The TCM gods sometimes give me something I've not seen.
So Robert Mitchum is a doctor who treats a lovely young lady (Faith Domergue) who tried to commit suicide. He's kind to her, but soon he's in love. The two get serious quick, but she says she has to break it off because her rich daddy is taking her away. Mitchum drinks up some courage and then all hell breaks up.
So there's not much mystery in the script, but…
TCM says to. I'm not one to argue with basic cable.
Pillow Talk was successful, and so we'll try it again. Rock Hudson is a playboy ad exec wining and dining clients to get accounts. Doris Day is a virginal ad exec trying to win clients with great ideas and hard work. She's not a fan of his shortcuts. And you know what'll happen in the end.
Anyway the two are good in this. Shallow but good. Tony Randall is…
My $6 Tuesday at the theater.
So Bong Joon-ho wrote (or rather adapted) and directed this one. He's hit some amazing heights, winning Best Picture for his last film, Parasite. Maybe my expectations were too high.
Mickey 17 is the story of a out-of-luck guy who volunteers for dangerous duty on a space mission to another planet. Technology (banned on earth but available in lawless space) allows our guy's body to be reprinted and reloaded with a backup of his…
This was a delight.
So three pre-teens in the high plains are running feral. There's not much parental supervision and what little they have is ill. It's an errand for that sick mother that sets the kids on a path involving real danger.
But much of this movie isn't real. It's a fairy tale. The font isn't the only thing that recalls middle earth. We've a quest for a speckled egg. There are rival parties. There are different classes and…
