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52 Romantic Movies You Either Love or Hate

Dale’s blogs about some of her favorite romantic movies (see “Favorite Romance Movies” and “Favorite Romance Movies-Part 2”) has inspired this next one from me. The idea took hold because I sympathized with a comment one reader, deedee1231, left on both blogs regarding the movie Casablanca. She wasn’t a fan. (Though she didn’t begrudge Dale for including it on her fave list.) Deedee1231 thought Casablanca was overhyped. (Though she also admitted she’d seen it so many times she was just plum over it.) I chuckled with sympathy when I read her comment. Though it wasn’t Casablanca I had in mind, … Continue reading →

Harvey (1950)

Earlier today I confessed my deep and abiding love of bunny rabbits. It’s only natural, then, that I should love this Jimmy Stewart classic. Stewart portrays a gentle-mannered man named Elwood P. Dowd who lives with his sister and his niece. He’s a relatively stable individual in every way but one – he thinks he has an invisible friend. But this would not be an ordinary invisible friend – this would be a pooka, which is, by translation, a mischievous magical creature commonly found in Celtic mythology. This particular pooka is a six-foot tall (oh, pardon. I err.) A six-foot-three-and-a-half-inch … Continue reading →

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

“Robin and the 7 Hoods” is one of those movies that you just don’t expect to be what it turns out to be. I knew it would be a musical; with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra both in starring roles, that was a given, but beyond that, I was clueless going in. The underworld of Chicago is shaken when crime boss Big Jim is taken out by an assassin at his birthday party. The hit was arranged by Guy Gisborne (Peter Falk) who has always wanted to run the organization his own way. Robbo (Frank Sinatra) was Big Jim’s friend … Continue reading →

The Philadephia Story (1940) and High Society (1956)

You’re getting two for one today. “High Society” is a musical remake of “The Philadelphia Story,” and the two movies are so similar, I thought I’d just review them side by side. The basic story is as follows: Tracy Lord, an aristocratic divorcee, is preparing for her second marriage. Her ex-husband, C. K. Dexter Haven, is a loveable lout who is still in love with her. He’s made no secret of the fact that he’d like her back, but she’s too stubborn to even talk about it. Tracy’s father has been philandering with an actress, and if the story gets … Continue reading →