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Category Archives: G
Pan Am, Episode 6: “The Genuine Article” (2011) – reviewed by George
Maggie (Christina Ricci) is up against Miss Havemeyer (Veanna Cox) again. She’s collected a few infractions, Havemeyer has reported them, and Maggie is officially grounded. “But I’ve got a flight to Rio in a couple of hours!”“We’ll get a replacement.”“Who … Continue reading
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Tagged Christina Ricci, Kal Parekh, Karine Vanasse, Kelli Garner, Margot Robbie, Matthew Penn, Nick Thiel, Pan Am, The Genuine Article, Todd Ellis kessler, Veanne Cox
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Upstart Crow, Season 2, Episode 1, “The Green-Eyed Monster” – reviewed by George
Play satirized this week: Othello.Will (David Mitchell) meets an African Prince, Otello (Steve Toussaint), who is attracted to Kate (Gemma Whelan), and the attraction is mutual. His tales of his life and adventures are wondrous both to hear and to … Continue reading
Posted in G, TV, U
Tagged Ben Elton, David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Harry Enfield, Mark Heap, Paula Wilcox, Richard Boden, Rob Rouse, Steve Toussaint, The Green-Eyed Monster, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Eddie Cantor in two talkie short subjects (1929 and 1930) – reviewed by George
Getting a Ticket (1929)In court a policeman has arrested Eddie and his wife for canoodling in the park, but the case is dismissed when Eddie produces their marriage license. Outside the policeman apologizes, “I didn’t know that was your wife.” … Continue reading
Posted in G, I, Movies, Short Subjects
Tagged Eddie Cantor, Getting a Ticket, Insurance, Morton Blumenstock
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Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) – reviewed by George
A film about many things: the effects of war on the individual (at one point a man is in a foxhole and as the camera pans around, every other man there is dead), the effects of fame on the young … Continue reading
Gifted (2017) – reviewed by George
An intriguing, unpredictable family drama. Mary (McKenna Grace) is a gifted child, highly intelligent and an absolute math whiz at six. Her guardian is her uncle Frank (Chris Evans) and she has a surrogate mother, Roberta (Octavia Spencer) who lives … Continue reading
Posted in G, Movies
Tagged Chris Evans, Gifted, Lindsay Duncan, Marc Webb, McKenna Grace, Octavia Spencer, Tom Flynn
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Edward Petherbridge is Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Walter is Harriet Vane in “Gaudy Night” (1987) – reviewed by George
A coffin is being lowered into a grave, not in a churchyard, but somewhere on a private estate. We hear a eulogy that identifies the deceased as a man. Cut to a young woman in a church practicing hymns on … Continue reading
Guys and Dolls (1955) – reviewed by George
A Damon Runyon story (or stories) becomes a Broadway show, with two love stories and a gangland setting in the Bronx. Then it becomes this movie. Marlon Brando is a singing hood who runs crap games and Jean Simmons is … Continue reading
Posted in G, Movies
Tagged Abe Burrows, Damon Runyon, Frank Loesser, Frank Sinatra, Guys and Dolls, Jean Simmons, Jo Swerling, Joseph Mankiewicz, Marlon Brando, Vivian Blaine
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