Category Archives: H

Hitting a New High (1937) – reviewed by George

Posted on January 18, 2020 by cobblerjon

A musical comedy starring a great opera singer and a raft of comedians, with two leading men and a journey from Paris to Africa and on to New York. We start with Lucius B. Blynn (Edward Everett Horton) alone in … Continue reading →

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Hearts of Christmas (2016) – reviewed by George

Posted on December 19, 2019 by cobblerjon

It’s not a new movie, but it was new to me, and I found it the most heart-tugging, lump-in-the-throat film I’ve seen this year. It deals with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a hospital called Community Memorial Hospital and … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, H, Movies, TV | Tagged Emilie Ullerup, Hearts of Christmas, J.B. White, Kimberly Sustad, Kristoffer Polaha, Monika Mitchell, Sharon Lawrence | Leave a comment

Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas (1992) – reviewed by George

Posted on December 18, 2019 by cobblerjon

An episode of the Disney series “Goof Troop” where Goofy (voice of Bill Farmer) and his son Max (voice of Dana Hill) live next door to Pete (voice of Jim Cummings), who has two legs, and his family: wife Peg … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, H, TV | Tagged April Winchell, Bill Farmer, Dana Hill, Gaetan Brizzi, Goof Troop, Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas, Jim Cummings, Jymn Magon, Nancy Cartwright, Paul Brizzi, Rob Paulsen | Leave a comment

Holiday Date (2019) – reviewed by George

Posted on December 18, 2019 by cobblerjon

Brooke (Brittany Bristow) is a dress-fitter at a large New York department store, but is determined to become a dress designer. And she’s planning a Christmas trip home to Whispering Pines, NY to visit her parents Donna and Walter (Teryl … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, H, Movies, TV | Tagged Anna Van Hooft, Ava Grace Cooper, Brittany Bristow, Bruce Boxleitner, Edward Ruttle, Holiday Date, Jeff Beesley, Karen Berger, Kraig Wenman, Matt Cohen, Matty Finochio, Peter Benson, Shannon Chan-Kent, Teryl Rothery | Leave a comment

Heavy Metal 2000 (copyright 1999, opened in the USA 2000) – reviewed by George

Posted on November 24, 2019 by cobblerjon

The back story is told in narration with impressive animation to illustrate it. Long ago the Arakacians ruled the galaxies. Their specialties were horror and devastation. The secret of their great power was hidden on the planet Uroboris. The planet’s … Continue reading →

Posted in H, Movies | Tagged Billy Idol, Carl Macek, Eric Talbot, Heavy Metal 2000, Julie Strain Eastman, Kevin Eastman, Michael Coldewey, Michael Ironside, Michel Lemire, Pierre Kohn, Robert Payne Cabeen, Simon Bisley, Sonja Ball | Leave a comment

The Happytime Murders (2018) – reviewed by George

Posted on November 5, 2019 by cobblerjon

A very unusual movie – an X-rated puppet show. The puppets will remind you of the Muppets, but their antics will soon end that illusion. After 12 or 13 minutes of watching with my mouth hanging open in disbelief, I … Continue reading →

Posted in H, Movies | Tagged Brian Henson, Dee Austin Robertson, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, The Happytime Murders, Todd Berger | Leave a comment

Lucille Ball in “Her Husband’s Affairs” (1947) – reviewed by George

Posted on October 26, 2019 by cobblerjon

This movie takes “silly” to, not just a new high, but to a whole new dimension. The first time I laughed was at about 27 minutes in. And I think that was the last time too. Margaret Weldon (Lucille) is … Continue reading →

Posted in H, Movies | Tagged Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Dorothy Lamour, Franchot Tone, Her Husband's Affairs, Lucille Ball, Mikhail Rasumny, S. Sylvan Simon, The Road to Rio | Leave a comment

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) – reviewed by George

Posted on September 5, 2019 by cobblerjon

Inside the Federated Broadcast Company building the radio show “The Paradise Coffee Program” is in rehearsal. A full orchestra is backing up a coloratura (Margaret Dumont), whose piano accompanist (Reginald Gardiner) is as outraged as she when the third trumpet, … Continue reading →

Posted in H, Movies | Tagged Alexis Smith, Allyn Joslyn, Aubrey Wisberg, Dolores Moran, Guy Kibbee, Jack Benny, James V. Kern, John Alexander, Margaret Dumont, Mike Mazurki, Raoul Walsh, Reginald Gardiner, Sam Hellman, The Horn Blows at Midnight | Leave a comment

Benedict Cumberbatch is Sherlock Holmes in “His Last Vow” (2014) – reviewed by George

Posted on August 30, 2019 by cobblerjon

Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen) is being questioned by some sort of government body led by Lady Smallwood (Lindsay Duncan). Afterwards he goes home to a huge place, a modernistic palace. In his library, which is almost clinical, he looks … Continue reading →

Posted in H, Movies, Sherlock Holmes, TV | Tagged Amanda Abbington, Benedict Cumberbatch, His Last Vow, Lars Mikkelsen, Lindsay Duncan, Louis Oliver, Martin Freeman, Nick Hurran, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Steven Moffat, Timothy Carlton, Wanda Ventham | Leave a comment

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) – reviewed by George

Posted on July 30, 2019 by cobblerjon

This is a wonderful movie. It has laughs, suspense, scares, and a young boy, Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro), who does a lot of growing up. Lewis’s parents have been killed in a car crash, and he has been sent to … Continue reading →

Posted in H, Movies | Tagged cate blanchett, Colleen Camp, Eli Roth, Eric Kripke, Jack Black, John Bellairs, Kyle MacLachlan, Lorenza Izzo, Nathan Barr, Owen Vaccaro, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Sunny Suljic, The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Leave a comment