Favorite Movies

Philadelphia Story (1940)

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One of my favorite old classics– super drunk scene performed by Jimmy Stewart!

Cary Grant is at his best with the breezy, suave charm. Not sure I’m so crazy about Katherine Hepburn’s character in this one, but she holds nothing back in her performance. The storyline: a young divorcee from a well-to-do family is about to get remarried. It seems that the person who understood her best was her ex-husband who is still in love with her. This film helped salvage Hepburn’s career. The dialogue is manic, the energy level is exhausting, but this is one of the great films of the 40s and it holds up in my opinion. A feel-good film with a message about airs and expectations and being real.

Link to some fun movie trivia on this one: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032904/trivia

Foreign Films– Asian

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My brother Iggy was born in Japan, so I have fond early childhood memories of tiny streets, neighborhood festivals, rice paddies, massive bowls of noodles, and movies.

If you can’t handle subtitles, I get it. If you can, please feel free to browse. Japan, Thailand, India, China and even Bhutan have some terrific films and often fabulous scenery. Quite a few have underlying Buddhist themes going on, too.

The Good The Bad and the Weird (2008)

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good bad and ugly movie coverA re-boot (ha! funny, didn’t plan to say that, but it works for a western remake, right?) of the Sergio Leone classic, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. I’m not a super western kind of girl, but I sure had a thing for Clint Eastwood. And not to take away from the original, ’cause it’s about perfect, this is really good, maybe better for being faster paced and I just love the Asian steam punk. Glossy, dazzling, and, uh, The Good and The Bad are both easy on the eyes. “Ridiculous Fun” indeed!