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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Movies I Watched in August

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This is an embarrassingly short movie month. I’ve just been really into watching The Bob Newhart Show lately. There weren’t a ton of films I wanted to see on TCM this month, aside from Melvyn Douglas day, and a few of the movies I had starred never showed up on the app (I no longer have the option to dvr). I did finally watch The Sting!
  1. High, Wide and Handsome (1937) - Irene Dunne & Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour, Alan Hale
  2. The Shining Hour (1938) - Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, Margaret Sullavan 
  3. There’s Always a Woman (1938) - Melvyn Douglas & Joan Blondell, Mary Astor
  4. Paradise for Three (1938) - Robert Young & Florence Rice, Frank Morgan, Mary Astor, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Sig Rumen 
  5. Our Wife (1941) - Ruth Hussey & Melvyn Douglas, Ellen Drew, Charles Coburn
  6. Return to Peyton Place (1961) - Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Tuesday Weld, Mary Astor, Eleanor Parker 
  7. The Sting (1973) - Paul Newman & Robert Redford 
  8. Meet Joe Black (1998) - Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Fornali
  9. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (2018) - Lily James
  10. Mary Poppins Returns (2018) - Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel Miranda, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
Least Favorite Movie: I actually haven’t finished it yet but so far the Guernsey movie hasn’t done anything for me. 

Favorite Movie: Paradise for Three was really cute. I was also very pleased with Mary Poppins Returns. They did a good job. The only part I didn't like was Meryl Streep's. It felt unnecessary.

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6 comments:

  1. Chloe the MovieCriticSeptember 14, 2019 at 10:56 AM

    Mary Poppins Returns was so good! I want to see TGLaPPPS, but haven't had the opportunity yet. I didn't like The Sting when I first saw it, but I think if I rewatched it now I would.

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    1. PhylOctober 8, 2019 at 2:35 PM

      The second half of Guernsey was better but there was still something about it... It's hard to find a movie made today set in WWII that I actually like.

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  2. Caftan WomanSeptember 15, 2019 at 9:23 AM

    You finally saw The Sting! I obsessed over the soundtrack when it was first released. I saw The Sting "at the movies" with my dad. The theater was packed and the audience loved it. It was quite the experience.

    As a Randolph Scott, and an Irene Dunne fan, I have been anxious to see High, Wide and Handsome for years. It is certainly an odd subject for a musical, isn't it? What were Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein thinking. Nonetheless, it was a pleasure to hear The Folks Who Live on the Hill in its original setting and I found everything mesmerisingly beautiful because Rouben Mamoulian can't help himself.

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    1. PhylOctober 8, 2019 at 2:38 PM

      Sounds like an amazing experience! I would love to see more old films on the big screen.

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  3. The Metzinger SistersSeptember 16, 2019 at 7:05 PM

    Isn't "Paradise for Three" a little winner? My sister and I really enjoyed that one, too. We're going to make it annual winter viewing. You can't go wrong with that cast!

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    1. PhylOctober 8, 2019 at 2:38 PM

      I watched it again a few days later with my aunt because I wanted her to see it ;)

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