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#FridayFakeCinemaClub – Special Event – Christmas Eve – It’s A Wonderful Life
With Christmas Eve falling on a Friday this year I have decided to put on a special event of #FridayFakeCinemaClub. This one is a little bit different though as I know a lot of people will have different commitments and traditions on Christmas Eve, so basically watch this film at any time on Christmas Eve and get talking about it!
Use the hashtag #FridayFakeCinemaClub on Twitter to join the conversation of what is often regarded as the greatest Christmas film of all time.
Start Time: Whenever you want!
Streaming Service: Sky Cinema
Vertigo (1958) Review
John “Scottie” Ferguson had recently retired early as a Detective for the San Francisco Police Department due to his vertigo. His obsessive nature will not work out well when he becomes involved with Madeline Elster the wife of his client Gavin.
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Continue reading “Vertigo (1958) Review”The Philadelphia Story (1940) Review
Tracy Lord is due to marry for the second time but her ex-husband and reporter C.K. Dexter Haven isn’t going to make that easy for her. He turns up a few days before the wedding with a reporter and photographer to get the inside scoop!
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32 Today . . .
I am getting increasingly sad about how big the number is getting. 32 today!!!!!!!!
So for my birthday post today I decided to take a look at who managed to win an Oscar at the age of 32!
Helen Hayes (The Sin of Madelyn Claudet)
Jane Wyman (Johnny Belinda)
Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story)
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot)
Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)
Van Heflin (Johnny Eager)
Directors
Norman Taurog (Skippy)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Something I found rather interesting when it came to putting this post together was that the majority of Oscar winners were a lot older particularly when it came to the male categories. Also in terms of the films above I have actually only watched one of them and it has to be one of my all time favourites*! Maybe I should make it a task to find and watch the rest of them over the next year.
Anyway HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
*La La Land
Rear Window (1954) Review
A truly intense thriller as Jeff a photographer is confined in his apartment in a wheelchair due to a broken leg, he passes the time by spying on the people who live across from him …
Christmas Films – 10-6
10. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Review
One of the most depressing films you will ever watch, until the last few minutes of course. It really does have such a great heart!
Cool Off With The Classics
Cool off with the Classics . . . a blogathon consisting of a top 10 list of some classic black and white films. It didn’t really take very long for a few of the films to come straight to my mind for this list. I am not going to put them in any particular order, but 10 films are included.
Marc from Go, See, Talk has done it again with another fantastic blogathon and you can see the original post linked to everyone else’s posts here.
While some films came straight to my mind, I actually found it quite difficult to get to ten films without ending up with mainly Mae West and Marx Brothers films in the list. This has made me realise that I have a lot of films that I must watch!
After making the list I got to thinking about how all of the films I have chosen have so many quotes that are still repeated and loved today. Is that due to the black and white look of the films or just how times have changed? Also performance wise just seems to be so much better than a lot of the current day films.
The Shootist (1976) Review
J.B Brooks (Wayne) a dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Movie Quote of the Day 89
Very fitting for Christmas day from George Bailey.
“Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!”
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