I didn’t get to answering last week, so this is two weeks of flicks:

• The Doorway to Hell (1930): Pre-code gangster tries to reform. Lew Ayres stars yet Cagney shines in this so-so drama.
• The Mayor of Hell l (1933) - Cagney stars as a gangster who was going to grift a reform school but instead decides to do right by the boys. Child actor Frankie Darro does a great job.
• Beat the Devil (1953): light thriller by John Huston. Capote helped with the screenplay and Bogey and Lorre are fun.
• Private Buckaroo (1942): war propaganda, but worth watching just to hear Harry James blow that bugle, boy… well, his trumpet, mostly. Also Andrew Sisters, Shemp, and overly choreographed jitterbugging.
• The Doughgirls: (1946): inane and shrill
• House (Hausu/ハウス) (1977): In modern parlance, this is extreme camp, but innovative and artistic for a 1977 schoolgirl comedy/horror.
• Vamp (1986): Unlikeable guidos deal with vampires. Awful.
• Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989): Fun vampire flick. It gave me a Nightlife vibe, which I appreciate.
• every friggin Alien-but-not-Predator-movie in timeline order. When I saw them in the theaters on initial release, I cringed at the ending for Alien 3, and disliked the 4th, but on re-watch, I appreciate both movies as part of the lore… though that ending on 3 still annoys me a bit.