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While this blog is mainly devoted to classic movies, I will also talk about more recent films. My approach to writing about movies may be different than what you are accustomed to reading. It has been my experience that professional movie reviewers will recite the plot of a movie, then share their opinions about it.

In 1978, I went to the movie theater with my steady guy, not sure which movie we were going to see. We bought tickets for a movie called "The Deer Hunter", which neither of us had heard anything about. It turned out to be a great experience, not having any preconceived notions about the film, not knowing who was in it. From then on, I avoided reading reviews and tried to look for movies to watch that hadn't been heavily promoted. As the years have gone by, this has become much harder to do.

With this blog, I am attempting to introduce today's twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings, and even 40-somethings, to older movies, actors, and directors, that they may have never heard of or seen. So, "come on along, come on along, let me take you by the hand"* and show you some of my favorite films and the people who made them great.

*Quote from the song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", written by Irving Berlin, and used in the movie by the same name, released in 1938.