The Review: Murder My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet 8/10

The second movie that my lady and I watched at Noir City was Murder, My Sweet. This was a good ass movie and inspired so many films and things I have seen in cartoons and comedies. They did some camera tricks that are very common and can be done on your phone or computer but back when this was made was brand new technology that had to be created. It starts at the end with you wondering how he got here. He being private detective Philip Marlowe. Marlowe is being interviewed with bandages over his eyes by the police about what we're about to watch.

The Review: The Woman In The Window

The Woman In The Window 9/10

Spoilers for a 81 year old movie! Last week L. took me to see a double feature at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood presented by Noir City. We saw two classic films. The first was The Woman In The Window. This was a really good movie. This college professor named Richard Wanley is at a station with his wife and kids sending them off on vacation. He heads out to meet his friends at this fancy ass man spot where they smoke and eat. Richard talks about the painting in front of the place and is smitten with the woman in it. He talks about it with his friends and when he leaves stops to stare at it some more. Suddenly the lady in the painting is standing there. Her name is Alice and she says that she likes to watch people look at the painting and then notice she is there. She invites him back to his place saying that she has some more sketches that were done of her.

The Review: Meet Me In St. Louis

Meet Me In St. Louis 7/10

Back in December I watched this movie for the first time with L. She had seen it before but I only knew the name from cartoons and such which tends to be my reason for knowing most things made before the 1960's be it an actor, actress, or song. I have to point out that this movie was crazy as hell. I kept referring to one of the children as Purge because she was nuts. This takes place in the early 1900's so shit is weird. This Smith family is stank ass rich and doing well. The daughters just need to find a man to marry and then they will be off to, like, be married and take care of homes. Whatever. They need men because 1903. There are four daughters and a son who ain't important to the story. The oldest daughter is waiting for her dude to propose while Esther is clamoring for the guy next door. This poor bastard.