SOURCE: Century 16, Cedar Hills, Beaverton, OR
I purchased my tickets for the official opening night of the Barbie movie over a month ago. I am happy to report that the movie was well worth it! I was worried that the movie wouldn't live up to all the months of hype, but I was not disappointed. This movie was fantastic--one of the best, most original new releases I've seen in years. The Barbie movie is the perfect summer film.
The…
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I cannot believe that I haven't reviewed this film before. This is hands-down my favorite film of all time. I have seen it at least a hundred times, no exaggeration. I love this movie. I wore out two VHS back in the day and am on my second DVD. This film became one of my family's traditional camping films. I can recite the dialogue, some of which has become inside jokes with my family.
Lucille Ball and Desi…
SOURCE: Personal Collection
This was a blind buy that I got a few years ago, because I love Loretta Young's precode films. This film also features Joan Blondell in a very brief segment.
In this film, Loretta Young plays Claire "Mac" McIntyre a recent college graduate and newlywed who stays behind in New York while her husband pursues his jazz career in Paris. Claire's husband, Johnny Saunders (Frank Albertson) is an up and coming bandleader. Claire places a far too…
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This is the Christmas film that is consistently confused with "White Christmas." I can see why, both films feature the song, "White Christmas," both films have Bing Crosby, both feature a score by Irving Berlin, both use the same set, and both feature the song "Abraham," but in different capacities. Speaking of "Abraham"... the one MAJOR difference between "Holiday Inn" and "White Christmas" is that the former contains a blackface scene and the latter does not.
I…
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This is one of the "big" 1960s musicals and I hadn't seen it before. Though, I'd seen a lot of parodies of it. When Robert Preston's character goes into his spiel about band instruments and marching band, I was reminded of the Monorail episode of "The Simpsons." Later, when Buddy "Scuttle the seagull" Hackett sings "Shipoopi," I was reminded of "Family Guy." I'm still not sure how I'd feel being referred to as a "shipoopi" if I were…
