Week of May 3 – 9, 2020 Harkening back to childhood often leads to nostalgic, happy memories, and many films have attempted to channel these feelings. One that has wildly succeeded at recapturing the joyful exuberance of youth, but in […]
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Something’s Gotta Give (2003) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of April 26 – May 2, 2020 Romance can make one forget about one’s problems, even if it is occurring with other people, and we are only experiencing it vicariously. Such is the appeal of Something’s Gotta Give, a […]
Continue reading »Genevieve (1953) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of April 19 – 25, 2020 Back to Britain we go with a sunny, and rainy, venture from London to Brighton and back in vintage automobiles. One of these beautiful machines, a 1904 Darracq roadster, is the “Genevieve” of […]
Continue reading »Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Week of April 12 – 18, 2020 This movie struck me as an obvious choice as soon as I conceived the idea for this category. I like The Breakfast Club a little more in the John Hughes oeuvre, but Ferris […]
Continue reading »Bowfinger (1999) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of April 5 – 11, 2020 Director Frank Oz and star Steve Martin have made four films together, all of which I enjoy, and Bowfinger is the sweetest of them. I actually like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the most (I […]
Continue reading »Angels in the Outfield (1951) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of March 29 – April 4, 2020 Major League Baseball was supposed to have begun this week, and I for one will miss the National Pastime until it returns (probably in July, after the All-Star break). In the meantime, […]
Continue reading »My Favorite Year (1982) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Week of March 22 – 28, 2020 Nostalgia fuels my fourth sheltering choice. When done right — and I think this film does it right — nostalgic movies can be amazingly comforting as well as brightly entertaining. I’ve loved My […]
Continue reading »Sing Street (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Week of March 15 – 21, 2020 An Irish coming-of-age story with music at its core is my third choice as a movie to curl up with while having to remain at home. Sing Street may not be as good […]
Continue reading »It Should Happen to You (1954) ☆ ☆ ☆
Week of March 8 – 14, 2020 My second choice for a feel-good film is an oldie from 1954 with the stellar talents of comedienne Judy Holliday and a new face at that time, the one and only Jack Lemmon, […]
Continue reading »Feel-Good Films for Our Uncertain Times
As we are forced to abandon old habits and adapt to the strange new world of self-containment for the near future, many of us are bound to become bored and lean toward stir-craziness. It isn’t easy, but rest assured that […]
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