Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on August 17, 2024

Holy cannoli, y’all – Jerry Lewis is the star for Day 17 of Summer Under the Stars, and once again I’m confronted with a slate of movies that are completely unknown to me! Even though I have some baking to do (I bake every Friday and this coffee cake recipe...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on August 16, 2020

A tough Irish lass. Maureen O’Hara was a green-eyed, titian-haired beauty whose personality and splendor practically leapt off of the silver screen. She starred in such beloved classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), How Green Was My Valley (1941), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and The Quie   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 18, 2018

Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson I love a lot (obviously) about film noir. And one of the things I love best about these films is the deadly, duplicitous dames commonly known as femme fatales. You know – the ones who use their wiles to get their way. The ones who have...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 9, 2017

There’s a moment in Kelly Fremon Craig’s The Edge of Seventeen where Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) suffers the ultimate humiliation third wheeling with her older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) and her (former) best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). Needless to say, the evening is less than   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 9, 2017

There’s a moment in Kelly Fremon Craig’s The Edge of Seventeen where Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) suffers the ultimate humiliation third wheeling with her older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) and her (former) best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). Needless to say, the evening is less than   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on August 17, 2012

Detective Gilbert is searching for a necklace that has been stolen by a gang of thieves. He shows up at a seemingly empty house that’s open for sale or rent. The door is unlocked, so he enters into the shadows. But what he finds in those shadows isn’t exactly what...   read more