She's Gotta Have It Netflix Series Sneak Peek Video

She's Gotta Have It (2017-)
Season 1 - 10 episodes (2017

She's Gotta Have It Season 1 premieres on November 23

Spike Lee directs this comedy based on his own movie of the same name where a woman juggles three boyfriends but refuses to commit.

 

 

Ozark Netflix Series Holiday Teaser video

Ozark (2017-)
Season 1 - 10 episodes (2017)

Ozark Season 1 premieres on July 21

Jason Bateman stars and directs this drama series about a financial planner who flees to the Missouri Ozarks from Chicago with his wife (Laura Linney) and two children. He laundered money for and must pay off a Mexican drug cartel.

 

 

 

 

The 2nd Annual Olivia de Havilland Blogathon + Errol Flynn Day 2

Yesterday started off great and it is continuing today with more great posts from around the blogosphere.

The Posts:

Musings Of A Classic Film Addict shows how a great film can be made even if the stars aren't happy with their roles in Dodge City (1939).

Pure Entertainment Preservation Society discovers Olivia for the first time in The Strawberry Blonde (1941).

 

The Stop Button looks at the downside of The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938).

 

Life With Books & Movies writes about the emotional To Each His Own (1946).

 

The Dream Book Blog takes a look at the psychological side of The Heiress (1949).

"Are you talking about me?"

 

Critica Retro writes about the under-seen comedy It’s Love I’m After (1937).

 

Sat In Your Lap compares It’s Love I’m After (1937) to another famous screwball film.

 

Sat In Your Lap also shares the under-seen and touching Gentleman Jim (1942).

 

Pre-Blogathon Post | Day 1 | Day 3

Movies I Watched in June

Parker and Garfield, Pride of the Marines (1945)

This month I finished up the Clark Gable movies on the dvr from last month. I also re-watched the Bourne trilogy and FINALLY got to see Jason Bourne (2016), which I wanted to see in theaters but was unable to. (* means it's a re-watch)

Jeannette MacDonald in San Francisco (1936). Does her dress look familiar?

Click here to see what movie it was reused for!

1. Rafter Romance (1933) - Ginger Rogers
2. San Francisco (1936) - Clark Gable & Jeanette MacDonald (my first of her films), Spencer Tracy
3. That Certain Woman (1937) - Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Ian Hunter
4. Gaslight (1940) - Anton Walbrook & Diana Wynyard
5. Honky Tonk (1941) - Clark Gable & Lana Turner
6. Buck Privates (1941) - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, the Andrews Sisters
7. Slightly Dangerous (1943) - Lana Turner & Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Dame May Whitty
8. No Time for Love (1943) - Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray
9. Phantom Lady (1944) - Ella Raines, Franchot Tone
10. Pride of the Marines (1945) - John Garfield & Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark
11. Undercurrent (1946) - Katharine Hepburn & Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum
12. Honeymoon (1947) - Franchot Tone, Shirley Temple
13. Flamingo Road (1949) - Joan Crawford, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott
14. Montana (1950) - Errol Flynn & Alexis Smith, S. Z. Sakall
15. Never Let Me Go (1953) - Clark Gable & Gene Tierney
16. Witness to Murder (1954) - Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill
17. Desk Set (1957) - Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell
18. The Reluctant Debutant (1958) - Rex Harrison & Kay Kendell, Sandra Dee, Angela Lansbury
19. Ride the Wild Surf (1964) - Fabian, Tab Hunter, Peter Brown, Barbara Eden, Shelley Fabares, Susan Hart, James Mitchum
20. Mister Buddwing (1965) - James Garner, Katharine Ross, Suzanne Pleshette, Jean Simmons, Angela Lansbury
21. Batman: The Movie (1966) - Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith, Caser Romero
22. Cool Runnings (1993) - John Candy
23. *The Bourne Identity (2002) - Matt Damon, Franka Portente
24. *The Bourne Supremacy (2004) - Matt Damon, Franka Portente, (Karl Urban)
25. *The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Matt Damon, Julia Stiles
26. Trouble with the Curve (2012) - Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake 
27. *Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) - Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban
28. Jason Bourne (2016) - Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles
29. *The Finest Hours (2016) - Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster (This is an incredible true story about the greatest Coast Guard small boat rescue that everyone should watch, set in 1952)
30. My Favorite Wedding (2017) - Hallmark movie with Maggie Lawson from Psych

Least Favorite Movie of the Month: Mister Buddwing (1965). It started out promising, then went to depressing, weird, and finally what the...??? After I watched it I found out it was James Garner's least favorite of his films.

Favorite Movie of the Month: Phantom Lady (1944) because it led me to discover Ella Raines and Undercurrent (1946) which sounded interesting and turned out even better. Ride the Wild Surf (1964) was surprisingly good. I also finally got to see Pride of the Marines (after missing it on TCM the last time they aired it). John Garfield is amazing in it.

This shot in Phantom Lady (1944) ♥♥♥

Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (2016)

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Mystery

Director

Rick Morales

Country

USA

Voice Cast

Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci, Grey Griffin, Dee Bradley Baker, J.B. Blanc, Christian Lanz, Scott Menville, Cassandra Peterson, James Arnold Taylor

Storyline

While on a VIP tour of the legendary Brickton Studios known for their classic horror movies, Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker) and friends find out that the studios is haunted by movie monsters and it's up to them to solve the mystery.

Opinion

After the success of The Lego Movie, it seems like everyone, from superheroes to cartoon characters, is getting their LEGO movie. And since I love Scooby-Doo, I had to check this one out. I haven't seen a Scooby-Doo animated film in years, but I know how they are, and I was expecting Haunted Hollywood to be just like the others, a film able to entertaining small kids only. Luckily, that wasn't the case. 

The film still has the typical and extremely simple Scooby-Doo story. If you are familiar with the Hannah-Barbera cartoon, then you know you can't expect any real mystery from it. It's pretty obvious who the monsters are.. Unless you are a kid, one of the members of the gang or detective Columbo, you'll figure it out pretty soon.

However, it managed to keep me, an adult, engaged and entertained from start to finish. To be honest, I had a pretty good time - and a few laughs - watching this, and I think the reason is the dialogue. It's not sharp or anything, but it's kinda sarcastic and makes fun of Hollywood, directors unable to do their jobs and famous actors/actresses only cast to attract more people.

Also, I was quite impressed with the voice acting. It's not great or anything, but it's pretty good for this kind of film. And the animation isn't bad either. Sure, it doesn't come close to that of The Lego Movie or The Lego Batman Movie, but it's pretty good.

The 2nd Annual Olivia de Havilland Blogathon + Errol Flynn Day 1

The first day of The 2nd Annual Olivia de Havilland Blogathon + Errol Flynn is finally here! I can't wait to read all of the post on two of my favorite actors.

The Posts:

I start the day off with My Journey with Olivia.

I think he's hiding something...

Love Letters to Old Hollywood writes about the incredible pairing of Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck in the NON-swashbuckler Cry Wolf (1947).

Hamlette's Soliloquy tells the story of Errol and Olivia on the Santa Fe Trail (1940).

Taking Up Room looks at Olivia's most famous role in Gone With the Wind (1939).

I'd imagine this is a factor...

Maddy Loves Her Classic Movies discusses why she loves the Errol/Olivia pairing in Dodge City (1939) the best.

The Wonderful World of Cinema shares her Top Ten Olivia de Havilland Movies.

I also shared some interesting articles in my pre-Blogathon post yesterday.

Pre-Blogathon Post | Day 2 | Day 3

And Then There Were None (1945)

Genre

Mystery

Director

René Clair

Country

USA

Cast

Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, June Duprez, Roland Young, Mischa Auer, C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, Richard Haydn, Queenie Leonard, Harry Thurston

Storyline

Ten people are invited for the weekend on an isolated island by Mr U.N. Owen only to find that their mysterious host will kill them one by one. 

Opinion

I've been reading a lot of Agatha Christie lately and And Then There Were None is one of my favourites. So when I found there was not a film, but a lot of films based on the novel, I decided I'd watch them all, starting of course from the first, René Clair's, a solid and compelling mystery movie.

And the credits entirely go to René Clair. I usually have a problem with films based on novels I've read. It isn't them insulting the source material - although that happens too often and annoys me af. No, the problem is whether the film, especially a mystery film, is going to engage me or not. As the movie started though, I knew I wouldn't have to worry about that. The story is exactly the same of the novel - only a few names were changed - but Clair executed it so well delivering it with a balanced combination of black comedy, drama and suspense that it felt as if I didn't know the story at all, which kept me engaged and interested from beginning to end.

I do have to say that a part of the ending was a bit too cheesy for my tastes, but I loved how the mystery was revealed to the audience. Reading the letter Mr Owen had left just wouldn't have worked in the film. Having Mr Owen explaining it though, that was brilliant.

Other than being a very good adaptation, And Then There Were None also has a beautiful score, an oppressive atmosphere, a beautiful black and white photography and very effective settings. 

And then there is the cast. Each actor portrays their character pretty well and I'm glad Hollywood stars weren't cast: that would have ruined the ending because of course, they would survive.