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Doctor X (1932)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 13, 2012
“Well, I was born a coal miner’s potentially homicidal doctor’s daughter.” (Image via frommidnight.blogspot.com)
Lee Taylor (Lee Tracy) is a snoopy, snarky New York reporter investigating a strain of serial murders by a man only known as the “Moon Killer.” There h read more
Netflix Instant Pick #9 – Romantics Anonymous
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 12, 2012
(Image via youmeandcharlie.com)
Les Emotifs Anonymes (English title: Romantics Anonymous, 2010)
Dir. Jean-Pierre Ameris; starring Benoit Poelvoorde and Isabelle Carre
The score: 5/5!
Les Emotifs Anonymes is an absolutely charming, 100% delightful French romantic comedy that all at once includes sa read more
Picture Snatcher (1933) (2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 11, 2012
I’m a sucker for awesome DVD covers, and this one made it an absolute certainty that I needed to add Picture Snatcher to my collection. (Image via crslatnick.com, cropped by TMP)
Danny Kean (James Cagney) is fresh off of a prison sentence and has a long track record of criminal involvement. Th read more
FIVE favorite films of George Cukor
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 10, 2012
George Dewey Cukor was born on July 7, 1899. Had he been born superhuman (which, in terms of talent, he was), last Saturday would have been his 113th birthday. Though he was replaced as the director of the legendary 1939 film Gone with the Wind, Cukor would go on to become a legend in his own right, read more
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 9, 2012
(Image via themostbeautifulfraudintheworld.blogspot.com)
Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is a socialite who happens to be enjoying a late night walk with the dogs after a costume party when she comes across a body in the empty house belonging to a wealthy couple, the Lanes. She calls the police stra read more
Romance in Manhattan (1935)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 8, 2012
(Image via moviepostershop.com)
Karel Novak (Francis Lederer) has come to America from Czechoslovakia with $58 in his pocket and a mind full of big dreams. His excitement is palpable as he prepares to become an American citizen. But sadly, when he finally gets his chance to gain citizenship, Karel i read more
This Man is Mine (1934)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 7, 2012
The Dunlaps (Image via Irene Dunne Project)
*This review contains spoilers for 1934′s This Man is Mine.
Tony (Irene Dunne) and Jim Dunlap (Ralph Bellamy) have a pleasant life and marriage. Tony is the stereotypical “ideal” wife – devoted to her husband, affectionate, able to read more
The Smiling Ghost (1941)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 6, 2012
(Image via annyas.com)
Alexander Downing (Wayne Morris), more commonly known as “Lucky,” is a bit down on his luck. He’s trapped himself in an office to hide from his debts. Lucky’s friend and secretary Clarence (Willie Best) places an ad for him in the paper, offering his wo read more
OT Thursday: HIMYM Season 2
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 5, 2012
Remember last week’s OT Thursday post, when I said that I finished Season 1 of How I Met Your Mother the Saturday before that? Well, I finished season 2 that same weekend. I always get hooked into marathons!
I loved it just as much as season 1 (maybe even more than season 1) and actually caugh read more
Recap and React: Alfred Hitchcock Presents… episodes 7 – 12
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 4, 2012
(Image via hulu.com)
SEASON 1, EPISODE 7: “BREAKDOWN”
DIR. ALFRED HITCHCOCK
STARRING JOSEPH COTTEN, RAYMOND BAILEY, MURRAY ALPER AND AARON SPELLING
ORIGINALLY AIRED NOVEMBER 13, 1955
Recap: William (Joseph Cotten) is the stereotypical “tough guy” businessman. He fires people read more
TWENTY greatest discoveries of the first half of 2012 (Picspam)!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 3, 2012
Half of the year has passed us by, and since the number of great films I’ve discovered in 2012 is nearly as high as the number films I watched in total in 2011, it’s time for a mid-year wrap up! The following are my favorite discoveries of the year so far, in chronological order by year read more
Boom Town (1940)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 2, 2012
Big John (Clark Gable) and Square John (Spencer Tracy) are two good buddies who travel around, conning oil equipment out of people in order to eventually develop their own fields. They make a few enemies and owe a bit of money along the way, but eventually get a little plot set up and start drilling read more
Union Depot (1932) (2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 1, 2012
(Image via hollywoodrevue.wordpress.com)
Alfred E. Green’s Union Depot (1932) starts off by setting up the frantic pace of – what else? – a busy metropolitan train station. Moving around the depot, the film shows a wide range of people saying goodbye to loved ones, boarding trains read more
Men Are Such Fools (1938) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 30, 2012
(Image via ebay.com)
Linda Lawrence (Priscilla Lane) is a career girl, working for a big New York ad agency known as Americo. She works as an assistant to one of the agency’s executives, Mr. Bates, but dreams of rising up the ladder to become an executive herself some day. She works hard to re read more
Films in 2012: June
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 30, 2012
New to me: 62
Re-watches: 30 (some of which were for Adaptation Month)
Total watched: 92 (!) (Theater trips: 0)
Total in 2012 so far: 341
This was an enormous movie month for me. I watched more films than any other month, both new to me, re-watched and in total. The 92 films that I watched this mont read more
Book vs. film: Valley of the Dolls
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 29, 2012
*This post contains mild spoilers for both the novel and film versions of Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls. I’ve tried to avoid major spoilers as much as possible!
(Image via Gayle and Books)
Valley of the Dolls, written by Jacqueline Susann, was originally published by Bernard G read more
OT Thursday: More TV talk! HIMYM Season 1
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 28, 2012
Here’s a show that I forgot to include in my favorites list: CBS’s best comedy (in my opinion), How I Met Your Mother. As much as I love this show, I somehow completely missed season 7 – as in, didn’t even catch a millisecond of one episode. Soon after realizing that I neglec read more
Book vs. film: Shutter Island
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 27, 2012
*This post contains spoilers for both the book and film versions of Shutter Island. I’ve tried to avoid them as much as possible, but read with caution! Major spoilers are clearly marked.
Chuck and Teddy explore the island and end up taking shelter from the stormy weather in a mausoleum. (Ima read more
Royal Wedding (1951)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 26, 2012
Tom (Fred Astaire) and Ellen Bowen (Jane Powell) are a singing, dancing brother-sister stage duo. When their show in New York City closes, their agent books them in London, where preparations are being made for Elizabeth II’s quickly approaching Royal Wedding.
On the ship to England, Ellen mee read more
Hitchcock Double Feature! Easy Virtue (’28) and Blackmail (’29)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 25, 2012
On a recent movie night extravaganza, my mom (who I’m swiftly converting into a classic film fan!) surprised me by picking up a Hitchcock two-film DVD at the library for us to watch. The DVD includes 1928′s Easy Virtue and 1929′s Blackmail, along with an introduction by Tony Curtis read more