~Friday~ Bob Netflixed The Wrecking Crew, and we watched it this evening. This is not to be confused with the 1968 film with the same name staring Dean Martin (The count has stolen enough gold to cause a financial crisis in the world markets so I.C.E. sends in ace spy Matt Helm to stop him.) … Read more
~Sunday~ I was looking through Bob’s impressive collection of movies and wondering if there was one that was all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows, since I wasn’t in the mood for anything heavy tonight. I eventually asked him to recommend one, and after reading me the synopsis on the jacket, I approved his choice of Once. … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob owns the 2007 movie, Michael Clayton, and I chose it to watch. Obviously he’s seen it before, but he watched it again with me. Any movie that stars George Clooney is a draw for me, and he was as handsome as ever in this one. I recognized at least one other actor in … Read more
~Sunday~ Bob Netflixed the 1977 movie, A Little Night Music, which he’d actually never seen, and with the synopsis sounding reasonably engaging, I said, “Sure, I’ll watch it with you.” Its biggest draw, for me, was that it contained Sondheim music in general, and the song Send in the Clowns in particular, which I love … Read more
~Sunday~ Next in the series of La Streisand movies was Yentl, which I’ve seen before, but it’s been years. The synopsis Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the … Read more
~Saturday~ After having recently watched the HBO miniseries of Mildred Pierce, and since Bob owned a copy of it and offered to watch it with me, we watched the 1945 movie version of it. The synopsis After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but cannot seem to … Read more
~Saturday~ Compliments of Amazon Prime, I watched the HBO mini-series version of Mildred Pierce. The synopsis Mildred Pierce is the epic story of a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter’s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles. The trailer My thoughts and observations I really enjoyed this "epic" film. I didn't … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob and I watched the next movie, The Main Event, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis Hillary Kramer (Streisand), a successful perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob and I watched the next movie, A Star is Born, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis Esther Hoffman, an aspiring singer/songwriter, meets John Norman Howard, a famous, successful and self-destructive singer/songwriter, whom, after a series of coincidental meetings, she finally starts … Read more
~Saturday~ Bob and I watched the next movie, Funny Lady, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis A sequel to the 1968 film Funny Girl, it is a highly fictionalized account of the later life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her marriage … Read more