Over the last few weeks, I’ve taken an in-depth look at “La La Land” and many of its…
As I was watching “Summer Stock” it seemed like a pretty prototypical MGM musical of the era. It wasn’t a knockout, all the plot…
The last entry in our series of movies that inspired or are referenced by “La La Land,” is “Rebel Without a Cause.” This…
The next entry in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is called, simply, “Marlowe” A late-60s update of the Marlowe character, unfortunately the amount…
Though the premise of “On The Town” is pretty straightforward- the action follows three sailors on a 24-hour leave in New York City- it…
The third entry in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is “Farewell, My Lovely.” Made in 1975, this is the most recent film in the…
The next entry in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is “Murder, My Sweet.” Here, Marlowe is played by Dick Powell in a more…
I wasn’t planning to review “Cover Girl” when I set out on my Gene Kelly marathon, but I saw that was running on TCM one, so I figured, why…
The final film in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is “The Long Goodbye.” Robert Altman’s classic 1973 take on Raymond Chandler’s…