About a year ago, I was in a class which analyzed melodrama in terms of film theory. The course was heavy-laden with emotion, family, home, and concepts which challenged our ideas of melodrama and its audiences. Each time the class would reconvene, our professor would ask us if we cried (I did a few times!) […]
Remakes must be handled delicately. Prequels, sequels, or even mere extensions of filmic classics are risky endeavors. Cheaper by the Dozen was unimpressive. Alice in Wonderland was typical. There has never been a great adaptation of Gatsby, so I have hope for Leo DiCaprio. Taking The Wizard of Oz and altering it in any form […]
Uh oh, here comes Negative Nellie again as she moans about the 21st Century spoiling all of her fun. Yeah, yeah… but I think I have valid points. First of all, I saw Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of The Wizard of Oz in Toronto last night. The actors were great and I loved the new […]
Okay, yesterday, I may have been a bit harsh about contemporary comedy. But I’m going to try to make a good case for classical Hollywood and the screwball comedy today. Identify a Screwball Comedy 101: Was the film made during the Great Depression? Most screwball comedies were made between 1934 and 1940. The genre is […]
Now, I know some of my posts fall on deaf ears (mostly because I live under the illusion that people are going to believe me when I say classical Hollywood is better than contemporary Hollywood). Regardless, I have high hopes that someday my posts will ignite a flame within the depths of a person’s movie-watching […]
Warning: this post may be infested with spoilers; enter at your own risk. I had the privilege of being introduced to classic films at a young age. Doris Day in With Six You Get Eggroll… James Stewart and June Allyson in The Glenn Miller Story… and Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the Rain. Few children […]
I’m going to warn you: this post may be infested with spoilers; enter at your own risk. My roommate is slowly making her way through the Harry Potter series for the first time. First of all, if you’ve read the books, think of all the Harry Potter references you see and/or hear on a daily […]
