Category: Oscar Winner

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

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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

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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

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The African Queen (1951) 

30 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 5 categories

Rewatching director John Huston’s 1951 masterpiece, The African Queen, which I hadn’t seen in a very long time, I discovered it not only holds up, but looks like it could have been filmed yesterday. Almost nothing about it

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