November 2022 – Is It Worth the Watch?

Klaus (2019)

30 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

What a surprise and joy it is to watch an animated movie, and even more, a Christmas animated movie, that’s charming, funny, heartwarming, and entirely original. 2019’s Klaus is an alternative origin for the myth of Santa Claus but never

Assignment: Outer Space (1960)

28 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

You know how some sci-fi cheapies from the 50s and 60s are so ineptly made they turn out to be wildly entertaining? The 1960 space-opera confusion, Assignment: Outer Space is not one of those. This

Harriet Craig (1950)

25 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

Joan Crawford was a rarity among Hollywood’s glamorous Golden Age stars. She wasn’t afraid to play, well, shall we say, aggressive characters. You know, calculating, two-faced characters. Hypocritical, double-dealing characters. Okay, I’ll just say it. She wasn’t afraid

George of the Jungle (1997)

23 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 1 category

I was in the mood for a wacky comedy, so I chose 1997’s spoof, George of the Jungle. While sticking closely to the “throw in any joke you can think of” sensibility of the original 1967

The Dark Knight (2008)

21 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

I’m not much of a comic fan so, consequently, film adaptations with comic book characters don’t do much for me. That being said, I really liked 2008’s Batman epic The Dark Knight, maybe because it comes

Heaven Only Knows (1947)

18 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 4 categories

Do you ever watch a movie and spend the entire time wondering what genre it’s supposed to be? Is it intended to be a comedy or a drama or a thriller or just what exactly?

Boogie Nights (1997)

16 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 2 categories

I think a lot of people have avoided Boogie Nights because they think it’s about something other than it actually is. Released in 1997, the story focuses on a young man from an abusive family who escapes

Monkey Business (1952)

14 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

Screwball comedy is a fragile genre. If you have wacky characters, you need a realistic scenario, and vice versa. If both the characters and the story are bizarre, there’s nothing for the audience to cling

Being the Ricardos (2021)

11 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 1 category

Seeing any backstage drama that later became public knowledge makes us all feel like insiders. Being the Ricardos, from 2021, places us smack in the middle of both the production of a legendary TV series and

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

9 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 4 categories

As an experiment, one year I watched only holiday movies between Thanksgiving and Christmas (Except for one. I really need a frickin’ break … from all that … frickin’ joy). A new one to me

The Tingler (1959)

7 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

In the 1950s producers of less-expensive, lower budget horror films (yes, I mean the below B-grade cheapies) used ingenious gimmicks to sell tickets. Probably the most famous was 1959’s The Tingler. No, it’s not about a

Small Apartments (2012)

6 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 2 categories

2012’s warped comedy, Small Apartments, is about as delightfully weird as any movie I’ve ever seen. Star Matt Lucas, from the brilliantly funny sketch-comedy series Little Britain, is the glue that holds the preposterous premise together and makes

On the Town (1949)

6 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 4 categories

It was a night for another made-it-this-far-without-seeing-it-before movie, the 1949 film version of the Broadway hit On the Town, directed by Gene Kelly (who also choreographed and played one of the leads) and Stanley Donen. While just fine, even quite good