Matt vs. the Academy

Well, despite having three more viewings in the can, I'm apparently still taking my time to blog about them. So let's get straight to it. Here are my thoughts on another 1943 Best Picture nominee... The Song of Bernadette Director : Henry King Screenplay : George Seaton (based on the novel by Franz Werfel) Starring : Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb, Gladys Cooper, Anne Revere, Roman Bohnen Academy Awards : 12 nominations 4 wins, including Best Actress (Jones) In a rural French village in the mid-19th century, a timid teenager named Bernadette (Jones) tags along with her sister and a friend to collect firewood for their families. When Bernadette is separated from the other two, she waits at a cave where she sees a clear vision of a saintly woman. The apparition asks Bernadette to return to the same spot every day for the next couple of weeks, and as Bernadette complies, she attracts the attention of the nation. D...

Whew, it has been a year and a half since my last review, which was just after my daughter was born. Emily is now 19 months old and Charlie is almost 3½. I can't really explain how I found the time to come back to this blog, but let's just ride the wave, shall we? And I'm back with a bang, too. I've watched four movies in the last three days. Yep, you read that right. Four movies in three days. (I'll explain why when I get to the fourth one.) Of course, now I have to write about them, so the delays may still continue, but one step at a time. So, after a loooong hiatus, we now continue our review of the 1943 Best Picture nominees by taking a look at... The More the Merrier Director : George Stevens Screenplay : Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster Starring : Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines, Stanley Clements Academy Awards : 5 nominations 1 win, for Best Supporting Actor (Coburn) Thanks to the war, ...