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The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

I watched “The Flight of the Phoenix” on the recommendation of a friend, and I have to say, I found it fascinating. I also have to say, this is one that you’ll want to watch after the younger children are in bed – you can enjoy it with your teenagers, but the themes are a bit too intense for children under the age of twelve. Jimmy Stewart stars as Frank Towns, a pilot with a second-rate airline. He’s flown with better outfits in the past, but his talent hasn’t diminished, just his job status. With him is Lew Moran, his … Continue reading →

Harvey (1950)

Earlier today I confessed my deep and abiding love of bunny rabbits. It’s only natural, then, that I should love this Jimmy Stewart classic. Stewart portrays a gentle-mannered man named Elwood P. Dowd who lives with his sister and his niece. He’s a relatively stable individual in every way but one – he thinks he has an invisible friend. But this would not be an ordinary invisible friend – this would be a pooka, which is, by translation, a mischievous magical creature commonly found in Celtic mythology. This particular pooka is a six-foot tall (oh, pardon. I err.) A six-foot-three-and-a-half-inch … Continue reading →