Not much, but what there is is "cherce"........
Roxie Hart (1942) Ginger Rogers and Adolph Menjou in the original screenplay that became "Chicago." Very broad satire, with everyone over the top. Good fun. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035272/
Yellow Sky (1948) Anne Baxter, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark. A western with grit - you can almost taste the sand and feel the heat. Gang robs a bank and is chased into the salt flats and rides and walks 80 miles until they stumble into the 'ghost town' where Baxter and her grandpa live and mine for gold. Trouble insues. Peck outstanding as a bad boy gone good for a woman. Baxter good as the tough gal. Widmark has little to do but does it well. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040978/
20th Century Hours Of Stars "Overnight Hall" (1956) Richard Conte, Lizabeth Scott. During the 1950's and 60's Conte was almost a weekly star on one program or another. In this, the scipt defeats him. Story of a man and his stepson on a trip in dad's truck, when there is a blowout. The boy crawls under the truck to get his dog, and the jack suddenly gives way and he is trapped, not hurt, but wedged in. The rest of the story is Conte's frantic journey back along deserted road to find help, but he never tells people why he is doing what he is doing. Ends up in jail. Very poor writing, with huge gaps in believeability. But Conte is fun to watch. 5/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0501923/
Young Persons Guide To Becoming A Rock Star (1998) UK Television series featuring Gerard Butler. This was a 3 part series. Very well done story of the trials and tribulations of a group trying to get a band together and get an agent. Highlight is Butler's cameo of a rock star's meltdown in the agents office, because there wasn't a private loo for him on the plane to Japan, and "no avacados; I specifically ask for avacados." "Nobody loves me" he ends his rant. Very funny and him ending in the hotel bed with a bowl of fruit all that is covering his 'bits' and the girls have tied him up, doublecrossing the sorry ass, is worth the price of the DVD. Early in his career he had that something that makes you watch him when he is on screen. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178167/
Dear Frankie (2003) Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Jack McElhone. Almost perfect little film of a mother keeping her son safe from an abusive situation. Her story of the father being on a ship called the "Accra" and it turning up in the port town where she has settled her Mom and son, makes her have to find some man to pose for just one day, and visit the boy. She finds "The Stranger" Butler, who is quiet, but a strong presense. All the actors are spot on. The location shooting in Glasgow, Scotland, and the lovely score, make this a real joy to watch.
9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377752/
Lovely Autumn weather keeps me out and about. Have some of my collection sitting on the table by my viewing chair, so the predicted rainy weather will have me watching favorites.
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