Screening Log
This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.
March 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 60
- Adam (12)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (2)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (11)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (1)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (5)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 32
- Hands Across the Table (0)
- 300 (0)
- It’s All Gone Pete Tong (0)
- The Earrings of Madame de… (0)
- Zodiac (0)
- The Earrings of Madame de… (2)
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (0)
- The Wrong Guy (0)
- The Host (0)
- Stakeout (0)
- Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny (0)
- The Queen (1)
- Goodfellas (2)
- Pretty Woman (0)
- The Host (0)
- Zombi 3 (0)
- Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (0)
- The Brood (1)
- Idiocracy (0)
- Tideland (0)
- 300 (3)
- Zombie (0)
- Hands Across the Table (0)
- Away From Her (0)
- They All Laughed (1)
- Checking Out (0)
- Capote (0)
- My Favorite Wife (0)
- Bullitt (1)
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (0)
- The Hidden (0)
- The Thing (0)
- The Host (1)
- Red Road (0)
- Notes On A Scandal (0)
- Inland Empire (7)
- I Confess (0)
- 300 (2)
- Fox & His Friends (0)
- Lamp (0)
- Boat (0)
- Industrial Soundscape (0)
- The Fly (0)
- The Prestige (2)
- A Perfect Candidate (0)
- A Texas Funeral (0)
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (0)
- Moulin Rouge! (0)
- Starter for Ten (0)
- La Vie en Rose (1)
- Music and Lyrics (1)
- Into Great Silence (0)
- Kingdom Of Heaven (1)
- The Good Shepherd (0)
- Point Break (0)
- The Devil Wears Prada (1)
- Hot Fuzz (4)
- Talladega Nights (0)
- Music And Lyrics (0)
- A History of Violence (1)
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Hands Across the Table / USA / 1935
The legendary Carole Lombard headlines this post-Depression pick-me-up about a cash-strapped fingernail primper in search of the well-heeled man of her dreams. One day, while cutting the cuticles of a purported playboy, she turns on the coquetry in hopes of putting an end to her manicure-table existence. Sadly, just as things are taking a turn for the amorous, the truth comes out: the guy’s flat broke, wiped clean by the Crash. Determined to maintain her search for security, she cozies up to a moneyed ex-pilot, and tries her best to forget about the ill-fated affair. This being a feel-good ’30s romantic comedy, however, the girl just can’t keep her mind off the penniless charmer.
Although the story is ludicrously transparent (there is never any doubt that she’ll end up with the destitute dreamer), the film is consistently captivating and amusing, particularly when Fred MacMurray’s ebullient Theodore Drew III brazenly makes himself at home in the cramped one-bedroom apartment of Lombard’s down-to-earth Regi Allen. Brought vividly to life through Lombard’s unassuming beauty and seemingly effortless talent, Regi, despite her troubles, exudes an atmosphere of optimism and happiness. What more can you ask of a film created to make us forget our troubles?
by Thomas Scalzo | Source: Universal DVD
17 Mar 2007 12:38 PM | Submit Comment