A ye olde Japanese cursed love triangle is mirrored in a (then) modern day horror... Spooky happenings are seen, felt and heard in her haunted home as a happily married expat wife moves to Japan, and then begins an affair with a family friend.
Romance
TV… Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974)
Agnes Moorehead's (très) adorable performance as the grande dame of the Television Movie... A TV Movie anthology of a series that should have been with some 1970s favourite stars.
FILMS… Fallen Leaves / Kuolleet Lehdet (2023)
An autumnal themed romance has a few false starts, but will always warm your heart... In Helsinki, two painfully shy, lonely middle-aged Finns, Ansa and Holappa fall in love, with a soundtrack that speaks volumes.
LISTS… Romy Schneider and 5 from Her Great Big Filmography
The Austrian born actress and her International film legends... I'm not just gittering about her handsome leading men (although I will a wee bit but this is Romy's tribute).
LISTS… Some 70s Shockingly Surprising Soundtrack Songs
A more than alright song, found in the wrong soundtrack... Three surprising soundtrack songs when you hear them played in the movie.
FILMS… Revisiting Glynis Johns in Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Recalling Glynis Johns in a convincing wronged woman and maternal role... A man reveals to his lover that he's married and that he has a child the day before he is tragically killed, and his grieving lover hopes to excise his ghost by visiting his family home in Cornwall.
LISTS… Reaching Out To 3 Starry Movies to Remember Julian Sands, Joss Ackland and Ryan O’ Neal
2023 was a sad year, as we remember more lovelies with these honourable mentions of some big screen roles... Movies and more memories of more of those filmmakers passed away in 2023 in no particular order.