{"id":13163,"date":"2023-09-10T13:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13163"},"modified":"2023-09-10T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:26:33","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13163","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13125\">the last couple of weeks<\/a>, when I didn&#8217;t have a lot to do <em>except<\/em> watch movies, this past week, I only watched the normal half dozen:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023305\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-1-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"One Way Passage\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-1-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-1-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-1-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056552\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tales of Terror\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-1-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-1-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037330\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Suspect\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-1-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-1-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>William Powell is charm personified, and he&#8217;s well-teamed with Kay Francis\u2014with whom he co-starred an incredible total of twenty-one times\u2014but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023305\/\">One Way Passage<\/a> is a little forgettable.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056552\/\">Tales of Terror<\/a> isn&#8217;t the best of Roger Corman&#8217;s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, but it&#8217;s got a fun performance by Peter Lorre and at least a couple by Vincent Price.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037330\/\">The Suspect<\/a> maybe acts more as a character study than a tense thriller, Charles Laughton is very good in the title role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0045555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Big Heat\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-1-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-1-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051713\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hell Drivers\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-1-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-1-768x1118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051713\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-1-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Petrified Forest\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-1-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-1-647x1024.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-1-768x1216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-1-970x1536.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>There are a lot of reasons to watch the terrific noir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0045555\">The Big Heat<\/a>, but the best might be Gloria Grahame&#8217;s energetic performance.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051713\/\">Hell Drivers<\/a> would be interesting just for all the British actors early in their careers\u2014William Hartnell, Patrick McGoohan, David McCallum, Sean Connery\u2014but it&#8217;s also a terrifically exciting working-class British noir.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051713\/\">The Petrified Forest<\/a> held fewer surprises than I expected, but it has a really nice central performance by Leslie Howard and a nice villain turn by Humphrey Bogart, in the movie that arguably made him a star.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the last couple of weeks, when I didn&#8217;t have a lot to do except watch movies, this past week, I only watched the normal half dozen: William Powell is charm personified, and he&#8217;s well-teamed with Kay Francis\u2014with whom he co-starred an incredible total of twenty-one times\u2014but One Way Passage is a little forgettable. Tales &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13163\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13169,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163\/revisions\/13169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}