The weather was very nice, with only a few storms. So I was able to do some shopping, and have lunch out and also watch movies:
Juno (2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/
Oh. Puleese! This was one of the 5 best of 2007? Egads, what about "300" - innovative, creative, and new. This was like a TV Saturday film for the high school crowd. Oh yeah, I get it! That's who this was for and they think it is profound. Yikes, I feel for the world as we know it. 5/10
P.S., I Love You (2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431308/
Enjoyable romantic drama that I watched again with the Cecelia Ahern commentary about the way her book was changed for the film. Very good job by all concerned. 9/10
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (1997-TV series) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138899/
An interesting mystery from the PBS Mystery Theater with Diana Rigg doing intro and wrap. Early work with a small role for Gerard Butler. He already could command the screen. Camera loved him. Story about a pregnant private detective who finds the Docs are running a baby adoption ring. 8/10
Fools Gold (2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770752/
Beautiful scenery - live and inanimate. Dear daughter decided we had to rent this. She loves the MM guy - and the scenery of what she thought was the Bahamas. Turns out it was filmed in Queensland, Australia! It was gorgeous - aqua blue water and white sand, palm trees, blue skies and white clouds. Oh and Matthew McConaughey was cute - in a bummy kinda way. Kate Hudson is getting boring. She needs a makeover. Did Donald Sutherland just need a paycheck? Or did they all just want a vacation? The yaught was to die for and I wouldn't mind spending a few months on it and swimming in that water. And get paid. 6/10
Singing In The Rain (1952) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/
A true "classic" in every sense - and a perfect as they get. Gene Kellys' best. Debbie Reynols is so cute you wanna cry. Donald O'Connor steals most of the scenes he is in, and ditto for Jean Hagan. The gorgeous Cyd Charisse's dances with Kelly are some of the best on film. Millard Mitchell, never better as the beleaguered studio head. All in all, a pleasure to watch every time I get out the DVD, or watch on TV. 10/10
The Pilots Wife (2002-TV) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289390/
Christine Lahti makes this story of a crash at sea, and her lost husband(John Hurt) who had secrets, watchable. 7/10
Betsy's Wedding (1990) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099128/
A favorite, with Alan Alda the frustrated father; Madeline Kahn, his wife; Molly Ringwald their daughter, Betsy, who is getting married; Joe Pesci, the bother-in-law from hell; Catherine O'Hara, his wife who gets even; and best of all - Ally Sheedy, the other daughter who is a cop; and Anthony LaPaglia, as Stevie Dee, who is crazy about her. Their story and unusual romance is the highlight of the film. All in all, a pleasure for a June day. 8/10
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259446/
Do you see a trend? June - Weddings? This was such a fun film of a large frump, who gets the handsome guy, that it made tons of money in theaters around the world. Proving that there is a big audience for comedies for women of a certain age. This big Greek family are fun and we like being around them. 8/10
Woman In White (1948) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040974/
What a cast! Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Gig Young, Agnes Moorhead, John Emory and last but not least, John Abbott, as the most delicious invalid ever put on screen. He is a buffet of nerves and ailments, who can't abide the slightest noise - unless he makes it. The story is based on the Wilkie Collins novel, considered the first true mystery story. A mansion, rich beautiful heroine, her companion cousin, the artist tutor, and such an array of unusual guests in the house, plus 'the woman in white' running about the grounds, make a fun hour and a half. 8/10
Telefon (1977) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076804/
The cold war is on hold, and somehow a madman has decided to use the plot to blow up installtions in the USA for his own purposes. To the rescue comes Charles Bronson from Moscow, and Lee Remick from the USA. The plot is interesting, the Stars are having a good time, and so are we. Scenery pretty too. 8/10
July is upon us. Here in the Heartland USA, that means Hot! Air-conditioning and iced drinks! And movies.
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