Movies I've Recently Seen

 DEVIL
Ok so, as usual, I've been watching more movies. Since I am currently unemployed this is what I do. I have come across quite a few old movies that I have never seen or even heard of. More to come about those later, right now here are a few movies I've seen recently. 1 old, 1 I never thought I'd watch and 1 I forgot about. Devil, The Shopworn Angel, and Frozen.
 Devil story by M. Night Shyamalan, directed by John Erik Dowdle, stars Jacob Vargas, Chris Messina, Bokeem Woodbine, Jenny O'Hara, Geoffrey Arend, Bojana Novakovic, and Logan Marshall-Green. I was interested in seeing it in theaters but, never got the chance so, when it was brought home from Redbox by my sister I was excited but, a little scared that it would be bad...real bad. Thank goodness I was wrong. 
 The movie opens with a dizzying upside-down view of a city then slides into the airduct of a building. My sister was like "Oh I'm gonna be sick!" I had to laugh. Anyway, Devil is about a group of strangers trapped in an elevator. Strange things start to happen and then, people start dying. Who's doing it? I'm not tellin'. Jacob Vargas is a security guard along with Matt Craven who can view everything via security cam. Vargas trys to convince Craven and la policia (the po-po) that this is all the work of the devil but, of course no one's listening, "When I was a child, my mother would tell me a story about how the Devil roams the Earth. Sometimes, she said, he would take human form so he could punish the damned Earth before claiming their souls. The ones he chose would be gathered together and tortured as he hid amongst them, pretending to be one of them. I always believed my mother was telling me an old wives' tale." 
 Anyway, I really liked this movie. If you don't like Shyamalan movies you might not like this one. But, I am a fan so, I am adding this to my collection.


FROZEN
 Frozen stars Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, and Kevin Zegers. This movie is about three skiers trapped on a chair lift. When I started watching I was like "Same lame what are they gonna do movie" but, I have to admit, I got sucked in. Even with the questions of "Doesn't someone go around and check all the lifts before they close up and go home?" I let it go because it is after all just a movie. It is not a masterpiece of cinema. It is meant to make you tense and question every move they make. I got sucked in and, I liked it. It made me wonder, what I would do if I were in that situation. So, Frozen, movie I thought was going to suck balls was actually a pleasant surprise.


THE SHOPWORN ANGEL
 The Shopworn Angel is a Jimmy Stewart movie that I'd never seen or even heard of. It stars  Walter Pidgeon and Margaret Sullavan along with James Stewart. Stewart stars as a Texas soldier Pvt. Pettigrew circa WWI. He is a dreamer who likes to make things up when he can't have what he really wants. He meets actress Daisy Heath (Sullavan) and convinces her to pretend to be his girlfriend to save face amongst his fellow recruits. Walter Pidgeon is Sam Bailey, Daisy's real boyfriend who must play along at her request.
 This is a very sweet movie, Stewart as usual is charming and endearing. This is a remake of The Shopworn Angel 1928 starring Gary Cooper as Pettigrew and Nancy Carroll as Daisy. Haven't seen the 1928 one yet so, it is going on my must see list. So, if you are trying to see every movie made with James Stewart (as I am) then you should put The Shopworn Angel on your list.