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  • Little Women

    Little Women

    1949, 2h 1m


    Genre: Classics, Drama
    TMDB Rating: 74%

    Our Comments: √ 09-29-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). The checkmark means we own it. We enjoyed the loyal and loving relationships in the family and among neighbours. This is a tight-knit family that faces its ups and downs. Jo, played by June Allyson, doesn’t like change, and resists it. Yet so much change happens in the unfolding life of this family. The movie presents a complex and interesting thread of day-to-day life, defining moments, personality conflicts, illness, loss, and romance. The conclusion of the message is that there will be changes and challenges in life, but the human spirit must endeavor to prevail. We overlooked some of the melodrama, given the time in which the movie was made. To be sure, this is a film that has merit. It’s very good! We were torn between giving it a 3.5 or 4 star rating. We settled on 3.5 plus!

    The movie is based on the book. And several versions have been put to film. We will try some of the other releases of Little Women. There are several.

    TMDB: “Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother. Jo is an outspoken woman for her time. The story is of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5+ star

    Clean Rating: 5

  • Pillow Talk

    Pillow Talk

    1959, 1h 42m


    Genre: Classics, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 72%

    My Comments: 08-21-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Borrowed the set from ASB. A lovely little romp through Big City 1959 through the lives of two people sharing a telephone party line. Rock Hudson plays the playboy at the other end of Doris Day’s line. It’s a funny movie, with a pleasant glimpse back to the late 50’s: scenery, decor, and social setting of the time. Even back then, the sexual revolution was already emerging. And this leads us to the moral dilemma with this movie. A modest adult can certainly deal with the many compromised attitudes and innuendos (both sexual and in the portrayal of alcoholism), but this movie is probably not for impressionable young teens.

    Overall, we enjoyed the movie for its classic feel, its lively energy and comedic delightfulness, but were a bit disappointed in the lack of innocence you usually get with a 50’s film.

    TMDB: “Playboy songwriter Brad Allen’s succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.”

    1. Michael GordonDirector

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Rating: 3

  • Send Me No Flowers

    Send Me No Flowers

    1964, 1h 40m


    Genre: Classics, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 68%

    My Comments: 09-18-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Borrowed the box set from ASB. A clean and hilariously funny classic comedy. From George’s hypochondria to Judy’s relaxed acceptance of it to misunderstandings, it’s a great little farce. Tony Randall as the guy next door does an incredible job and has you falling off the couch in laughter. This is a great little film!

    TMDB: “At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man’s diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn’t tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he’s not dying at all (while he doesn’t) and she believes it’s just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 4 star

    Clean Rating: 4.5

  • State Fair (1945)

    State Fair (1945)

    1945, 1h 40m


    Genre: Classics, Romance
    TMDB Rating: 66%

    My Comments: 09-05-2023 (approx date) at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Sweet and innocent classic musical, romance. Pleasant story line, some interesting complexity to it in that the story follows both the young man and his sister, who each fall into their own separate romances at the state fair.

    TMDB: “During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest…with hilarious results.”

    1. Walter Lang: Director
    2. Oscar Hammerstein II: Screenplay

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star.

    Clean Rating: 5

  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

    Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

    2023, 2h 44m


    Genre: Action, Thriller
    TMDB Rating: 77%

    Our Comments on Merit: 9-01-2023 at the theater (PS, HS, AD). 4.5 star. This is one of the best crafted MI movies in the series. It’s complex story, non-stop action, and premise are top notch. It was wonderful to watch it with our 18 year old grandson. This is “part one” of the two-part seventh film in the franchise. With the provisos noted below, this is an action film that gets almost everything right. There are wonderful daring stunts, and the entire movie is exciting to watch end-to-end! It delivers!

    Clean Rating Comments: For the most part, this movie is more family friendly than your average James Bond movie. Bad language is limited to “goddammit,” “hell,” and an unfinished “what the fu…” There’s also a scene with mostly nude gyrating dancers that grated on your sense of propriety. It was quite disturbing to me, but at least it was brief. Also be aware, the violence and danger are constant, with some intense fight scenes. On the plus side, there is an abundance of positive messaging. The propriety of doing what is right is a strong theme (in this case, almost nobody knows which end is actually “up”). Hunt and his team have to sort that out. And the team shows tremendous strength of character with their courage, teamwork, and long-suffering tenacity. We give it a clean rating of 3. 3 = “Average for a Mainstream Film (several moral* issues; watch at your discretion).”

    TMDB: “Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world’s fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.”

    Cast: Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt), Hayley Atwell (Grace), Ving Rhames (Luther Stickell), Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn) Rebecca Ferguson (Ilsa Faust), Vanessa Kirby (The White Widow) Esai Morales (Gabriel).

    Enjoyment Rating: 4.5 stars

    Clean Rating: 3

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  • So I Married An Axe Murderer

    So I Married An Axe Murderer

    1993, 1h 33m


    Genre: Romance, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 61%

    My Comments: √ 08-31-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS, ASD-Little Andy). Good comedy, romance. 3.5 star.

    Clean Rating: 3

  • Kon-Tiki

    Kon-Tiki

    2012, 1h 58m


    Genre: Adventure
    TMDB Rating: 69%

    My Comments: 08-29-2023 (approx date) at A&C’s place in Burlington (PS, HS, ASB, CB). Rented from the Library. Excellent portayal of the real event, good story, and execution of all the aspects of filmaking (cinematography, screenplay, sound, acting, etc. We enjoyed it very much. Enjoyment Rating: 4 star.

    Clean Rating: 4 (Quite Decent). As far as we could see, there were no moral issues.

  • My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen

    1955, 1h 42m


    Genre: Classics, Comedy
    TMDB Rating: 68%

    My Comments: 07-23-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Not sophisticated but adorable 50’s musical comedy romance. There’s joy here.

    TMDB: “Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York’s Greenwich Village looking for “fame, fortune and a ‘For Rent’ sign on Barrow Street”. They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Rating: 4

  • Love Locks

    Love Locks

    2017, 1h 35m


    Genre: Romance
    TMDB Rating: 59%

    My Comments: √ 07-21-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Cute Hallmark romance. Feel good.

    TMDB: “Lindsey Wilson first found love in the romantic city of Paris when she was a university student studying art there. Now, twenty years later, she is returning to the City of Light to take her daughter on an adventure there. With a little inspiration from the city’s famed “love locks” on its scenic bridges, the adventure proves to be a journey of romance and rediscovery for the divorced Lindsey when she reconnects with her college flame in Paris and finds that her first love just might be the lasting love of her life after all.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star

    Clean Rating: 4.5

  • 50 First Dates

    50 First Dates

    2004, 1h 39m


    Genre: Comedy, Romance
    TMDB Rating: 68%

    My Comments: 07-14-2023 at SS’s place in Burlington with HS, SS. Watched on Netflix. Good and tender premise, but you have to endure a lot of crassness. We sure did enjoy being with SS for the evening, regardless!

    TMDB: “Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it’s possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That’s because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 2.5 star

    Clean Rating: 2.5