Dangerous Mission (1954)
This month I had the typical Christmas rewatches and then randomly ended up watching quite a few “new” movies: nearly half of this list are post-1970 films! I even watched a movie on “opening weekend” (WW84). Oh, btw... HBO Max doesn’t offer a free trial anymore :/ Luckily there’s enough exclusive content on there that the $16 will be worth it.
I never got around to writing about the free classic movies on the Peacock streaming service. They had over 100 but as of Jan. 1, 2021 they have exactly two movies made before 1970 (not counting James Bond): a Columbo Movie and Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol... So basically the only thing left for me to watch on there is Murder, She Wrote.
* indicates a rewatch
- The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) - Max Baer & Myrna Loy, Walter Huston
- Sabotage (1936) - Sylvia Sydney
- Desire (1936) - Gary Cooper & Marlene Dietrich
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) - Robert Taylor & Maureen O’Sullivan, Vivian Leigh
- Flight Command (1940) - Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Kelly, Red Skelton, Nat Pendleton, Marsha Hunt
- To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) - John Payne & Maureen O’Hara, Randolph Scott, Pat O’Brien
- *Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan,
- Deep Valley (1947) - Ida Lupino & Dane Clark, Wayne Morris, Fay Bainter, Henry Hull
- Fighter Squadron (1948) - Edmund O’Brien, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson
- The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) - Joan Crawford
- My Man and I (1952) - Ricardo Montalban & Shelley Winters, Claire Trevor, Wendell Corey, Jack Elam
- Dangerous Mission (1954) - Victor Mature & Piper Laurie, Vincent Price, William Bendix, Bette St. John
- *White Christmas (1954) - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
- Bombers B-52 (1957) - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Marsha Hunt
- *We’re No Angels (1957) - Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Joan Bennett, Leo G. Carroll, Basil Rathbone
- The Cat O’Nine Tails (1971) - Karl Malden
- *Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) - Alan Young
- Explorers (1985) - Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson
- The Mosquito Coast (1986) - Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Martha Plimpton
- *Home Alone (1990) - Macaulay Culkin
- The Thing Called Love (1993) - River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock
- I Spy (2002) - Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson
- *Elf (2003) - Will Ferrell & Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner
- *The Lake House (2006) - Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer
- Destination Wedding (2018) - Winona Ryder & Keanu Reeves
- Gemini Man (2019) - Will Smith
- Last Christmas (2019) - Emilia Clarke & Henry Golding, Emma Thompson
- Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - Gal Gadot & Chris Pine, Kristin Wiig
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Least Favorite Film: Explorers was very dated. Fighter Squadron needed a stronger leading man.
Favorite Movie: Destination Wedding was hilarious!! I also really liked Desire.
I'm really looking forward to seeing WW84 because even though the first wasn't my favorite, this sequel looks like it has great inspiration from the comic books which were my favorites when I was little.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was going to be so-so but I really enjoyed it! I haven’t rewatched the first one since it came out but I think I liked 84 better.
DeleteI rewatched White Christmas and We're No Angels too :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm hoping to see WW84 this coming weekend. Crossing my fingers.
They are so good!
DeleteHappy new year! Aside from the Christmas movies, I don't think I've seen most of these, though a few are on my list of things I want to see.
ReplyDelete"We're No Angels" is such an odd Christmas movie, but delightfully amusing. :)
I’ve gotten to a point where I’ve seen most of the better known movies.
DeleteI love a good odd comedy. It makes me chuckle out loud every time :)