Kevin's Movie Corner

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My thoughts on recent movies I've seen in the theaters or watched on DVD. Based on a lifetime of movie watching with no prejudices: black and white or color, silent or sound, Hollywood or foreign, old or new.

The Mary Astor Blogathon: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

“Toward the close of the last century, when History still wore a Rose, and Politics had not yet outgrown the waltz, a great Royal Scandal was whispered about in the Anterooms of Europe. However...

May 8, 2013 Like

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The Slime People

Did Stephen King see “The Slime People” (1963) in his youth, where it somehow wormed its way into his subconscious? I thought of that as I watched “The Slime People” this weekend, the same weekend...

Apr 16, 2013 Like

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James Cagney Blogathon: Here Comes the Navy and Devil Dogs of the Air

One of the screen’s greatest partnerships was James Cagney and Pat O’Brien. Best friends for decades off screen (and co-founders of the so-called “Irish Mafia” social group), on screen they were...

Apr 10, 2013 Like

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Hollywood Bad Boy Behavior: Not as a Stranger

An unexpected burst of writing assignments have kept me busy of late…too busy to blog alas. But I wanted to put something up and having recently read, and enjoyed Lee Server’s superb Robert Mitchum...

Mar 25, 2013 Like

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Enjoying the Oscar Broadcast....from 1955

The less said about this year’s Oscar show the better. It was awful. The tribute to Bond was an embarrassment, the sleep-inducing acceptance speeches and the genuine lack of class lay thickly over...

Mar 6, 2013 Like

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Fabulous Films of the 1940s: Forever and a Day

During World War II, many of the studios made all-star extravaganzas, usually musicals, propaganda pieces used as a rallying cry to the movie-going public. The plots of these movies, unusually...

Feb 19, 2013 Like

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2012: It Was a Very Good Year

For me, 2012 was the best year for movies in a long time, probably the best year in the last decade. As of this writing, between theaters, DVDs and cable television, I saw 88 2012 releases. I...

Feb 4, 2013 Like

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The Last Hunt

“The Last Hunt” (1956) is a superior western and contains what is probably Robert Taylor’s finest performance. With that statement, it’s possible I’ve already lost some readers, as Robert Taylor...

Jan 22, 2013 Like

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Les Miserables (2012)

(Disclaimer so people know where I am coming from with this review: I adore the musical “Les Miserables.” I’ve seen the musical three times on stage. I love the score and listen to it all time on...

Jan 7, 2013 Like

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A Monster-Filled Christmas; Out-Stunting Stagecoach; The Enduring Lugosi; Corned Beef and Cabbage I Love You

Sometimes there are a few ideas ruminating around in the ol’ noggin that don’t require a full blog. So with no further ado… Monsters for the Holidays Surely I’m not the only one who looks back on...

Dec 12, 2012 Like

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The Suspect

The DVD portion of my DVD/VHS combo player has been giving me fits of late, so I may have to get a new player soon. But that’s OK, because in the meantime, I’ve been enjoying movies I taped off...

Dec 6, 2012 Like

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Green Light

I’m always impressed by 1930s black and white medical dramas, and how the black and white photography really highlights the cold, white sterility of the operating room theaters. The whites in these...

Nov 7, 2012 Like

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The Devil Rides Out

It’s Hammer Time! This year’s Halloween viewing was Hammer’s sensational “The Devil Rides Out” (1968), one of the greatest achievements from the famous British studio. It moves like a bullet, and...

Nov 1, 2012 Like

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They Shall Have Music

“They Shall Have Music” (1939) is an odd but endearing mixture of juvenile delinquency drama and classical music. It’s a Samuel Goldwyn production and watching it, one can see the footprints of two...

Oct 24, 2012 Like

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Mark of the Gorilla

Nazis make the best villains. One can’t say anything good about them. Nothing. They have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Put a swastika armband on them and wish for everything bad to happen to...

Sep 24, 2012 Like

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Black Gold (1947); Total Recall (2012)

The nicest movie surprise I’ve had in a while is the rare “Black Gold” (1947) which TCM ran last month as part of its Summer Under the Stars day-long salute to Anthony Quinn. It manages to work in...

Sep 7, 2012 Like

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The Dark Corner

I’m guessing that if someone else besides Mark Stevens played the detective in “The Dark Corner” (1946) it would be better known today. Nothing against Stevens, who is fine but comes off a bit...

Aug 15, 2012 Like

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Charlie Chan at the Olympics

With Olympics fever currently raging, it seemed like an appropriate time to re-visit “Charlie Chan at the Olympics” (1937). Historically, it’s a fascinating document in many ways, much more so than...

Aug 2, 2012 Like

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Going to the Movies with "Wagons East!"

It was with some embarrassment when I realized I had gone almost a month without blogging. I really have no excuse, save that when the temperature is in the triple digits, and one doesn’t have air...

Jul 26, 2012 Like

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William Wyler Blogathon: The Big Country

(Background information and quotations are taken from the William Wyler biography “A Talent for Trouble” by Jan Herman (G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1995) and liner notes to the limited edition CD of “The...

Jun 26, 2012 Like

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The Ghost Camera

Sometimes, it’s a lot of fun to sit down and watch a movie for which one knows nothing – I mean absolutely nothing – about.Such an opportunity afforded itself this weekend when I sat down to watch...

Jun 14, 2012 Like

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300th Post: Oscar Chances for "The Avengers", and Other Stuff

This will be my 300th post and I never figured my blogging efforts would last this long. I wanted to do something special for my 300th post, but was at a loss as to what to write about. I had a...

May 31, 2012 Like

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O.S.S.

“O.S.S.” (1946) is a real pip of a WWII espionage thriller, with a strong cast and several genuinely suspenseful situations. What’s most interesting is its screenplay credit, an early credit for...

May 3, 2012 Like

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A Pink Ribbon for Dawn

I’m sending lots of prayers and good wishes to Dawn at the wonderful site Dawn’s Noir and Chick Flicks http://dawnschickflicks.blogspot.com/.Dawn was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and the...

Apr 30, 2012 Like

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Tonight and Every Night

“Tonight and Every Night” (1945) might be Rita Hayworth’s most underrated film and arguably her best musical. This is not a slight against the two marvelous films she made with Fred Astaire, or...

Apr 20, 2012 Like

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Men Must Fight

Courtesy the fine folks at TCM, the most interesting movie I’ve seen in awhile is M-G-M’s “Men Must Fight” (1933). It offers strong evidence to something I’ve always believed – that movies - yes...

Mar 29, 2012 Like

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Going to the Movies with The Howling

My apologies for not updating this blog sooner. Im in the midst of a frenzied job search, so movie watching and writing about them have gone down a peg or two on my priority list.But I wanted to...

Mar 5, 2012 Like

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Going to the Movies on Valentines Day

I know this is going to make me look bad, but what can I say? My most memorable Valentine’s Day movie-going memory occurred in 1994. It was bitterly cold that Feb. 14, and I had no plans for the...

Feb 14, 2012 Like

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Operation Pacific

About 15 years ago I was having dinner with a new group of friends I had made and we started talking about our hobbies and interests. Naturally when it was my turn I mentioned classic movies. When...

Feb 3, 2012 Like

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The Three Musketeers (1939)

“Either you love them or you hate them. Ever since 1925 the bombastic Ritz Brothers have elicited this kind of strong audience response. Film critic Pauline Kael rates the antics of Harry Ritz...

Jan 25, 2012 Like

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Kevin's Movie Corner

The Mary Astor Blogathon: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

The Slime People

James Cagney Blogathon: Here Comes the Navy and Devil Dogs of the Air

Hollywood Bad Boy Behavior: Not as a Stranger

Enjoying the Oscar Broadcast....from 1955

Fabulous Films of the 1940s: Forever and a Day

2012: It Was a Very Good Year

The Last Hunt

Les Miserables (2012)

A Monster-Filled Christmas; Out-Stunting Stagecoach; The Enduring Lugosi; Corned Beef and Cabbage I Love You

The Suspect

Green Light

The Devil Rides Out

They Shall Have Music

Mark of the Gorilla

Black Gold (1947); Total Recall (2012)

The Dark Corner

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Going to the Movies with "Wagons East!"

William Wyler Blogathon: The Big Country

The Ghost Camera

300th Post: Oscar Chances for "The Avengers", and Other Stuff

O.S.S.

A Pink Ribbon for Dawn

Tonight and Every Night

Men Must Fight

Going to the Movies with The Howling

Going to the Movies on Valentines Day

Operation Pacific

The Three Musketeers (1939)

Pams Bluemoon

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