Friday, September 13, 2013

It Happened One Night (1934)

Happy Birthday! Claudette Colbert would be 110 today (had she not died in 1996). But you can still watch her when she was in her early 30's by turning on It Happened One Night (1934). Aside from Ms.Colbert winning the Oscar for Best actress, this Academy Award juggernaut also brought home best actor (Clark Gable), best writing (Robert Riskin), best director (Frank "It's a Wonderful Life" Capra), and the big prize, best picture. Yeah, it's a pretty good flick.
And for you guys out there, it isn't just some sappy romance movie. Nope, it's really more of a comedy and in many places, pretty screwball. Not as ludicrous as The Marx Brothers, for sure, but if you don't at least chuckle from time to time, you must work for the IRS.

That's Harsh, Man - 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Ike hitting South Texas. What's Love Got to Do with It is about another asshole named Ike that liked to beat up on things. Laurence "Larry/Cowboy Curtis/Morpheus" Fishburne plays Ike Turner to Angela Bassett's Tina. I don't recommend watching it with Phil Spector.

Alternate Completely Out There Pick - In 335, Emperor Constantine the Great consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place where some people believe Jesus was crucified and buried. 1,670 years later, Constantine was released and the person that greenlit this POS should be crucified and buried. John Constantine is a Scouser (from Liverpool, England) who is very English and used to front a 1970's punk band when not getting in over his head in magic related hijinks. In the movie, he's played by Keanu Reeves, which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the movie.

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