Archive for August, 2007
Strange Love Of Martha Ivers - 1946
Set Your Recorders, Film Noir, Romance, Thriller/Suspense| 2 Comments »[ March 28, 2008; 9:15 am to 11:00 am. ] This picture falls into a category that we made up at the store.� It is called tawdry noir.� This picture is the epitome of tawdry noir.� It is also a great movie and was a regular on the screen at Movie Place.
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The story follows three kids and the paths they take.� […]
Kings Row - 1942
Set Your Recorders, Drama| No Comments »[ March 18, 2009 10:00 pm to March 19, 2009 12:00 am. ] There are performances that will make you say “oh that is why he (or she) works”.� I call these justification for a career performances.� Kings Row has a few of these career justifiers, in fact more than the usual picture it has some people’s best work.� It was a tremendous risk by […]
Flamingo Road - 1949
Drama, Tawdry| No Comments »[ August 3, 2007; 4:45 pm to 6:45 pm. ] This was a Movie Place favorite. It is tawdry with a capital T. It has every thing a good soap opera should have: sex, corruption, blackmail, suicide and murder. The only thing missing is drug use. It is no wonder that it was the basis for the 80’s prime time soap opera.
The […]
Detective Story
Film Noir, Drama, New York| No Comments »[ August 26, 2007; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. ] 
