Highly Dangerous (1950) Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Marius Goring. Germ warfare, lady scientists, and a brash American reporter. Recruited to spy on secret facility in an European country, she is supposed to be investigating tourist sites for her company. She gets a knock on the head and when she comes to, thinks she is a gal in a radio serial she has been listening to. Her reporter tracker thinks she is okay and just foolhardy, but goes along on her scheme to infiltrate the germ lab. Interesting and fun look at 1950's ideas about the subject. Dane Clark is engaging and better than ever as he flirts and then tries to help her. Lockwood is very pretty and charming. But Goring, in a horrible mustache, is laughable. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042553/combined
ENCORES:
The Lady Vanishes (1938) Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lucas, Dame May Whitty. Early Hitchcock and delightful. Has a great train and intrigue and mystery. Redgrave starts as an ass but turns into a prince helping the ladies in distress. 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030341/combined
Bachelor Mother (1939) Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn. Charming story of a shop girl who discovers a woman leaving a baby on the doorstep of an adoption agency and is mistaken for it's mother. Department store owner gets involved and the mix-up continues until
Coburn has the great line "I don't care who is the father, I'm the grandfather." Also has a great New Years Eve in Times Square scene. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031067/combined
Three Little Words (1950) Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn. One of my favorite musicals. Story of the songwriting team of Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby is given the Hollywood treatment and it is very entertaining. One of the best for all the cast. 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/combined
Murder By Death (1976) All star cast spoofing all the great detectives of films. My favorite bit is Alec Guinness as blind Bensenmum giving orders to deaf cook Nancy Walker as Yetta. Always go into gales of laughter. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074937/combined
Lethal Weapon (1987) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey. Entertaining cops and bad guys story. Too bad Gibson turned out to be even crazier than his cop role here. Glover is fine as the adult in the room. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093409/combined
Moon Over Parador (1988) Richard Dreyfuss, Sonia Braga, Raul Julia, Jonathan Winters. Funny spoof of mistaken identity films. The last scene with Braga in her white evening gown and long scarf blowing in the wind of the plane with the huge moon behind her is marvelous. As character Jack Noah says "what a moment - straight out of Casablanca." 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095654/combined
Tombstone (1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Booth. The four Earp brothers just want to retire to Tombstone and run their saloon in peace. But there are always bad guys shooting off their mouths and guns and what is a fella to do? Good western. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/combined
Evita (1996) Madonna, Anthonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce. Musical version of the Perons' of Argentina. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116250/combined
Gosford Park (2001) Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Kelly Macdonald, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Bob Balaban. Murder at the mansion among the Lords and Ladies and their servants and upstart guests from 'over the pond'. Lots of fun. Maggie Smith is too too- and great as usual. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707/combined
Spy Game (2001) Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack. Title says it all. Redford is fine as the retiring C.I.A. team leader who has to manipulate the headquarters dumb guys in order to get his operative out of a Chinese prison. I liked it even more this time so upped it a point. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266987/combined
The Bourne Identity (2002) Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Clive Owen. The one that started it all. Great character who has amnesia and has to fight his agency along with all the bad guys. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258463/combined
The Bourne Legacy (2012) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton. The latest in the series with a new guy instead of Bourne. We are introduced to Aaron Cross. The opening scenes, filmed in a western Canadian National Park subbing for Alaska, are spectacular in HDTV on a 55 inch screen. Must have been blinding in a theater. Watch it often just for that and the new team of Renner and Weisz. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194173/combined
The Lady Vanishes (1938) Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lucas, Dame May Whitty. Early Hitchcock and delightful. Has a great train and intrigue and mystery. Redgrave starts as an ass but turns into a prince helping the ladies in distress. 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030341/combined
Bachelor Mother (1939) Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn. Charming story of a shop girl who discovers a woman leaving a baby on the doorstep of an adoption agency and is mistaken for it's mother. Department store owner gets involved and the mix-up continues until
Coburn has the great line "I don't care who is the father, I'm the grandfather." Also has a great New Years Eve in Times Square scene. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031067/combined
Three Little Words (1950) Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn. One of my favorite musicals. Story of the songwriting team of Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby is given the Hollywood treatment and it is very entertaining. One of the best for all the cast. 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/combined
Murder By Death (1976) All star cast spoofing all the great detectives of films. My favorite bit is Alec Guinness as blind Bensenmum giving orders to deaf cook Nancy Walker as Yetta. Always go into gales of laughter. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074937/combined
Lethal Weapon (1987) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey. Entertaining cops and bad guys story. Too bad Gibson turned out to be even crazier than his cop role here. Glover is fine as the adult in the room. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093409/combined
Moon Over Parador (1988) Richard Dreyfuss, Sonia Braga, Raul Julia, Jonathan Winters. Funny spoof of mistaken identity films. The last scene with Braga in her white evening gown and long scarf blowing in the wind of the plane with the huge moon behind her is marvelous. As character Jack Noah says "what a moment - straight out of Casablanca." 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095654/combined
Tombstone (1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Booth. The four Earp brothers just want to retire to Tombstone and run their saloon in peace. But there are always bad guys shooting off their mouths and guns and what is a fella to do? Good western. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/combined
Evita (1996) Madonna, Anthonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce. Musical version of the Perons' of Argentina. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116250/combined
Gosford Park (2001) Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Kelly Macdonald, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Bob Balaban. Murder at the mansion among the Lords and Ladies and their servants and upstart guests from 'over the pond'. Lots of fun. Maggie Smith is too too- and great as usual. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707/combined
Spy Game (2001) Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack. Title says it all. Redford is fine as the retiring C.I.A. team leader who has to manipulate the headquarters dumb guys in order to get his operative out of a Chinese prison. I liked it even more this time so upped it a point. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266987/combined
The Bourne Identity (2002) Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Clive Owen. The one that started it all. Great character who has amnesia and has to fight his agency along with all the bad guys. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258463/combined
The Bourne Legacy (2012) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton. The latest in the series with a new guy instead of Bourne. We are introduced to Aaron Cross. The opening scenes, filmed in a western Canadian National Park subbing for Alaska, are spectacular in HDTV on a 55 inch screen. Must have been blinding in a theater. Watch it often just for that and the new team of Renner and Weisz. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194173/combined
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