Or a movie version of it, at any rate. :P I wrote about probably my favorite adaptation of Emma (which is Clueless) a couple of years ago, in what was I think my first "movie of the day" series. But very close to that one in my affections is Douglas McGrath's wonderful period adaptation, with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, and ( Read more... )

This is not a great movie. It's probably not even a good movie. But I love it, and it's a lot of fun. And it has great fashion eye candy. And Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.


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Preston Sturges at his best.


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I don't know how many of you knew that actress Deborah Kerr passed away this past Tuesday. For me, that makes today's movie a bit more poignant, and at the risk of being cheesy as hell, I'm going to dedicate it to her ( Read more... )

If, for some reason, you're obsessively following this series :P, this is today's second post. I missed posting yesterday, so yesterday's movie was posted earlier today.

This is my number three favorite movie of all time, and I consider it to be THE greatest romantic comedy of all time.


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I did a huge post yesterday and then didn't feel good after work, so I'm posting yesterday's movie today, as well as posting today's movie (hopefully) today ( Read more... )

I said that yesterday's film was probably heavily influenced by today's, and I genuinely think it was. Nobody does neurotic New Yorkers in love like Woody Allen, and this movie rewrote the book on romantic comedies. If only more romcom writers were as brilliant. :P This movie, along with all of Allen's work, I suppose, is an acquired taste. And ( Read more... )

Can men and women be just friends? Sure they can. But not Harry Burns and Sally Albright. At least, not forever. :P


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The classic battle-of-the-sexes movie. Cowritten by Ruth Gordon, who later won the Oscar for Rosemary's Baby, and even later won our hearts in Harold and Maude. This is probably my favorite Hepburn-Tracy movie (well, no, I guess that's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), even though it may seem rather dated now.


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I first saw this movie in the midst of a million other movies at a film festival, so I really needed to rewatch at least a bit of this, so that I could refresh my memory on how it went. It's available on YouTube, so I didn't even have to hunt for it. And for at least the first 20 minutes, I was trying to think of another movie to do today. ( Read more... )