http://filmweviews.com We like movies! Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:54:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) spends an evening with spy Annabella (Lucie Mannheim), who tells him that important national security information is about to be smuggled out of England. After she's murdered in his apartment, Hannay is on the run being pursued by the bad guys and the cops. The plot ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/39-steps/ Hackenbush! Hackenbush! Calling Dr. Hackenbush, aka Groucho Marx, and his brothers Chico and Harpo who led the wild hijinks in this comedy classic set in both a sanatorium and at a horse racing track. Highlights include Groucho entertaining a young lady at a table with a centerpiece so big he has ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/a-day-at-the-races/ This Marx Brothers' follow-up to "A Night at the Opera," completes the double feature of what most critics -- and fans -- consider to be the comedy team's two best films. When Dr. Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho) comes on staff at Standish Sanitarium, owner Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan) hopes he can ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/a-day-at-the-races-2/ The second in the movie series, "After the Thin Man" finds Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) fresh off train from New York and back home in San Francisco after Nick's success in solving the celebrated Thin Man murder mystery. Although it's New Year's Eve, all the sophisticated, cocktail-swigging ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/after-the-thin-man/ For viewers who only remember Charles Boyer as the old guy in “Around the World in 80 Days,” seeing him as the hot and handsome lead in Algiers will be an eye-opener. Boyer, as jewel thief Pepe Le Moko wanted by police across Europe, is hiding out in the Casbah. ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/algiers-2/ Waking up from a mid-movie nap, I thought for a moment I was watching a Shriners’ documentary, but it was just Hollywood actors wearing fezzes. The nap was great, the movie okay. Save it for late night fall-to-sleep fare. (96 minutes) Not rated - 1938 Starring: Charles Boyer Sigrid Gurie Hedy Lamarr Joseph Calleia Alan Hale Gene Lockhart Walter ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/algiers/ Third in the "Thin Man" series, "Another Thin Man" plays it straighter with more dry wit and less alcohol-fueled humor than other movies in the series. One of the great silver screen couples, Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) add Nicky Charles Jr. (William A. Poulsen) to ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/another-thin-man/ The Marx Brothers and a circus, it seems almost redundant. However, while "At the Circus" features a kinder, gentler version of the Marx Brothers there's still plenty of fun to go around. Although this isn't one of the trio's -- sometimes quartet's -- wildest extravaganzas, it's still better than a ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/at-the-circus/ Not on par with the Marx Brothers best efforts, still "At the Circus" has some laugh-out-loud moments. A usual lame plot finds Groucho, Chico and Harpo trying to help a circus owner recover a stolen $10,000 before he loses everything. This film is a testament to how much Margaret Dumont ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/at-the-circus-2/ This movie is included in the roster of low-budget horror flicks produced by Val Lewton in the 1940s. Unfortunately, "Bedlam" is more of a period drama than a horror film and my least favorite of Lewton's productions. Set in the late 1700s, Sims (Boris Karloff) is the director of the ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/bedlam/