Re: Movies
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:27 am
845 - The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) - 7/10 - A biopic about the songwriting team of Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson from the 1920s. The biggest attraction is the music itself, but parts of the story are decent.
846 - Shunko (1960) - 8/10 - A new teacher (Lautaro Murúa) arrives in a small village in Argentina. Their only classroom is a set of benches and a blackboard under a tree. Parents are resistant to sending their kids because they don't see the value or want them to work in the fields. The teacher slowly wins the students and parents over and learns from them as well. I liked this one a lot.
847 - The Oscar (1966) - 4/10 - A lowlife is up for Best Actor and the film flashes back to his history and some of the nasty things that he did. The acting and story are pretty bad, though I did like seeing Jack Soo in his small role.
848 - The Pleasure Seekers (1964) - 6/10 - A remake of Three Coins in the fountain with the setting moved from Rome to Madrid. It stars Ann-Margret, Carol Lynley, and Pamela Tiffin as three American women looking for love in Spain. It's not as good as the earlier film.
849 - Treeless Mountain (2008) - 8/10 - Two little girls are left with their paternal aunt when their mother decides to try and track down their estranged father. The aunt is an alcoholic and doesn't really want the kids so they are often left to their own devices. Some won't like the film due to a lack of action or the slowness as the girls hope and wait for their mother to return, but I think it is a very good film with a nice performance from the older sister.
850 - The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) - 8/10 - I'm sure that I watched this 30 years ago, but didn't really remember anything about it. It was pretty funny with plenty of gags.
851 - The Return of the Living Dead (1985) - 6.5/10 - This comedy horror film wasn't really my thing. I liked it less than Romero's Dawn of the Dead and a lot less than Night of the Living Dead.