Tag: review

• The Ghosts of Movies Past-How To Mess Up–Or Not–A Movie Remake–“The Front Page” and “His Girl Friday”

  “The Front Page” is one of my favorite plays although I have only seen it once and that was on TV so long ago I won’t tell you when. But I thought it was great–writing, directing, acting, the whole thing. It is, briefly, a comedy-drama with love, shouting, and cynicism, which takes place in Chicago(or…

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  August 21, 2026

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  film, movie-review, movies, review, reviews

• The Time and the Songs

  The election is now upon us. Which way it will go I don’t know and what the results for the US and the world might be one hesitates to predict. But as we get near the end of the campaign I find myself thinking of things ending, particularly autumn, still with more than a month…

  jbppbj23

  November 2, 2024

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  autumn, barry-manilow, blog, fall, music, review, reviews