Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh, the classical musical comedy, starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly – where two sailors fly in love while on shore leave …
Read More »Anchors AweighAnchors Aweigh, the classical musical comedy, starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly – where two sailors fly in love while on shore leave …
Read More »Anchors AweighHotel Transylvania aims at a juvenile audience. Complete with the fart jokes and low humor that we’ve come to expect from Adam Sandler. And that’s a real pity. It’s actually a much better film than that.
Read More »Hotel TransylvaniaSong lyrics to I Got Rhythm, written by the Gershwin brothers in 1930 for the musical Girl Crazy. It has become a Jazz standard, used in multiple films (An American in Paris, Mr. Holland’s Opus, My Girl) and recorded by many artists including Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Ella Fitzgerald, Karen Carpenter, Bing Crosby, Barbara Streisand and many others.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is an exceptional movie. Made even more exceptional by the fact that it’s based on a true story. It’s the story of Gladys Aylward (performed by Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca in a great performance). A British woman in the early 20th century who feels called by God to be a missionary in China.
Since she has no education or qualifications, the Missionary Society refuses to send her. Gladys steadfastly believes that God has called her there. So she works as a servant, putting money aside from each paycheck until she can afford a one-way trip to China. Once she’s there, she swiftly finds that her struggle is only beginning …
Read More »The Inn of the Sixth HappinessSong lyrics to S’Wonderful by George Gershwin, one of the classic tunes from An American in Paris, performed by Gene Kelly and Georges Guetary
Read More »S’Wonderful song lyricsHouse of Strangers is supposedly a film noir, but it doesn’t feel like one. Instead, it’s the story of an immigrant family, with a controlling, hard father who runs the family with an iron fist, and his anger and control extends beyond the grave. It’s also the story of the favored son, who goes to prison for his father’s crime — and after his father’s death, manages to break free of the anger and bitterness that his father used to control him.
Read More »House of StrangersLeft Behind: Armageddon is the beginning of the end for this popular Left Behind book series, as the living gets more dangerous — and one of the main characters is captured, with no escape possible.
Read More »Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the AgesBack on track, Left Behind:The Remnant covers the continuing story of the members of the Tribulation Force. The Antichrist tightens his grip on the world. And one member of the Force rescued as another is martyred.Read More »The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
Assassins – Left Behind no. 6 is a very interesting book. There’s much character development, and much activity by the totalitarian Global Community. This leads up to a very surprise ending with the assassination of world leader Nicolae Carpathia.Read More »Assassins – Left Behind No. 6
In Black Widow, an aspiring young writer is found dead …. In a Broadway producer’s apartment. Is the Broadway producer helping her guilty?
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