Several days ago I went to a library and rented this book ( Read more... )

Oh my. For the umpteenth time I'm watching "The Wizard of Oz" because I like looking at the actors and that nice dog and hearing the songs in that movie 😄

Earlier today I saw this list of movie questions on Tabaqui's LJ and decided to show the movies I would use as the answer and so here they are:

Favorite movie: "2010" - well actually I have dozens of favorite movies

Movie that makes you remember your childhood: "Gigi" - IIRC it was the first movie I saw with my mother
Favorite Tom Hanks movie: " ( Read more... )

When I was young I loved reading the comic books starring Aquaman and the Submariner. Today I watched the "Aquaman" movie and boy where they able to create a spectacular movie movie-wise with fine actors but I am so tired of mindless acts of senseless violence that I doubt I will watch the sequel if it's made. I also recently saw "Guardiansof the ( Read more... )

Today I watched "Bye Bye Birdie" for the umpteenth time. I hadn't seen it in several years and so now it struck me - do teenagers still go steady with each other?

The other thing that happened was I saw Lee Aaker briefly in the movie. He had been one of my favorite actors when I was a little girl and starred in "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin". I ( Read more... )

Tonight I watched "Cinderella" (2015) directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Cate Blanchett as the stepmother and Helena Bonham Carter as the godmother and I really enjoyed it especially the way they did the animals who helped Cinderella. Boy they truly have made a lot of Cinderella films and I have liked most of them. Hmm I wonder when the next ( Read more... )

Whoa it's been almost 2 months since I last posted. I finally watched a Cinderella movie that I didn't care much about even though the prince was played by Richard Chamberlain who I was crazy about when I was younger so I can't help wondering if I would have liked it more had I seen it back then. The title of it is "The Slipper and the Rose", a ( Read more... )

Seeing "The Glass Slipper" the other night made me recall a number of other movies about Cinderella that I have seen over the years and there are 3 that I really like. The first was Walt Disnney's cartoon musical with songs that I still recall and which I saw for the first time when I was very young. The next was Rodgers and Hammerstein's " ( Read more... )

I recently watched a movie titled "The Glass Slipper" (1955) starring Leslie Caron. I don't think I ever saw it before but there is a line that goes "The son of the cook in the palace of the duke" that is sooo familiar. I have never seen a version of Cinderella like this with very little magic and found it rather awesome. There is another series of ( Read more... )

The friend I usually share a Thanksgiving dinner with is in San Francisco as one of her sons is now living there. I am currently staying in her apartment taking care of her dog. This morning I went to see "Arrival" which is truly a terrific SF movie. Last century I loved SF movies like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Forbidden Planet". This ( Read more... )