A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. I’m going to be honest: I have tried to start this article four times now. All because I have no idea what I want to say about the film Casablanca. It’s a film that I own. It’s a film … Continue reading 3. Casablanca (1942)
Fun fact: I’m nearly 30 and Bambi’s mother getting shot by the hunter still makes me tear up. That’s up there with the death of Mufasa, in my opinion. Bambi has never been one of the Disney films that I go back to and, honestly, I’m not entirely sure why. The film itself has some beautiful animation. In fact, the only film that even comes … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: Bambi (1942)
“A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.” Holy patriotism, Batman. In all seriousness, though, this has got to be the most patriotic film I have ever seen in my entire life. Part of that is obviously due to the subject matter of the film, the other due to the time period when the film … Continue reading 98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
