Sarah’s Key (review)
Asks the tough question: Should we remember every horrid detail of the past, or is it better to sometimes let the past go?
1940s
Captain America: The First Avenger (review)
It’s now a tossup whether the best comic-book superhero movie of 2011 is X-Men: First Class or Captain America: First Avenger… But I’m leaning toward Captain America.
retro trailer: ‘The Fountainhead’
Mmm, Gary Cooper… he can overpower women and and brandish his ruthlessly selfish soul like a weapon because he’s Just. That. Cool.
retro trailer: ‘Waterloo Bridge’
A London movie for my first weekend in London. Perhaps I’ll meet a Robert Taylor during my stroll along the Embankment today…
watch it: ‘The Green Hornet’ 1940 serial, chapter 1: “The Tunnel of Terror”
If you like the new Green Hornet — or even if you don’t — you may want to check out this 1940 serial, which begins with this installment…
retro trailer: ‘Holiday Inn’
Of course, one of the holidays is New Year’s Eve…
retro trailer: ‘Miracle on 34th Street’
Neat! A meta trailer from before meta was cool.
retro trailer: ‘The Black Swan’ (1942)
It’s Tyrone Power as a lusty adventurer on the high seas for Talk Like a Pirate Day…
watch it: “Make Mine Freedom (1948)”
Yeah, it’s a bit dated. I doubt anyone today would want to hear that things were actually pretty awesome during the Great Depression. And it’s both laughable and sad that it’s promoted as a good thing that Americans drive more cars than anyone else on the planet. We rock! Until the oil runs out! But … more…
watch it: 1940s Lifebuoy ad
From Australia!
