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ZOMBIES 2 (Dir: Paul Hoen, 2020).
ZOMBIES 2 (Dir: Paul Hoen, 2020).
The Zombies of Seabrook High return in the imaginatively titled Zombies 2. Now with extra added werewolves.
When werewolves pose a threat to the newly integrated communities of Seabrook and Zombie Town, monster lockdown is back on. Much to the chagrin of Zombie Zed (Milo Manheim) and his human gal pal Addison (Meg Donnelly). In an attempt to force change Zed runs for school president. Meanwhile Addison is courted by a band of werewolves banished from Seabrook since olden times!
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ZOMBIES (Dir: Paul Hoen, 2018)
Girl meets zombie in this musical romcom for the tween set.
Afraid of the undead? Fret thee not! As a Disney Channel Original Movie, the zombies in Zombies are only likely to induce fear in those terrified by the prospect of perky teens singing and dancing.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME at the link below.
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (Dir: Edward Ludwig, 1940).
A little seen RKO adaptation of the classic Johann Wyss novel. When Walt Disney produced his own feature film of Swiss Family Robinson (Ken Annakin, 1960) he also purchased the rights to this earlier version. Since then it has remained largely unseen but has recently surfaced on the Disney+ streaming service.
It tells the well known tale of a family fleeing the Napoleonic Wars who end up shipwrecked on a tropical isle. Learning to cope with island life, they build an elaborate treehouse and have various run-ins with the local wildlife.
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WE’RE NOT MARRIED (Dir: Edmund Goulding, 1952).
Covering similar ground to the earlier Mr and Mrs Smith (Alfred Hitchcock, 1941), We're Not Married is a portmanteau comedy in which, due to a jurisdictional error, five couples discover they are no longer married.
On Christmas Eve, a newly appointed justice of the peace (Victor Moore) marries the first of five couples, ignorant to the fact that his appointment does not take effect until January. This comes to light a few years later when each pair is informed of the mishap. The movie follows each couple as they respond to the news in different ways.
Although its strands are loosely connected, We're Not Married cannot overcome feeling like a series of sketches, some of which are, inevitably, better than others. For me the weakest of the bunch was the one which is granted the most screentime. Top billed Ginger Rogers and Fred Allen star as the Gladwyns, a pair of radio hosts whose contracts deem they are a married couple. I found the constant bickering between the two rather tiresome, although it does feature some neat satirical swipes at commercial radio.
Far more appealing is the sequence with Marilyn Monroe as a Mississippi beauty queen and her stay at home husband David Wayne. Monroe's appeal, in what was one of her first significant roles, in readily apparent; easily holding her own among a cast of much bigger names. The other highlight is the episode with soldier Eddie Bracken and his pregnant wife Mitzi Gaynor. With Bracken about to be shipped to Hawaii, the sequence is a sweetly old fashioned reminder of the mores of an earlier age.
Less successful are the remaining segments, with Eve Arden as the long suffering wife of philanderer Paul Douglas and, Louis Calhern and Zsa Zsa Gabor as a warring couple on the verge of divorce. Both have their amusing moments but suffer from dated, some would argue sexist, humour.
Not a perfect movie, and some ways off from being a classic, We’re Not Married is still worth a watch thanks to some genuine high spots and its roster of vintage Hollywood stars.
A longer review of WE’RE NOT MARRIED is available on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
SIROCCO (Dir: Curtis Bernhardt, 1951).
A romantic melodrama/crime thriller in the mold of Casablanca (Michael Curtis, 1942).
In 1925 Damascus, ex-patriot American Harry Smith (Humphrey Bogart) is mixed up in gunrunning for the Syrian rebels who oppose the French occupation. Wishing to flee the country he strikes up negotiations with Colonel Feroud (Lee J Cobb) to ensure safe passage. Things get complicated Smith embarks upon a relationship with the colonel's ambivalent mistress Violetta (Marta Toren). The odd twist in the tale enlivens the otherwise routine thrills.
Read the full review of SIROCCO on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
1917 (Dir: Sam Mendes, 2019).
A fact-based, fictionalised epic First World War drama from director Sam Mendes.
During WWI, Lance Corporals William Schofield (George MacKay) and Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) must risk their lives crossing no man’s land in order to deliver a message to call off a planned attack on the German army. With field telephone lines down, news that the attack would jeopardise the lives of 1600 Brits, including Tom’s brother Lieutenant Joseph Blake (Richard Madden), must be relayed in person.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
