Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:09 am
919 - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) - 8.5/10 - Greg is an awkward high school senior who tries to avoid attention and secretly makes movies with his only friend, Earl. Greg's mother forces him to spend time with a classmate named Rachel who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. They become friends and this friendship becomes the focus for the rest of his senior year. The movie is kind of quirky and both fun and sad at times. I liked the three leads and the supporting cast.
920 - The Italian (1915) - 7.5/10 - A man immigrates from Italy to New York City and later brings his girlfriend over so that they can be married. He works hard, but life isn't easy in the slums of New York. George Beban did a nice job in the lead here and I thought the story was good.
921 - When the Clouds Roll By (1919) - 8/10 - Douglas Fairbanks plays a superstitious New Yorker who becomes the victim of a manipulative and crazy psychiatrist. He also meets a young woman that he falls in love with during this time. There is some inventive imagery in the dream sequences and plenty of humor in an entertaining film.
922 - The Spiders - The Golden Sea (1919) - 7/10 - An adventurer finds a message in a bottle that leads him to a lost Incan colony. A criminal group known as the Spiders wants any treasure that he may find there. A decent adventure film directed by Fritz Lang.
923 - The Spiders - The Diamond Ship (1920) - 6/10 - The second (and last) entry in the series sees our adventurer trying to track down the Spiders to get revenge. It wasn't as interesting or good as the first film.
924 - Male and Female (1919) - 8/10 - A wealthy family is shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific with their butler and a maid. However, they soon learn that they can't boss the butler around so easily under these conditions. Gloria Swanson plays a spoiled daughter who undergoes a big change during their stay on the island. I liked this one quite a bit.