Osaka Elegy

 

This was an ok Kenji Mizoguchi movie. A woman agrees to become the mistress of her boss after her father can't pay his debts. Also, she financially takes on her brother's college education. While she does this all to help the family she loves in the end they just shun her bad reputation. There is a man she is in love with but later we will see he doesn't have a spine. Apparently, the Eclipse series put together a box set of Mizoguchi's movies that deal with the theme of fallen women. I'm looking forward to watching the rest.

A New Kind of Love

 

This romantic comedy was pretty bad. Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman do have chemistry. They proved it in The Long Hot Summer and I recommend that movie. However, this was a mess. Joanne Woodward plays an androgynous fashion designer who reporter Paul Newman takes for a man. She gets a makeover that makes her unrecognizable. She deceives Paul by telling him she's a call girl.  Eventually, the truth comes out. The characters are unlikable. Pass. 

Pierrot Le Fou

 

It's obvious to me now that I don't care for Jean-Luc Godard. So far the only movies I've liked of him are Band of Outsiders and Breathless. I've liked two of his movies but have found that his films are pretty pretentious. I liked the first hour of this movie actually. In this movie, Jean-Paul Belmondo runs off with his babysitter. The second hour lacked structure. I do like Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina though. I wish more directors took advantage of Anna Karina's presence. She will be forever known for these Godard movies, however.

Cobra Woman

 

This was a pretty fun movie where Maria Montez is kidnapped and finds out that she has an evil twin sister who wants to make her life a nightmare. Sabu plays a friend of Maria's love interest. This movie is a short campy delight. 

Macabre

 

This was just an ok William Castle movie. Frankly, I've seen better. It's about a father who gets a call that his daughter has been buried alive. Soon the parents are frequenting the graveyards trying to search for their daughter. Is this caller to be trusted?

Jodhaa Akbar

 

This Indian movie was all right. I got it because of the lovely Aishwarya Rai who is not given enough credit for her acting abilities as well. It's about an arranged marriage but there is a catch Rai gets to practice her own religion. The man agrees to this. This was an unexpected twist but the man is respectful to Rai and the two eventually fall in love.  This movie is long though.  It's three hours and a half.

Underwater

 

This was a pretty boring movie about treasure hunters undersea. I didn't really care for the characters and when they succeeded I still wasn't thrilled.  Jane Russell does look good in this but if that's your motivation for watching this I suggest you just watch Gentlemen prefer Blondes again.