Saving the Economy or Saving Lives? Wait, You’re Talking about a Western from the 1950s???

How can a Western from 65 years ago say anything about our current situation? You might be surprised… Read on.

Movie Watchlists: How Are You Doing?

We’ve got plenty of time, right? So how are those movie watchlists going? Here are a few thoughts.

I Love Trouble (1948) Do You?

Franchot Tone sure loves trouble… I’ll bet he gets beaten up at least four times during this movie. What’s it all about? Find out!

New Film Noir Releases for May 2020

Need a little something to get you through the pandemic? Here’s a list of film noir titles coming your way in May.

I Sat Down to Watch a Western, and a Film Noir Broke Out: Station West (1948)

So is Station West a Western? It looks like a Western, acts like a Western (and probably smells like a Western), but is it a Western or a film noir? Find out!

What I Watched in April 2020 Part 1

Film noir, Westerns, Japanese cinema, and even a movie from just a few months ago! That’s what I’ve been watching. I hope you’ll find something to discover here, but also let me know what you’re watching. Here we go…

Revisiting Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Have you ever revisited a movie you thought little of at the time, only to find out that it absolutely floors you years later? It happened to me this week. 

The Alfred Hitchcock Project #5: Easy Virtue (1927)

Who’s gonna win *this* face-off? Mom, or her son’s new bride, whom she doesn’t approve of? It’s all here in Hitchcock’s fifth film, Easy Virtue!

Watching Horror in a Time of Horror

These are hard times… So why, in the midst of all this actual horror going on around us, am I strangely attracted to horror movies? Today I explore why this might be…

What I Watched in March 2020 Part 2

I know we’re all watching new and favorite movies to pull us through these hard times. Here’s the second half of what I watched in March. Hope you’ll find something to consider from this list AND I hope to hear what you enjoyed last month. Be safe, everyone!