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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…

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…

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 has…

It’s tough to find time to watch movies, tougher still to find time to write about them. I’ve enjoyed this film exercise this year though…

The final film in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is “The Long Goodbye.” Robert Altman’s classic 1973 take on Raymond Chandler’s novel features…

The next entry in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is called, simply, “Marlowe” A late-60s update of the Marlowe character, unfortunately the…

The third entry in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is “Farewell, My Lovely.” Made in 1975, this is the most recent film in the marathon, though…

The next entry in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is “Murder, My Sweet.” Here, Marlowe is played by Dick Powell in a more straight-laced…

The first entry in our Philip Marlowe Marathon is “The Big Sleep.” This is probably the most famous of the film adaptations featuring…

Over the last few weeks, I’ve taken an in-depth look at “La La Land” and many of its influences. While I admire that movie greatly, it’s…

The last entry in our series of movies that inspired or are referenced by “La La Land,” is “Rebel Without a Cause.” This teen melodrama…

The next entry in our series of movies that inspired or are referenced by “La La Land,” is “Casablanca.” Perhaps you’ve heard of it? There…

Up next in our series of movies that inspired or are referenced by “La La Land,” is “The Young Girls of Rochefort” Jacques Demy’s bubbly…

Without good music, you’re not going to have a very successful movie musical. In the case of “La La Land,” the music blends seamlessly with…

The next entry in our series of movies that inspired or are referenced by “La La Land,” is “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.” This is the move…

First up in our series of movies that inspired or are referenced by “La La Land,” we have “West Side Story”. In an interview with…

I’ve noticed that as I’ve gotten older, I’ve stopped feeling life as much. What does that mean? Youthful Exuberance has morphed into Adult…