This month I continued on my Chris Pine-athon as well as watched a few more recent movies that I never got around to seeing (I like to wait until the library orders it so I can watch it free). Here are the movies I watched in February in order of release year (films with an * have been viewed previously):
- Merrily We Live (1938) - Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Billie Burke, Bonita Granville
- Blues in the Night (1941) - Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Elia Kazan
- The Sea Wolf (1941) - Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
- Madame Bovary (1949) - Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) - Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, S.Z. Sakall
- The Silver Chalice (1954) - Virginia Mayo, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli
- Ransom! (1956) - Glenn Ford & Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen
- The Big Country (1958) - Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives
- *The Pink Panther (1964) - Peter Sellers, David Niven, Capuchine, Robert Wagner
- Luv (1967) - Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk
- Wait Until Dark (1967) - Audrey Hepburn
- Ice Station Zebra (1968) - Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine
- U-571 (2000) - Mathew McConaughey, Bill Paxton
- Man On Fire (2004) - Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
- Dream House (2011) - Daniel Craig & Rachel Weisz
- Z for Zachariah (2015) - Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine
- The Huntsman: Winter's War (201) - Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Chris Hemsworth
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot (I probably would have stopped this partway through but I wanted to see Gadot as Wonder Woman because her stand-alone movie comes out this June... co-starring Chris Pine ;) Watch the trailer here - it's set during WWI.)
Least Favorite: Actually there were quite a few films this month that didn't really impress me, either because they were just too long (Madame Bovary, The Big Country, Ice Station Zebra, Batman v Superman), or not my kind of movie (Blues in the Night, Luv). I haven't had a month this bad in a long time.
I'm so glad you caught the wonderful Merrily We Live!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly had quite a fun month of movie viewing.
I'm so glad you recommended it!! It's definitely a new favorite :)
DeleteOh no, "The Big Country" is an all timer for me. I liked it on my initial viewing but thought the ending was overblown, but I've even come to accept that part as ok. You probably need to watch it 4 or 5 more times to properly absorb it. I like the message too (the guy who won't do anything just because it is expected of him).
ReplyDeleteOverall I'm glad I watched it and the message is a good one. My main problems were the length and also Peck's fiancé really got on my nerves with her immaturity. But that probably just bothered me because I'm a girl who wishes I had a fiancé that great ;)
DeleteHi,Heres my review of He Ran All the Way, a review with John Garfield and Shelley Winters
ReplyDeletehttps://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/john-garfield
Awesome! Can't wait to read it!
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