1947 - Top 30

1. Out of the Past
2. Lady From Shanghai
3. The Bishops Wife
4. They made me a fugitive
5. The Macomber Affair
6. Kiss of Death
7. Captain from Castille
8. Perils of Pauline
9. Fun and Fancy Free (Disney)
10. A double life

Comedy

1. My Favorite Brunette
2. Life with Father
3. Road to Rio
4. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
5. The Egg and I 
6. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
7. Miracle on 34th Street

British

1. Odd Man Out
2. Black Narcissus
3. Nicholas Nickleby
4. Brighton Rock

Foreign

1. Quai des Orfevres

Western

1. Unconquered
2. Angel and the Badman

Musical

1. Mother Wore Tights (Betty Grable)
2. Secret Life of Walter Mitty
3. My Wild Irish Rose
4. Good News
5. I Wonder Who's Kissing her now?

Marriage Italian Style (1964)

Pros: Acting, Loren, good script, good direction.

Cons: the print on the DVD was awful, although the no subtitles version was better.

Very enjoyable Italian comedy, an excellent showcase for Sophia Loren who's very charming and attractive. Not as funny as "Divorce Italian Style" but still pretty good. Rating ***

American Graffiti (1973) Lucas

Pros: Acting, Direction, sound track

Cons: Unnecessary postscript (Boomer self-pity alert)

Very funny comedy which follows a group of US small town teenagers one night in 1962 California. Richard Dreyfus and Ron Howard are about to leave for college while Paul Le Mat and Charles Smith have adventures cruising the strip.

Lucas interweaves a great soundtrack full of classic 50s rock and shows off some great 50s/early 60s cars. I think this shows Lucas could have been more than just Mr. Star Wars/Raiders of the Lost Ark. Strangely, Paul Le Mat puts in the best performance but Howard, Dreyfuss, and Cindy Williams all went on to be more famous. Not to mention bit player Harrison Ford.

Other highlights include, Bo Hopkins as the hilarious "Pharaohs Gangleader" and Wolfman Jack. Rating ****

1946 - Top 30 Movies

1. The Best Years of Our Lives
2. Notorious
3. Road to Utopia (Comedy)
4. Monsieur Beaucaire (Comedy)
5. Margie (Comedy)
6. Shadows over Chinatown
7. The Time of Their Lives (Comedy)
8. Gilda
9. The Razor's Edge
10. The Dark Corner
11. The Blue Dahlia
12. It's a Wonderful Life
13. The Killers
14. The Big Sleep
15. Battle of the Rails (Documentary)
16. Two Years Before the Mast

British

1. Great Expectations
2. Green for Danger
3. Stairway to Heaven
4. The Adventuress

Foreign

1. Shoeshine
2. Under the Bridges
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. No Regrets for our Youth

Musical

1. Blue Skies
2. Night and Day
3. Till the Clouds Roll By
4. The Kid from Brooklyn

Western

1. My Darling Clementine