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The Space Children (1958)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Nov 9, 2012
Dave Brewster (Adam Williams) and his wife Anne (Peggy Webber) are moving with their two children, Bud (Michel Ray) and Ken (Johnny Crawford), to a base where Dave will be working on a top-secret rocket test.
(Image: Wrong Side of the Art)
While on the way to their new home, Bud and Ken notice somet read more
Mill Creek Musings: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Nov 7, 2012
Welcome to Mill Creek Musings, a segment in which I work my way through the three low-price Mill Creek film sets that I own, reviewing each film for content and quality along the way. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers marks my fourth viewing from the 50 Dark Crimes set. This was my second time watchi read more
Book vs. film: The Secret Life of Bees
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Nov 6, 2012
(Image: Tony Shaw)
In 2002, Sue Monk Kidd published her Orange Broadband Prize-winning New York Times best-seller The Secret Life of Bees.
Though set in the pivotal year of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees is not your average “South in the 1960s” period piece. The civil rights movement is o read more
One Lovely Blog Awards!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Nov 5, 2012
We interrupt the scheduled programming on TMP today in celebration of the blog’s first award. Paula of The Culture Enthusiast was gracious enough to choose TMP as one of her 15 picks for the One Lovely Blog Award.
Big thanks to Paula, and her blog is wonderful, so you should check it out if yo read more
Mill Creek Musings: Love from a Stranger (1937)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Nov 4, 2012
Welcome to Mill Creek Musings, a segment in which I work my way through the three low-price Mill Creek film sets that I own, reviewing each film for content and quality along the way. Love from a Stranger marks my second viewing from the 50 Dark Crimes set.
Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to Europe we read more
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) (2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Nov 3, 2012
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Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck) is headed to Shanghai to wed her childhood sweetheart, Bob Strike (Gavin Gordon), who is living there and working as a missionary.
However, civil war is raging in the area. When the Chapei (Zhabei) district of the city goes up in flames on the night of Megan&# read more
As Young as We Are (1958)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Nov 2, 2012
(Image via The Video Beat)
Kim Hutchins (Pippa Scott) and Joyce Goodwin (Majel Barrett) are fresh-out-of-teacher’s-college girls who get jobs at a tough desert school – the only place that will hire them, since they’re so young.
The two move out to the desert together, with Kim lea read more
HORROR HALF-WEEK, Day 4: The Sentinel (1977)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 31, 2012
(Image via moviesfilmsandflix.com)
A note from Lindsey: Happy Halloween! This post concludes TMP’s four-part, through-the-decades Horror Half-Week series in honor of the spooky holiday. Previous posts in the series: 1940s (The Face of Marble), 1950s (Attack of the Puppet People), 1960s (Carniv read more
HORROR HALF-WEEK, Day 3: Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 30, 2012
Salt Lake City’s Saltair Amusement Park serves as the film’s super-creepy central location. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
A note from Lindsey: Halloween is almost here! The time for ghouls, monsters and otherworldy creatures is upon us. This post is the third in TMP’s four-part, th read more
Favorite things about… Strangers on a Train
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 27, 2012
(Image via Happyotter)
The favorite film:
Strangers on a Train, a 1951 crime thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock for Warner Bros.
The synopsis:
Famed tennis player Guy Haines is on a train when he meets apparent super-fan Bruno Anthony. Odd conversation ensues, and Bruno can’t seem to quit b read more
Movies, movies, movies! A questionnaire
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 26, 2012
Hello, movie lovers! I thought I’d take a break from reviewin’ today to share my answers to some movie questions I’ve seen floating around YouTube lately. (I rephrased some of the questions. I’m also not sure who came up with this/where it came from, but credit to the creator read more
Reviews in a line or two, terrible trio edition: House of Voices, Breaking Dawn and LOL
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 25, 2012
House of Voices follows a girl who arrives to work as a servant at the Saint Ange Orphanage, only to find that the decommissioned home isn’t quite as empty as it originally seemed. Lou Doillon (pictured above) stars as Judith, a disturbed girl who is cared for by one of the women who takes car read more
Favorite things about… Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 24, 2012
(Image via filmfanatic.org)
The favorite film:
The “Amazing! Startling! Shocking!” Creature from the Black Lagoon (dir. Jack Arnold), a near-perfect 1954 sci-fi/horror featuring one of the most famous Universal monsters.
The synopsis:
Dr. Carl Maia is doing some exploration in the Amazon read more
Favorite things about… The Tingler
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 23, 2012
(Screen capture by TMP)
The favorite film:
The Tingler, a 1959 Columbia Pictures horror/sci-fi flick written by Robb White and directed by William Castle
The synopsis:
Dr. Warren Chapin has a solid job conducting autopsies on executed prisoners. On the side, he’s a bit of a mad scientist, form read more
Lady For a Day (1933)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 21, 2012
Apple Annie (May Robson) is, quite fittingly, the Times Square apple seller. She has a reputation for being a good luck charm among the likes of Dave the Dude (Warren William) and his merry band of gamblin’ gangsters, and they all love her. Dave the Dude refuses to make a deal without buying a read more
The Grass is Greener (1960)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 20, 2012
(Image via socket79 @ Tumblr)
Victor (Cary Grant) and Hilary Rhyall (Deborah Kerr) are well-bred English folk who live in a huge estate. Unfortunately, they’ve fallen into a bit of a financial crisis, leading them to open the historic home up to the public for tours.
Though their home is, in e read more
Witness to Murder (1954) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 19, 2012
(Image via impawards.com)
Cheryl Draper (no relation to Don; portrayed by Barbara Stanwyck) is an aging woman who never married and lives alone in an apartment. One night, she wakes and sees through her bedroom window a man in a neighboring apartment building strangling a woman.
Being the good citiz read more
Reviews in a line or two: Sweet Revenge, One for the Money, Centre Place
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 18, 2012
(Image via moovidadb.com)
“Getting even… just got even funnier!”
Sweet Revenge (aka The Revengers’ Comedies, 1998)
dir. Malcom Mowbray; starring Helena Bonham Carter and Sam Neill
This British comedy with a Strangers on a Train-esque plot is a fast paced, witty and highly enj read more
China Seas (1935) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 17, 2012
(Screen capture by TMP)
Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) is a tough, monsoon-surviving ship captain. His latest voyage is going from Hong Kong to Singapore – a dangerous route, especially with a shipment of gold hidden on board that pirates will be hungry for.
But aside from his work, Gaskell loves read more
Love Affair (1939)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 16, 2012
(Image via Psychostasy of the Film)
Beautiful American singer Terry McKay (Irene Dunne) is traveling aboard a ship across the Atlantic Ocean when she meets womanizing French painter Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer).
Both are already engaged to other people – Terry to Kenneth Bradley (Lee Bowman) read more