some classic elements of horror. You will get some delicious blood and gore, but it’s classy and magnificent. Most horror movies read more
Bugsy
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 12, 2011
Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel (Warren Beatty) was a real life mobster, originally from the New York. In the forties, he decides to turn a small business trip to Los Angeles into an extended stay, erratically buying a house while his wife, Esta (Wendy Phillips) and kids are waiting for him bac read more
JFK (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 11, 2011
Even now, nearly fifty years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy, there are still arguments and scrutiny over exactly what happened on November 22, 1963. I realize that there are many people who have strong feelings on either side of the issue, but for the sake of an accurate review of the read more
Beauty and the Beast
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 9, 2011
I remember going to seeing Beauty and the Beast with my mom, the neighbor-boy and his mom. For seven-year-old me, it was colorful, engaging and Belle was finally a female Disney lead I could not completely hate. We both loved to read and thought Gaston was a total ignoramus. The fact that his read more
America, America
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 8, 2011
In America, America, director Elia Kazan tells the personal story handed down by the elders of his family about his uncle’s dream and journey to America. At the end of the nineteenth century, Stavros Topouzoglou (Stathis Giallelis) is a young Greek man in a small village in rural Turkey. Here, read more
The Prince of Tides
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 8, 2011
For a while, The Prince of Tides is a film with potential. The central character, Tom (Nick Nolte) is called upon by a psychiatrist to recount his family’s troubling past after his twin sister, Savannah (Melinda Dillon), attempts suicide, for a second time. Back home, he and his wife are having read more
Citizen Kane (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 7, 2011
I think it was a Sunday night back in 1998 when I fought tooth and nail to stay up late and watch the countdown of AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies. At the age of twelve, I recognized less than a quarter of the list, but that three hour long battle over bedtime was my first introduction to many read more
The Little Foxes (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 6, 2011
In Southern aristocratic society at the turn of the twentieth century, Regina (Bette Davis) is focused on becoming independently wealthy from her terminally ill husband, who traditionally would only consider a son a legal heir. With her brothers, Oscar (Carl Benton Reid) and Ben (Charles Dingle), read more
Hold Back the Dawn
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 5, 2011
With hopes of entering the United States faster, Georges Iscovescu (Charles Boyer), originally from Romania, moves to a Mexico boarder town. As he applies for his visa, he learns that it will take five to eight years before he can become an American citizen. This feels like a prison sentence to read more
How Green Was My Valley
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 4, 2011
In a Welsh mining town, the youngest son of the Morgan family recalls his youth, when the valley was turning from green and peaceful to troublesome for all the community. His father (Donald Crisp) and older brothers all work in the mines, despite the risks. Their pay is not handsome, but is plenty read more
One Foot in Heaven
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 3, 2011
One Foot in Heaven is the story of a minister and his family over the years as they move from parish to parish. William Spence (Fredric March) was originally studying to be a doctor when he realized his true calling was to become a Methodist minister. This comes as quite a surprise to Hope (Martha read more
Suspicion
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 2, 2011
When Lina (Joan Fontaine) first meets the charming Johnnie (Cary Grant) while sharing a first class car on a train, he is carrying a third class ticket and just happens to be short on change that day. Right? He starts courting her and as quickly as he starts the fire, he leaves for weeks without read more
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 2, 2011
When Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery), a good hearted boxer, looks like he is about to die, Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton) acts too quickly removing his soul from his body to spare him the agony. This is a huge mistake, as it turns out that Joe was supposed to live for fifty more years. W read more
Blossoms in the Dust
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 1, 2011
In Blossoms in the Dust, Edna (Greer Garson) has witnessed the struggles and injustices that illegitimate children face all her life. When her adopted sister, Charlotte (Marsha Hunt) becomes engaged, that fact that she is a foundling is revealed and her future mother-in-law refuses to let her son read more
Sergeant York
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 31, 2011
I hate to make this comparison, but you know that film within Inglorious Basterds, Nation’s Pride? Today, this seems like the friendlier, American version, only instead of two hours of just patriotic shooting, we get the true story of a young man from rural Tennessee reformed by hard work and relig read more
Does This Make My Blog Look Fat?
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 30, 2011
The other day, I was lingering around the old coffee shop, scoring free snacks like a hobo from people who seem to pity me and my I-write-and-don’t-make-money-off-it status, when I see that my comrade, Marya over at Cinema-Fanatic has honored me with the “Stylish Blogger” award. Now I feel cool read more
The Maltese Falcon
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 30, 2011
Not that I’m bragging, but I’m so dedicated to this insane blog project that watched The Maltese Falcon twice. Not that I really wanted to, but my first viewing, after a long day, was late last Saturday night, tummy stuffed on grilled shish-kabobs, courtesy of my loving husband. He saw The Maltese read more
The Heiress
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 29, 2011
Have you ever been stood up on a date? Did your parent ever forget to pick you up after practice on a rainy day? Have you ever feared an ulterior motive to a friendship or relationship? If you answered yes, or can twist minor details of any of those questions to fit you personally, then you will read more