A Bullet for Joey (1955)

This is just a fun 90 minute classic noir murder mystery from the 50's. I watched it because Edward G. Robinson is one of my favorites. He makes everything look easy on screen. George Raft and Audrey Totter did okay as well in this movie. It was a fun 2 star movie. Next up for me is either the 3 hour epic "Doctor Zhivago", and I need to finish the second half of "The Odd Couple". From everything I have read, Doctor Zhivago may make my top 100 list which I am almost done with!

Perry's Egyptian Theater

They are showing the Quiet Man on March 17th at 7pm. IT costs $6 or $5 with a can of food. This is a John Ford, John Wayne film made in Ireland (non-western) that won the Oscar for best cinematography.

Later in the month they will be showing, Romancing the Stone.

The Wrong Man (1956)

This is a different kind of Hitchcock film, everything in the film actually happened in real life to a a real couple in New York in 1935. Nothing was made up. Henry Fonda and Vera Miles (Miles is actually sitll alive today) pull off great roles. I learned from watching the special features on the DVD that Alfred Hitchcock took this movie so serious, he did not do his routine cameo appearance in the film. He wrote out every scene on story boards before they started production. He cared a lot about this movie.

If you ask 100 35-year-old men in America to watch this movie today, I would say only 5% would give this movie a thumbs up. I am one of those men. The reason is I don't need fast action in a movie, language, nudity, explosions, etc. This is a slow movie where Hitchcock is playing off the characters faces and movements. I love the footage of NY in the 50's- the cars, the buildings, etc. I love how Hitchcock was able to pull a 180 halfway through the film and turn the focus off of Fonda and onto Miles. That is very hard to do, and he did it.

I give this movie 3.5 stars. If it was fiction, and not based on a real story, I would only give the movie 3 stars. If you are a Fonda fan you will like this movie. If you want to see how a character can completley change their behavior halfway through a movie, then focus on Miles. She did a great job.

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

This is the movie that made Rock'n'Roll mainstream. When this movie came out the kids would start riotous behavior when the song "Rock Around the Clock" started playing at the begining of the movie. Glenn Ford plays a high school english teacher, Mr Dadeir, for some inner-city hoodlums. Sidney Poitier is one of his students (Ironically he play an identical role about ten years later in To Sir With Love)

Watch for Jamie Farr of MASH fame as well in this movie (Clue: He is the idiot)

This film will not make my top 100 list but it is worth a watch due to its place in pop culture history.

Inception (2010)

Have you seen this movie? I just finished it, but will hold my review until I ponder it over a good nights sleep.

Sorry Jane Russell... I tried

Adam, I am not worthy to post a comment on your blog entry regarding "Gentleman Prefer Blondes". I could only make it 45 min before turning it off due to boredom. I tried my best, I just could not get in to this movie at all!

You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

I watched this movie for one reason- to see Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth dance together. When they aren't dancing, the movie is boring. A 3rd grader could have written the script. Hayworth is absolutely drop dead gorgeous in this movie. My daughter watched the movie with me and was impressed at how great Astaire was at tap dancing. What really impressed me what the formation line dancing, when they had 100 people dancing at the same time all together. The acting is horrible, but that is okay I watched it for the dancing. I give it 2 stars.