Christmas in Connecticut almost great

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Bill Wren

Some movies leave you scratching your head, like Christmas in Connecticut. You like it yet it bugs you. Why is that? This is another one of those movies I saw years ago as a kid watching TV in the basement. … Read more →

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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Bill Wren

Directed by Peter Godfrey This movie is an odd duck. It’s a good, quick paced Christmas movie of the old Hollywood variety, as in circa the 1940s (which is when it was made). Christmas in Connecticut has all the appearance … Read more →

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To Have and Have Not (1944)

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Bill Wren

Directed by Howard Hawks As the packaging on the DVD I have says, To Have and Have Not has little to do with the Ernest Hemmingway novel but it does have a lot to do with the earlier movie Casablanca. … Read more →

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20 Movies: Topper (1937)

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Bill Wren

This was a movie I knew absolutely nothing about when I picked it up. I watched it and found it was one of the funniest movies I had seen in ages. This surprised me because of its age. There are … Read more →

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20 Movies: His Girl Friday (1940)

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Bill Wren

I’ve always liked Howard Hawks and this movie, His Girl Friday, is one of my favourites from his long list of films. Apart from being a famously funny movie, it’s known for the incredibly rapid fire dialogue between Cary Grant … Read more →

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Finally, The African Queen

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Bill Wren

I saw on the TCM home page something that caught my eye: The African Queen (1951) being released on March 23, 2010 in a “Commemorative Box Set.” I care less about the box set business than I do about this … Read more →

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How do you make movies about nice people?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Bill Wren

Having been the really big little movie of a year or so ago, Juno (2007) hardly needs another review and so, other than to say I liked it a lot and consider it one of the better movies of the … Read more →

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