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A Boy and His Dog (1975) Valmont (1989) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Pane e tulipani (2000) (Bread and Tulips) Top Hat (1936) Post Grad (2009) Over Her Dead Body (2008) Blossoms in the Dust (1941) First Men in the Moon (1964) It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) The Bells of St. Mary (1945) The Temptress (1926) (silent) The Mysterious Lady (1928) (silent) The Search for Santa Paws (2010) Holiday Affair (1949) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) A Christmas Carol (2009) Everything is Illuminated (2005) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) After the death of Tony Curtis, many cited Some Like It Hot and Sweet Smell of Success as his greatest films. Longtime fan of the former, I had never seen the latter. This week I got my chance, and what a tremendous film. Powerful performances make for a powerfully well-told story. First Men in the Moon , based on the H.G. Wells novel, was a favorite from my childhood. Netflix said ...

A View to a Kill (1985) Day of the Jackal (1973) The Living Daylights (1987) 21 Grams (2003) You Can't Take It with You (1938) The Libertine (2004) Little Children (2006) The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964) The Mikado (1939) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) Flesh and the Devil (1926) (silent) Rocky Horror Picture Show (1974) The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) The Da Vinci Code (2006) The Freshman (1990) The Prince of Tides (1991) Happy Go Lovely (1951) State of Grace (1990) Marlon Brando, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruce Kirby, Matthew Broderick in The Freshman Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Grayson Russell in Diary of a Wimpy Kid Martyn Green as Ko-Ko in The Mikado (filmed in color) Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil (silent) Edward Fox and Cyril Cusack in Day of the Jackal Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Donald Meeks, Edward Arnold, Spring Byi...

Seems we watched twice as many movies during the holiday season. Roman Holiday (1953) A Star Is Born (1937) Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) Bambi (1942) Niagara (1953) A Christmas Carol (1938) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002) To Be or Not To Be (1942) Boy's Town (1938) The Portrait of a Lady (1996) The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) Atonement (2007) It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) Bitter Moon (1992) Elf (2003) A Christmas Story (1983) Carefree (1938) Star Wars (1977) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) more stills