Damon Houx

DD: I've Abandoned my Boy! Er, project.

Writing about the last two Lubitsch films isn’t going to happen. I liked both The Smiling Lieutenant, and One Hour with You opens with a corker of an exchange:Cop: You can’t just make love anywhere!Wife (about her husband): Oh, yes, he can!Husband: Cherie! And another character has a great line, which is “I like my … Continue reading

DD: Why, Yes, I am Joan Wilder

For some reason Robert Zemeckis got stuck in my nogging, and so I went on a kick and bought the Back to the Future set and Romancing the Stone. Stone is a fine – albeit formulaic – adventure film that seems shockingly anachronistic, even if Fool’s Gold is essentially trying to make the same film. … Continue reading