A Song is Born (1100th post)

Another milestone down.  Check out the previous milestones:  100   The Pajama Game / 200   Guys and Dolls / 300   The Rocky Horror Picture...

September 20, 2020
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

"Don't tell me that you met a ghost." "Well, not so spooky as that.  Ghosts don't stab people in the neck, do they? O...

September 14, 2020
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Doomed to Die

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth (Lang) is shot in his office.  Wentworth was in the midst of a scandal after his ocean liner sunk.  He also...

September 13, 2020
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Emma. (2020)

"With who will you dance?" "With you, if you will ask me." Emma Woodhouse (Taylor-Joy) looks for excitement in her life....

August 31, 2020
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Jumanji: The Next Level

"I think he went back in.  We gotta go get him." "Are you out of your mind?" Three years after being sucked into Jumanji...

August 29, 2020
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TV: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

"You realize you were speeding?" "Y-yes, I do, Officer." "Okay, as long as you know." The town of Cryst...

July 17, 2020
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington

"Yes, I shall write a monograph some day... on the noxious habit of accumulating useless trivia." Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone) and ...

July 17, 2020
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Blackhat (2015)

When hackers target high-profile targets in Hong Kong and Chicago, authorities in both countries believe it is part of a larger plan.  Capta...

July 11, 2020
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The Hitman's Bodyguard

"My job is to keep you out of harm's way." "I am harm's way." Michael Bryce (Reynolds) is a professional bodygua...

June 28, 2020
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Walking on Sunshine (2014)

Taylor (Arterton) fell in love in Puglia, Italy, but left her love to go college.  Three years later she returns to Puglia to visit her free...

June 06, 2020
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

"Haven't you ever seen a dinosaur before?" "Not with the skin on it!" Trevor Anderson (Fraser) is a professo...

May 05, 2020
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

"Elementary, my dear Watson." After Professor Moriarty (Zucco) is acquitted of murder charges, he challenges nemesis Sherlock...

April 21, 2020
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

"You are so handsome!" "And you are very... perceptive." The town of Bricksburg is destroyed by the Duplo aliens. ...

April 14, 2020
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To Be or Not to Be (1942)

"Now, look, Tura, you're playing for our lives." "I know. Dobash, I'm going to do the impossible. I'm going ...

April 09, 2020
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training

"Mahoney must think he's as dumb as we are." Commandant Lassard (Gaynes) asks his favorite candidates to return to the po...

March 29, 2020
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Knives Out

"This is a twisted web, and we are not finished untangling it, not yet." Novelist Harlan Thrombey (Plummer) is dead.  Detecti...

March 29, 2020
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Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill

"However, it's a mistake to accept something that's true merely because it's obvious." Incarcerated thief (Cyril ...

March 14, 2020
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Downton Abbey (2019)

"After all these years you still astonish me." "Oh good, I'm glad I'm a revelation and not a disappointment....

February 27, 2020
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Oscar Picks 2020

This is my 14th year of predicting the Oscar winners.  Last year I saw 5 of the nominated film and correctly predicted 5 of 7 categories (...

February 09, 2020
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

"You're not playing with a full deck, are you?" "Oh, I don't play cards." The 16th precinct is the worst ...

February 07, 2020
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