Circus of Horrors (1960)

A Kiss in the Dark was a little too broad for my taste. But I can’t pass up anything with David Niven. Also, it was Maria Ouspenskaya’s last movie.

I <3 the Sundance Channel. You must see Peter Templeman’s short (19 minutes) movie The Saviour. Clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z517wtEK1FE Thom Campbell is excellent!

Any cat owners out there familiar with World’s Best Cat Litter? http://www.worldsbestcatlitter.com/ I currently use (well, Pyewacket uses) silica litter. But corn is tempting.

This seems like a great idea: http://www.slammernews.com/.

Have you seen Disney’s The Princess and the Frog? Haven’t seen it yet, but I like that it is a NOLA story. They need more tourism there these days. But I hope this movie doesn’t make it more alluring for families to visit with kids. Look what getting kid-friendly did to Vegas! Ugh. What we need now is a U.S. vacation destination which emphasizes “adults only.” Not necessarily in a sleazy way, but just as a haven for folks who want to get away from hordes of screeching little responsibilities.

Whenever I hear the word “lurid” now, I think of Circus of Horrors. I want Melina’s orange dress with gloves! Not so much the hat, though.

Manda Bala made me want to start a frog farm. It is visually enchanting, but its treatment of race and poverty seems overly simplified. Class seems to be more the issue, in Brazil’s case. Although I suppose race and money go together with class. The doctor seems pretty Germanic.

Like Gaslight, In the Cool of the Day was worth watching if only for Angela Lansbury. I love the scene of her smoking in bed! Her character’s story is the same old “I’m going to punish him for the rest of his life” modus operandi which many real-life wives inflict upon their husbands. But AL carries it off with aplomb. The airplane’s lounge was delightful, too.

I would love to see Peter Stormare as The Devil, but don’t know if that’s enough to make me watch Constantine. My favorite PS role is Dixie, the “fifth Beatle” in Million Dollar Hotel!