Monthly Archives: June 2024

I don’t remember seeing The Star Wars Holiday Special the one time it was shown on television on November 17, 1978.  For years, people who wanted to watch it had to get their hands on a videocassette copy.  Thanks to … Continue reading →

I came home tired, and I caught the end of “True Grit” again.  I found it hard to believe that Glen Campbell’s character had enough life left in him to call Rooster a bushwhacker and help the two out of … Continue reading →

After I got home from a baseball game, I was incredibly tired.  After falling asleep for a while, I sat down to watch “True Grit” again.  For some reason, the movie channel showed the Coen Brothers’ remake first, and I … Continue reading →

Before I went to work, I watched “The Loves of Carmen.”  The stars were Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, who were both in “Gilda.”  Rita Hayworth’s performance was not one of her best.  After “The Lady from Shanghai,” she was … Continue reading →

I watched “Saint Omer.”  Rama is a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly, charged with the murder of her 15-month-old daughter.  Coly is a Senegalese woman and a graduate student, and she is accused of leaving her child … Continue reading →

I came home from doing my laundry, and I found that “Crooklyn” was showing on one of the movie channels on television.  This movie was autobiographical but didn’t strictly follow the events of Spike Lee’s childhood.  Lee was born before … Continue reading →

After I came home from a baseball game, I sat down and watched “Joan Baez: I Am a Noise.”  It seemed that her life was well documented, with diaries, drawings, films, and other recordings.  At the beginning, we see Joan … Continue reading →

“Deadline at Dawn” was on the Movies TV one morning last week.  At first, I thought the title referred to a newspaper reporter, but the main characters were really a sailor and a dance hall girl.  There is a dead … Continue reading →

“Spencer’s Mountain” was released in 1963, and it was based on a novel by Earl Hamner, Jr.  The cast included Henry Fonda, Maureen O’Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp, Wally Cox, Veronica Cartwright, Barbara McNair, and Victor French.  The movie was … Continue reading →

“The Great Race” was on television one day when I didn’t want to go out, and I thought it was still funny after all these years.  It was released back in 1965, and the big stars in it were Jack … Continue reading →