10 Things I Hate About You, 1999

Director: Gil Junger

Stars: Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Keegan

It's a high school version of The Taming of the Shrew. Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) moves into town and falls for the first girl he sees at his new school. But Bianca (Oleynik) isn't allowed to date, until her sister Kat (Stiles) does. And Kat is a rough, feminist, hard-headed girl, who has no interest in any of the boys at school.

Cameron will not be swayed by her wild behavior. Another new student, bad boy Patrick Verona (Ledger), seems to be the perfect guy to handle Kat. Cameron convinces the school's richest student, model Joey (Keegan), to pay Patrick to take Kat out, by telling him the lovely Bianca will be allowed to date him- Joey. Yeah, Cameron obviously didn't think this one through.....

It's entertaining, but it's just like any other high school movie with a wild party, and a bet going about who can take out some girl. I don't really know why, but for some reason I've been thinking about it lately and wanted to watch it. It's not the cleanest, just so you know.

Was high school really like that?

The Long, Hot Summer, 1958

Director: Martin Ritt

Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Angela Lansbury

Another Paul Newman one! Enough said, right? You are about to hop in the car and go rent it.

Ben Quick (newman), a drifter, comes on a little town in Mississippi, looking for work. He finds a place to stay and work, on the plantation farm of the Varners, the richest family in town. Mr. Varner's son Jody and daughter-in-law live at home in his big mansion, along with his unmarried daughter, the local schoolteacher Clara Varner (Woodward).

The story is about Clara, and how she has dealt with her singleness and her father's opinion of it. And how Jody Varner, Clara's brother, deals with his father's resentment towards him. And of course, the story also includes Ben, seemingly stealing away the father's affection from Jody.

After watching it, I just want to sit on a rockin' chair on the front por-rch, and speak in a Southern dra-wl. Sippin' some cold sweet tea, or somethin'.

Perfect movie for a rainy day, though it is called The Long, Hot Summer.

I think it's sweet how Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married 50 years (until his death in 2008. In Hollywood, that is serious.

Three Men and a Baby, 1987

Director: Leonard Nimoy

Stars: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis

First of all- AHHHHHH!!!!!! SPOCK directed this!!!!!!!!!! I had no idea til now!!!!! Can't wait to tell my Trekkie bro Matt!

Well, that's out of the way. This is such a cute comedy.

This whole thing is a SPOILER!

Three roommate bachelors are living the single man's dream:great apartment, lots of women coming and going, and plenty of parties. After agreeing to take care of a "sensitive package" for a friend, actor Jack (Danson) leaves for a film shoot in Turkey. The day the "package" is to arrive, his roommates Peter (Selleck) and Michael (Guttenberg), are shocked to find a baby in a basket on their doorstep. A note explains the baby, Mary, is Jack's. The mother, Sylvia (Travis), is sorry to leave her, but can't deal with it right now. In all the confusion of the moment, another package arrives and is tossed aside carelessly.

Assuming that Mary is the "package" Jack told them was coming, Michael and Peter, furious with the absent Jack, put their lives on hold to deal with the baby until it's to be picked up a few days later. But when the men who are to pick up the "package" arrive, Peter gets a bad feeling about them. He then finds the other package, just as the guys leave with the baby, and discovers heroin inside.

They chase down the guys and get Mary back, leaving the formula can, which the bad guys believe contains the drugs. But now Peter and Michael have the baby and the drugs, as well as detectives and the bad guys watching them.

I love it! I especially love the sequel Three Men and a Little Lady, soon to be viewed and reviewed!

Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961

Director: Blake Edwards

Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard

I haven't seen this movie in years. I never understood it before. Now I finally watched it and I get it. I'm still not sure about it.

I mean, it's a classic. Audrey Hepburn is beautiful; George Peppard is completely dashing. It's fun to watch. But it's also a bit depressing. Holly Golightly (Hepburn) is so selfish and ridiculous. Paul (Peppard) is just a normal guy who falls in love with her. It's very worth watching, and it is entertaining. But the things she does, and mostly what she does to herself, is kinda sad. The ending is good, though; otherwise, I would never recommend it.

I've only ever seen George Peppard in this and in The A-Team. And he is totally dreamy in both!

Move Over, Darling, 1963

Director: Michael Gordon

Stars: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergman

This is a remake of the 1940 comedy My Favorite Wife, which starred Cary Grant. So, naturally, I've seen it. I knew this was a remake, but for some reason, I thought it would be a bit different. Remakes aren't usually exactly like their predecessors, are they? (Was that the right word?) Well, this one was. Exactly like My Favorite Wife, I mean.

Ellen Arden (Day) was marooned on an island for 5 years, and presumed dead by her husband Nick (Garner). Nick falls in love again with Bianca (Bergman), and wanting to get married, has a judge declare Ellen legally dead, and then 2 minutes later, has the same judge marry he and his new wife. What Nick doesn't know, though, is that Ellen has been rescued from her island the very day he had her declared dead. Ellen arrives at home, only to find her mother-in-law watching her two young daughters while her husband has left on his honeymoon. Her mother-in-law tells her to go surprise her husband and his new wife.

This is basically a screwball comedy. I didn't like the story too much though, since I hate stories where the mother or the father isn't there for the kids' childhoods, or something like that. I tend to take those more seriously, and this just isn't funny to me. Plus, I've never liked screwball comedies, anyway.

All in all, it was ok. Watch it for the dreaminess of James Garner! I need to watch more of his old ones.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967

Director: Stanley Kramer

Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Sydney Poitier, Katherine Houghton

Wow! I wasn't expecting this, but it was a pleasant surprise.

Joanna Drayton (Houghton) surprises her parents Matt (Tracy) and Christina (Hepburn) Drayton by coming home early from a trip to Hawaii. And she continues to surprise them by saying she met someone, she's getting married, and- oh, yeah- he's black.

And that's basically the story. The Draytons raised their daughter not to be racist at all, but even they have to struggle with this new and unthinkable idea of having a black son-in-law.

Very emotional at times. Especially Tracy big speech at the end.

NOTE: The moment Spencer Tracy showed up I remembered that the main character from Disney's Up! was based on Spencer Tracy. Or was modeled after him, at least. He's the spitting image of Spencer Tracy in this film!

This was Tracy's last film. It was finished just 17 days before his death.

Coming Soon!

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967

Move Over Darling, 1963

Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, 1962