Friday, August 1, 2025

Movies I Watched in July

My brother bought a month of Netflix so I was able to watch the handful of things on there I've been wanting to watch for a while, including the show Manifest. It was so good!!! If you like suspenseful time-travel/save-the-world shows than this is for you. Here's the season 1 trailer: 


There were also several Netflix Original documentaries I wanted to watch. They are listed below the movies. I tried watching a WWII one but they colorized all of the black and white footage and it was really distracting. 

Started listening to season 6 of “The Plot Thickens” on the making of Cleopatra (1963). 

* indicates a rewatch

  1. Hot Tip (1935) - James Gleason, Zasu Pitts
  2. Day-Time Wife (1939) - Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell, Warren William, Binnie Barnes, Wendy Barrie
  3. This Side of the Law (1948/50) - Kent Smith, Viveca Lindfors, Janis Paige
  4. *Roman Holiday (1953) - Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert
  5. Cleopatra (1963) - Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Hume Cronyn, Roddy McDowell
  6. For Love of the Game (1999) - Kevin Costner & Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, J. K. Simmons
  7. *Safe Haven (2013) - Julianne Hough & Josh Duhamel
  8. *The Lost Husband (2020) - Leslie Bibb & Josh Duhamel
  9. Enola Holmes (2020) - Millie Bobbie Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helen Bonham Carter
  10. The Dig (2021) - Ralph Fiennes, Carrey Mulligan, Lily James
  11. Blackout (2022) - Josh Duhamel
  12. Operation Mincemeat (2022) - Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton

The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014) - Bing Russell, Kurt Russell
Sly (2023) - Netflix doc on Sylvester Stallone, HIGHLY recommend for Rocky fans
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley (2024) - mainly about the '68 Special
Martha (2024) - Stewart

Least Favorite Film: I watched about half of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962). It was extremely boring and Glenn Ford had zero chemistry with his co-star. Poor Lee J. Cobb was playing his grandfather for the first 20 minutes and came across as a cartoonish character.

Favorite Movie: I was surprised with how much I liked Enola Holmes. The Dig was an interesting film (though the Lily James storyline could have easily been cut - it didn't really add anything). Eddie Muller may not have cared for This Side of the Law but I enjoyed the atmosphere of the film. And Day-Time Wife was cute, even if the plot is an overdone one. 

This Side of the Law (1950) - Janis Paige