The Fool KIller

I watched an old VHS copy a billion years ago from my library of this. Now it's on youtube. For some reason it stayed with me. It's a typical coming of age story complete with a boogeyman plot but I don't know there's something special about it. Anthony Perkins plays the psychotic title role. Yeah he was typecast because he was so good at it. This is about a boy drifter who befriends another wanderer Perkins. He has to think of whether he is going to stay with the family who takes him in or not. I even read the book this was based on although I think the movie got it down better.

The Wizard of Oz

I haven't watched this movie for years. I watched Wicked and read the L. Frank Baum classic and decided it needed another viewing. I forgot about how the humans in Dorothy's life link up with the Oz characters. My sister remarked that Toto didn't have much personality which was something I had never thought of before. The scene where he catches Oz at the curtain is truly hilarious. The score is also pretty amazing too. This is a cinematic classic all the way and Judy Garland never looked better.

Miranda

This was a cute British comedy from the 1940s about a mermaid brought into the human world by a physician. The man tries to hide her as an invalid but it isn't before long until the neigbors and everyone else figures out something fishy is going on. One man falls madly in love with her. Glynis Johns is charming. Although she had a long career she didn't have the lead role enough.

The Given Word

This was a pretty good Brazilian movie from the 1960s that I watched on youtube. It's about a simple man who carries a cross all the way to the church. It was a promise he made if his donkey was saved. But the church won't let him the cross into the church. They proclaim his story about he got the miracle evil. Along with the hypocrises of the church he also finds the media more than ready to make a dime off the story of this simple man. I wonder how this film got forgotten over time. It was nominated for an Academy award but I guess some treasures get buried in time.

Masti

 

This was a really crappy Indian movie. Three guys decide that they want to embark on an affair with another woman and they get their lesson. Frankly the guys are jerks and creeps in this movie. I didn't really feel they wrapped things up by the end. The movie was also homophobic, and it had a bad aftertaste.

The Left-Handed Gun

 

This movie about the Billy the Kid was ok. It was adapted from a Gore Vidal source. Billy is taken in by a rancher but when the man is murdered Billy loses it. The movie made Billy the Kid seem more of a real person than the legendary hero that he has become over time. It was interesting to watch but it's not essential viewing unless you're a Paul Newman fan. 

Androcles and the Lion

 

This was an ok adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play. A Christian believer Androcles is sent to be killed by a lion in a colosseum, but things take an unexpected turn. A young Jean Simmons stars and wow she is gorgeous in this. Elsa Lanchester does a great job playing Androcles nagging wife.