Kevin's Movie Corner

My thoughts on recent movies I've seen in the theaters or watched on DVD. Based on a lifetime of movie watching with no prejudices: black and white or color, silent or sound, Hollywood or foreign, old or new.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Saying Goodbye: The Last Entry

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It is with much regret that I must call an end to my humble blogging efforts. After 345 entries, the first of which was May 1...

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Monday, January 19, 2015

The Best and Worst of 2014

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I'm going to be in my grumpy old man mode for this post, but I thought 2014 was a pretty mediocre year at the movies, especially for m...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

British Empire Blogathon: The Sun Never Sets

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Universal Studios' THE SUN NEVER SETS (1939) sounds like its the quintessential salute to the British Empire. It'...

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Upcoming Blogathon: The British Empire

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I'm very pleased to be participating in the upcoming British Empire Blogathon, hosted by The Stalking Moon and Phantom Empires. I...

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Girl in the Case

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Even into the mid 1940s, studios were trying to replicate the success of M-G-M's enormously successful Thin Man movies by making t...

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Comfort Movies: Big Jake

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BIG JAKE (1971) is probably my favorite John Wayne western. Not his best, mind you, but my favorite. I've seen it countless...

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Comfort Movies: Prince Valiant

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Comfort movies. I guess everyone has a different definition of what a comfort movie is. For me, a comfort movie is a very personal one, ...

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Kevin Deany: Downers Grove, IL, United States; A lifelong movie buff, I work as an account supervisor at Lake Effect Communications, a public relations agency in Chicago.

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