The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 6, 2013

Prepare for blasphemy. I’m about to give one the most beloved/critically acclaimed/award-buzzed films of the year a lower score than a Tom Cruise movie, in this installment of Reviews in a Line or Two Ten. (Image: The Movie Mash) Flight (2012) Dir: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Denzel Washington I   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 5, 2013

Welcome to this week’s installment of “What to Watch,” TMP’s recommendation series, which will be posted every Tuesday. All times are listed in EST and subject to change. Items marked with an asterisk are “new to me” films that I hope to catch (or at least tape fo   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 4, 2013

(Image: Doctor Macro) A girl named Ida was born February 4, 1918 to a comedian father and actress mother in England. Though her parents encouraged her to become an entertainer, none of them knew that she would become the Ida Lupino: a Hollywood star, writer and pioneering female filmmaker in a...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 3, 2013

(Image: Film Affinity) I’m pretty sure I’ve said this in every monthly wrap-up over the past year (including the most recent, posted a couple of days ago), but can you believe that we’re already over a month into 2013? Time is flying once again! I managed to pick up a...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 2, 2013

(Image: Doctor Macro) Young dancer Janie Barlow (Joan Crawford) works at a burlesque show since she can’t find work on a “respectable” stage. When she and some of her fellow dancers are arrested for indecent exposure after a performance, Janie is bailed out by a millionaire named T   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 31, 2013

Mary Archer (Barbara Stanwyck), a beautiful and young American girl, is patiently awaiting the return of her friend(/sometimes boyfriend) Jeff (Ralph Bellamy) from active duty in Germany. (Image: Via Margutta 51) When Jeff finally does return, he brings back a German friend named Hugo (Otto Kruger).   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 29, 2013

Fredric March and Betty Field star in this fantastic World War II drama. (Image: fredricmarch @ Tumblr) Emil (Skip Homeier) is a young German boy who is coming to America to live with his “uncle” Mike (Fredric March), an old friend of his father. Also living in the home are...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 28, 2013

It’s business as usual in a New York City hotel one morning. A room service waiter has come to a certain room on one of the hotel’s higher levels to deliver breakfast. Much to the waiter’s surprise and dismay, he finds that the recipient of said breakfast (Robert Cosick) is...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 27, 2013

(Image: moovidadb.com) Young model Leonora Eames  (Barbara Bel Geddes) thinks she’s found the perfect life when she marries Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan), who is terribly rich. But Leonora finds that she’s getting more than she bargained for when Smith reveals himself as a harsh and power-h   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 26, 2013

(Image: moviegoods.com) The favorite film: In the Good Old Summertime, a 1949 musical/romance directed by Robert Z. Leonard for MGM. The synopsis: Andrew and Veronica are instant enemies from the day they meet. When Veronica is hired as a saleswoman at Oberkugen’s, a music store where Andrew   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 25, 2013

(Image: moviecovers.com) Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) is a waitress with aspirations of making it in Hollywood, but she realizes it’s rare to make it big in a town full of people who have the same goal. But while working at a diner, she befriends Max Carey (Lowell Sherman), a director...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 24, 2013

The Baldwin family – Harry (Ray Milland), Ann (Jean Hagen), Rick (Frankie Avalon) and Karen (Mary Mitchel) – are headed off to fish and camp when they witness an explosion from afar, eventually realizing that Los Angeles has been hit with a nuclear attack. (Image: Iverson Movie Ranch @ B   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 23, 2013

(Image: Hollywood Teen Movies) Nick Conover (Pat Boone), a small-time thief and generally trouble-making young man, is sent from Chicago to his uncle’s Kentucky horse farm after being put on probation and losing his driver’s license for “borrowing” a car. Nick isn’t exa   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 22, 2013

Easy Money is an anthology film following four different sets of people in Britain who take a gamblin’ risk and end up winning the football pools. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, the film was written for the screen by Muriel and Sydney Box (1945′s The Seventh Veil). Director...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 21, 2013

This film was viewed as a part of TMP’s Barbara Stanwyck filmography project. Check out Listography for links to all previous reviews in the project! (Image: A Certain Cinema) Ruth Vincent (Barbara Stanwyck) is the daughter of a governor (Arthur Byron). She has secretly married Robert Sheldon   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 20, 2013

(Image: dbcovers) Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a somewhat frumpy, middle-aged London governess who has just lost her job. When the agency fails to help her find a new position, Miss Pettigrew takes matters into her own hands by stealing a client’s card from a desk and showing up at...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 19, 2013

A note from Lindsey: This film was viewed as part of TMP’s Barbara Stanwyck Filmography project. Check out Listography for a full list of the project’s progress! Stella ropes in her man by wooing him with her beauty and her bookworm sensibilities. (Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP) Stel   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 17, 2013

The favorite film: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a 1977 sci-fi/drama directed and written by Stephen Spielberg (Image: Alpha Coders) The synopsis: Roy is on the job investigating a power outage in small-town Indiana when he suddenly has an odd encounter with what he believes is a UFO. After...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 16, 2013

Irene and Waldo think that Charlie’s directing talents could lead them to Hollywood success some day. (Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP) Waldo (John Beal) and Irene (Florence Rice) are a young, engaged couple, full of life and hopeful for a great future. Unfortunately, they’re living wi   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 15, 2013

Welcome to “Could it be a movie?,” a segment in which TMP reads stuff and tells you whether or not the written materials would make good movies. In this installment, we look at two stories from a 1979 issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. “Early Warning” Who wrote i   read more