And here we are: Summer Under the Stars 2021 is over. As did this entire year, it passed so quickly, but also it feels as it overstayed its welcome, when I look outside my window and see the grey sky and the rain and when I have to put on my sweater because of how …
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Prime Cut (1972)
This movie is wild. This movie is WILD. And I am not entirely sure what that means? I am not sure if I liked it? I am so confused? Why can’t I stop talking in questions? Right from the very first scene, we find ourselves at the centre of meat industry, the slaughterhouse. It becomes …
The Lodger (1944)
Today I watched the 1944 spooky mystery The Lodger. Weird… I could have sworn I have already seen this story… In fact, I feel like I watch this story every few months. The 1953 Man in the Attic is probably the closest connection but there have been numerous, lesser known ones made around that time. …
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Today on Summer Under the Stars 2021 it’s Tony Randall day and I feel like it would have been difficult to pick a movie more perfect than Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? for the occasion. Randall plays a man working in advertising and we are treated to some amazing 50s ad aesthetic. This is essentially …
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
My Busby Berkeley dreams are back. Gold Diggers #3, here we go. Dick Powell stars as the male lead (I mean, he is a part of all of these movies, no surprise here, he carried this franchise) and I have to say, I for some reason was under the impression that I was not a …
The Voice of the Turtle (AKA One for the Book) (1947)
Today is Eve Arden day of this Summer Under the Stars. How great is that? Is there anyone who is not absolutely in love with Eve Arden? She is iconic! I could have chosen so many films of hers to watch, it might seem weird that this post is about a pretty obscure The Voice …
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State of the Union (1948)
State of the Union is one of the Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy movies I have not seen before today. Also, I followed it up with Pat and Mike so there are almost none left for me to discover. Granted, I can’t say I am exactly in a Hepburn/Tracy mood after this one, because it ended up …
Brubaker (1980)
Today is the Robert Redford day and you might be surprised to know, that the film of his I have decided to include in my personal programming for today I am most excited for is Disney’s Pete’s Dragon remake. I do not even know why, it does not seem like something I would normally particularly …
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Odds Against Tomorrow is a crime, noir (-ish) story about how Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan (whose character is a racist) are basically recruited to rob a bank together by an ex-policeman. They agree because Ryan is a con and Belafonte is a gambling addict with debt. There is no doubt about it, and I …
Gregory Peck Day
We are halfway through August already, and I spent the entirety of today watching movie after movie but it was so hot and somehow sleepy that I did not have energy to do literally anything else — not even take some notes for my (more or less) daily post. Instead of a review, here is …
Swingin' at the Seance 