Commentary The modern film industry has a talent for taking a basic story concept and distorting it with extraneous vulgarity until its main theme is hardly recognizable. You can counteract this, however, by foregoing the latest releases in favor of movies made during Hollywood’s good old days (1934-1954), when storytelling was uncomplicated by computer generated…
The Latest vs. the Greatest: ‘No Hard Feelings’ (2023) and ‘The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer’ (1947)
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Only Angels Have Wings’: We’re Never Alone
NR | 2 h 1 min | Drama | 1939 Affable “Dutchy” Van Ruyter (Sig Ruman) runs a troubled airfreight service from the South American port of Barranca to the United States. His cynical but skilled chief pilot Geoff Carter (Cary Grant) and his corps risk their lives navigating fog that’s often, as one pilot…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Penny Serenade’: Sharing Is the Lifeblood of Love
NR | 1 hr 59 min | Drama | 1941 Handsome newspaper reporter Roger (Cary Grant) marries pretty Julie (Irene Dunne), who works in a shop selling music records. His job takes them from America to Japan, but they return after she, expecting their first child, miscarries following an earthquake. He quits his job so…
Where Have All the Good Men Gone? The Attack on the Alpha Male and the Rise of the Beta Male
February 21, 2023
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With gender ideology frontline in the cultural war, many have asked the question, “What is a woman?” But we also must ask, “What is a man?” With the rise of feminism and the LGBTQ agenda, men in our society have been neglected. Women complain they want a real man, yet they stifle the very qualities…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘People Will Talk’: Focus on a Healthy Spirit as Well as a Healthy Body
G | 1 h 50 min | Romantic Comedy | 1951 Screenwriter-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s tongue-in-cheek film has a hard time taking itself seriously, opening as it does with the comically self-conscious line, “This will be part of the story of Noah Praetorius, M.D. That is not his real name, of course…” The winsome, if…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Holiday’: A Charming Romantic Comedy
1938 | Not Rated | 1h 35m | Comedy, Romance Director George Cukor’s breezy yet insightful romantic comedy titled “Holiday” is about a holiday of the more leisurely kind, rather than of the seasonal variety. And although it has the same co-stars (Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn) as 1938’s delightful “Bringing Up Baby” (directed by…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Bishop’s Wife’: Lessons on the Spirit of the Season
G | 1h 49min | Romantic Comedy, Drama | 1947 Director Henry Koster’s film “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947) is based on American writer Robert Nathan’s eponymous 1928 novella. Starring Cary Grant, it tells a story that only children could possibly believe, but one that adults can try to embrace. It’s about how love helps us…
Etiquette, Eating, and Eloquence: Two Leading Ladies of the English Language
Ask someone who knows the movies to name an actor and actress who best depicted sophistication, grace, and style on the big screen, and odds are that Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant will pop up in that conversation. “Sophisticated” is an adjective often linked with both of these stars. In nearly all his roles, from…
A Family Double Feature: ‘Every Girl Should Be Married’ and ‘Room for One More’
February 5, 2022
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In the 21st century, girls are advised to study STEM courses, go to college, acquire advanced degrees, and pursue high-power careers. Being “just” a housewife and mother is painted as settling for less than reaching her full potential. However, in overlooking the previously revered jobs of wife and mother, women are cheating themselves out of…
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