NEW TO ME:
What Price Hollywood? (1932) Constance Bennett. Waitress finds stardom and trouble. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023686/combined
Small Town Girl (1936) Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor. She marries a rich guy. 7/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028269/combined
Divorce (1945) Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot. A Monogram film and a step down for our Kay. Forgettable. 6/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037645/combined
Wintertime (1943) Sonja Heinie, Cesar Romero, Cornel Wilde, Carole Landis, Jack Oakie. Ice Skating, music and great ballroom dancing by Romero. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036540/combined
The Package (1984) Gene Hackman, Tommie Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy. Green Beret Sgt. has to get Green Beret prisoner to USA, but he escapes and the chase is on. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098051/combined
Beautiful Creatures (2013) Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Rmmy Rossum. Why are these good actors in this mess. 5/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559547/combined
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney. John McClane has a son and they are in Russia. Boring. 5/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606378/combined
ENCORES:
Maytime (1934) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore. Perfect. Great singing. Beautiful cinematography. 10/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029222/combined
The Women (1939) Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Mary Boland, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard. Great comedy. 10/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029222/combined
Broadway Melody of 1940 Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan. Did not enjoy it as much as the first time I saw it. Seemed labored and dull. Downgraded a point. Still, it has The Fred, Frank and Hunter. Not a fan of Powell. 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032284/combined
Nobody Lives Forever (1946) John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald. Good film noir with romance. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038780/combined
That Midnight Kiss (1949) Mario Lanza, Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Ethel Barrymore. The film that introduced the great singer. Lively romance and great music. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041956/combined
Rear Window (1954) James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendall Corey, Raymond Burr. One of Hitchcock's finest. 10/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/combined
Gambit (1966) Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom. Favorite caper film. 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060445/combined
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci. Buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh get a federal witness -Leo - to protect who is a pain the neck but helps out anyway. 8/10 http://whttp:www.imdb.com/title/tt0097733/combined
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo. Riggs, Murtaugh and Leo, get a buddy cop who is a woman who can match Riggs all the way. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104714/combined
Sleepless In Seattle (1993) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. Charming romance. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108160/combined
The Pelican Brief (1993) Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shephard, John Heard, James B. Sikking, Tony Goldwyn. Conspiracy political thriller. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107798/combined
Clear and Present Danger (1993) Harrison Ford, William Dafoe, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones. Tom Clancy's character, Jack Ryan, takes of the Columbia drug cartels. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109444/combined
First Wives Club (1996) Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midlar. Three women get dumped by their husbands but get their revenge. Great cast. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116313/combined
Syriana (2005) George Clooney, Matt Damon, Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper. spying and other nefarious dealing in the oil industry. Confused. 6/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365737/combined
Hurt Locker (2008) Jeremy Renner. Iraq war bomb squad maverick is a loner and not liked, but gets the job done. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/combined
The Bourne Legacy (2012) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach. Another part of the CIA has operatives that are targeted to be killed. Number 5 Aaron Cross has to figure out how to stay alive and keep Dr. Marta Shearing from being killed, also. Solid entry into the Bourne world. Gorgeous scenery of snow capped mountains and trees. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194173/combined
TV Series Favorites:
Jane Eyre (2006) Toby Stephens. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780362/combined
White Collar Final episodes for season. Matt Bomer; Tim DeKay, Willie Garson. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1358522/episodes?season=5
Black Sails (2014) Episode 1 Toby Stephens. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375692/combined
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