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• Netflix last weekend. 7/20-21/07

  Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 2:17PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  Warning- I'm bad at remembering character names. Supremely bad. Okay. Lately I've been renting a LOT of those films called 'noir'. I've gone through most of the classic oldies and there seems to be an abundance of 'noir' for the good or the bad out there. I had to choose from 'Scarlett Street' about an old guy who gets mixed up with a young girl. And 'The Blue Gardenia', less of a who-done-it and more of a 'did-I-do-it'. A girl gets a 'dear Jane' letter from her man in Korea and goes on a bender with a shady character, played by Raymund Burr. Perry Mason as 'Harry', there 'gets fresh' and the girl finds other uses for a poker, like dampening down a fresh guy. But, when she wakes up she can't remember the poker game. But dead guys have a way of turning up. Did she kill him? I preferred 'The Blue Gardenia' to 'Scarlett Street', because the characters in Scarlett Street bored me. I prefer guys like Edward G. Robinson to play 'Johnny Rocco' characters, instead of Christopher Cross who embezzles for a woman he's never even snogged. And Blue Gardenia has an appearance by Nat King Cole singing the title song. I wouldn't give either film a Grade A rating. I've seen better. I also rented 'House By The River'. A writer, down on his writing luck, is also down on his luck with housemaids. While trying to be 'Mr. Romance' he smothers his housemaid. What to do? Why, beg your brother for help and toss the girl in the river... of course. Unfortunately, the cat does not stay in the bag, or at the bottom of the river. But, not to worry. Our villain has made sure that 'bag' has his brother's name on it. A trial ensues, in which no one points out the stupidity required to dump a body in a bag with your name on it. All fingers point to brother. While our villain get happier and begins to write a story about his crime and try to murder his brother. The end was predictable. The suspense was non-existant. Better things could have been done with the story. I reccommend 'The Blue Gardenia'. And we'll see about Netflix this weekend, next weekend.