Sunday, 14 June 2020

PLAGUE DIARY 88: SKY WRITES REVIEWS OF OLD BAD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO KEEP HIM SANE DURING THIS TIME OF HORRIFIC INSANITY

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) It’s a working class movie about a working class failure, with a chance for director Ton...
Saturday, 13 June 2020

PLAGUE DIARY 87: SKY WRITES REVIEWS OF OLD BAD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO KEEP HIM SANE DURING THIS TIME OF HORRIFIC INSANITY

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The Petrified Forest (1936) “Though flawed by didacticism and romantic clichés, the play offers insight into the search for values in a de...
Friday, 12 June 2020

PLAGUE DIARY 86: SKY WRITES REVIEWS OF OLD BAD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO KEEP HIM SANE DURING THIS TIME OF HORRIFIC INSANITY

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Stepping Out (1931) It’s a pre-code comedy, and it’s pretty much like stepping into another world. Charlotte Greenwood (“Aunt Eller’ in Ok...
Thursday, 11 June 2020

PLAGUE DIARY 85: SKY WRITES REVIEWS OF OLD BAD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO KEEP HIM SANE DURING THIS TIME OF HORRIFIC INSANITY

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Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it turned out to be everybody’s century? When people all over the world, free p...
Wednesday, 10 June 2020

PLAGUE DIARY 84: SKY WRITES REVIEWS OF OLD BAD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO KEEP HIM SANE DURING THIS TIME OF HORRIFIC INSANITY

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Summer Stock (1950) I’d never actually seen it; although I’ve seen the (almost) final number ‘Get Happy.’ If you don’t love Judy, then you ...
Tuesday, 9 June 2020

PLAGUE DIARY 83: SKY WRITES REVIEWS OF OLD BAD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO KEEP HIM SANE DURING THIS TIME OF HORRIFIC INSANITY

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Torrid Zone (1940) “Trouble with you dames is you’re always building castles and trying to move into them.” It’s the only line in this fil...
Monday, 8 June 2020

PLAGUE DIARY 82: SKY WRITES REVIEWS OF OLD BAD HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO KEEP HIM SANE DURING THIS TIME OF HORRIFIC INSANITY

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Young Man with a Horn (1950) I thought this was supposed to be a lesbian film. But there was only one moment, really, for those 50’s dykes...