Monthly Archives: July 2022

My Foolish Heart: Dana Andrews plays a WWII flyer again!

The tagline for this Dana Andrews – Susan Hayward film on the TCM app is “An innocent’s life is shattered when she falls for a WWII flyer.” (Dana sure played a lot of WWII airmen – this movie, Best Years … Continue reading

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Assignment – Paris: Why have I never heard of this movie?

I mean, Dana Andrews and George Sanders? In a post-WWII cold war intrigue-y thing?? This is my catnip. Probably a Columbia Pictures B-movie cast-off, I thought, when it popped up in the TCM app, with nary a host intro or … Continue reading

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Ms. Marvel: Rewatch with my kiddo!

We were originally planning to wait till our munchkin was around 10 to let him start watching Marvel movies, and Black Panther was going to be his intro to the MCU. But along comes Ms. Marvel, slightly ahead of schedule, … Continue reading

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Ms. Marvel: A brown girl from Jersey City

Well, I never thought I’d hear a 1940s Hindi film song by Suraiya playing over the Marvel Studios intro, but here we are, and I’ll admit it makes me a bit emotional. Not that I look to Hollywood/Disney to fully … Continue reading

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