Claudia and David

This was an old movie I found on youtube. It looked interesting but I found it boring. It's a sequel but I found it easy to follow without watching the original. This finds a married couple going through problems with their three year old child, jealousy, and other trials. Nothing really grabbed my attention although I've always liked Dorothy McGuire.

Hugo and Josephine

This was an ok Swedish film from the 1960s about the friendship between a girl, a boy, and a gardener. The girl Josephine is a loner and welcomes the friendship of a new boy Hugo in town. Hugo's gardener starts taking care of him after his father lands in jail. By the end of the movie the three have formed a bond. The movie is ultimately about childhood although I just thought it brushed on the concepts of bullying.

Apartment for Peggy

This was an ok 40's drama about a suicidal old man whose life is turned around when he rents his apartment out to nineteen-year-old Peggy and her husband William Holden. Peggy has a baby on the way and Holden is an aspiring teacher. But things don't pan out as they seem and Holden thinks about becoming a car salesman since they make better money. Some things happened in the movie that I didn't expect. It didn't change my life but Jeanne Crain was a fine charming actress. It's worth a watch.

The Blonde Witch

In this 50's movie an engineer falls for the outcast witch of the town, a beauty played by Marina Vlady. Previously in the movie he had been flirting with another female, and the girl doesn't take kindly to being dumped to the side. The end of the movie ends tragically as the villagers' distaste for the witch takes an unexpected turn. I really liked Marina Vlady. I need to watch more of her movies. I watched it free on this cool website https://rarefilmm.com/. You can tell the guy who made it is a real film buff.

Maria Candelaria

Man Dolores Del Rio was good in this. She plays a saint who can't run away from her mother's prostitute past. Some people who seem good in this film later turn out to be villains. The movie begins with an artist about to paint her picture. I don't want to give everything away but things don't end pretty. This really is a Mexican classic. I wish people would provide more subtitles on youtube. I think maybe people don't think that there is an interest in old Mexican cinema but they're wrong.

Anne of Windy Poplars

This was a movie sequel to Anne of Green Gables starring Anne Shirley. Leonard Maltin was harsh and called it uninspired. I thought it was just ok. It's about Anne Shirley becoming a teacher and her squabbles with the Pringles in the town. I wish that Gilbert was focused more. The real reason I watched this was because of the actress Anne Shirley. She quit stardom all too soon.

The Vanishing

I watched this when I was a kid and it remained with me. I just ended up watching it again. After a man's wife disappears from a gas station, the guy goes on an obsessive desperate search for answers. The killer teases with him. Eventually the two meet. He demands to know what happened to his wife. At times I couldn't believe the stupidity of the guy. He had to know that he was asking for his doom but obsession gets the better of him. There was an American remake that changed the spooky ending which really missed the point of this movie. I was surprised that it's just on youtube and not available for rent. This is one of the scariest films I've ever seen.