I watched the 2011 Kate Winslet miniseries of this, back when it came out, knowing only that it was more faithful to the novel, but never having seen this one. And honestly, I don't remember it enough, so I'll probably rewatch it just for comparison's sake. I watched this primarily because Joan Crawford won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role, and I just watched The Bells of St. Mary's, where Ingrid Bergman was nominated in the same category.…
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Going My Way 1944
This turned out to be a back-to-back Bing day, as I watched The Bells of St. Mary's earlier (for Bergman, not for Bing), and then realized afterwards that it was the sequel to this one, made the year before.
Father Charles O'Malley (Bing Crosby) is an easygoing young priest, assigned to St. Dominic's in Manhattan. There's already a priest there, Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who has not only been the head of the church for 45 years, but he built…
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A Gentleman in Moscow 2024
Just finished watching the last episode of this eight-part limited series. I admit I kept putting off the last one, or at least the majority of it, after the first ten minutes, because I was nervous about the outcome, and what it meant for everyone. I waited over a week to finish it off. I guess that's a sign that this was good.
This is well-written, well-acted, beautifully filmed, and engaging all the way from start to finish, even if…
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The English 2022
As much as I'm ok with Emily Blunt having a little fun in Jungle Cruise or Mary Poppins Returns, I enjoy much more watching her take on a truly meaty and serious role, and just own it. This is such a role.
In this revisionist western drama miniseries, she plays an aristocratic Englishwoman in the late 1890's in America, although we're not at first sure why. That takes a while to be made clear, as does a lot of this…
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