What movie did YOU just FINISH watching?

Wings in the Dark 1935, aviation melodrama romance starring Myrna Loy and Cary Grant. He goes blind via a freak accident, and she can't find any jobs because she is a woman, except as a barnstormer payed for by newspapers that needs sensations. Myrna's role is partly inspired by Amelia Earhart. Avoids being a tearjerker. With these two stars it's rather entertaining, feels like they they ad-libbed a lot of scenes, and it's even a bit exciting at the end.
By the way, Myrna was the bigger star of the two at the time and her name appears first in the title sequence.
Not just for old airplane enthusiasts.

How was it?

I will look forward to reading your review, although hopefully I too will have seen Black Widow by then. LOL, no I mean't to give a like to your post Chalice. It is fixed now. 

I'm glad you called attention to this, teleadm. I hadn't been aware that Loy and Grant had worked together before their two late-40s collaborations at RKO. Adding to the significance of Loy's top billing was the film having been done at Grant's home studio, Paramount. Noted also was that it was produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr, who became Loy's first husband the year following the film's release.

Wings In the Dark was just the sort of larger-than-life, heroic melodrama that mid-30s audiences ate up, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good role for Hobart Cavanaugh too, and the youngest I've ever seen Dean Jagger. I recall that Loy played another aviator just three years later at her home studio, MGM, in Too Hot To Handle, with Clark Gable (I vividly remember one scene in which newsreel photographer Gable hangs out of the cockpit of Loy's plane while she circles a burning ship at sea for his camera).   

Thanks again. Sometimes, old-fashioned, adventurous escapism is just the thing for elevating oneself from nettlesome matters of daily life.   

THE LADIES CLUB 1986 - A police woman (Karen Austin) is raped by three thugs who escaped legal repercussions and so she, along with a doctor (Christine Belford) who had a daughter raped and murdered, as well a few other women, form a group of vigilantes who kidnap serial rapists and surgically castrate them. It's a compelling story-it doesn't go down the same road as RAPE SQUAD 1974. This is much more serious and delves into the dangers of their crusade and the personal toll it takes on them. I am surprised it isn't better known but since it is attacking the system for releasing child molesters and serial rapists back into society--it's probably too politically-charged compared to your standard revenge film. Also with Diana Scarwid, Bruce Davison, and Arliss Howard.

I, MADMAN 1989 - I had never seen this before--it's trying to create another kind of 80s slasher character and is rather effective at it. A character in 1950s pulp crime novels comes to life and torments a book store employee. I wonder if this was an influence on Candyman or In The Mouth of Madness because it goes into similar territory and at times Jenny Wright reminds one of Virginia Madsen--if her hair was curled--she would be hard to tell apart. One thing I really wonder about--why does late 80s movies like this look so cheap in the lighting department? It looks like it was shot for tv on on video and yet I believe it was shot on film.

Some of the decisions have to do with the desire to make it seem like a 1950s pulp book cover but the modern-day stuff has that bright cheapy look we often see from this time period.

I saw Shaft for first the time a couple months back. Roundtree was nothing short than excellent, and his rapport/banter with Charles Cioffi was always lit. But I came away rather underwhelmed by the plot, in spite of some memorable set-pieces (like the bar sequence). It just never grabbed me like I hoped.

Are the sequels any good?

Sorry for intruding!

Glad to see you mention Trouble Man, I've never seen it, but the few thing's I've seen (beyond trailers) made me interested.

That Man Bolt, haven't thought about that one in ages, but when you mention it maybe it's on my maybe list lol.

CC AND COMPANY 1970 -- Despite Joe Namath's enormous acting presence(gee I wonder why he wasn't a bigger star?), it is really a showcase for Ann-Margret (her husband was producer/writer) and William Smith--he has a very big role in this.

DEEP STAR SIX - 1989 I saw this back on video in 1990 and didn't watch it until last night. I preferred LEVIATHAN--for the cast and monster but this is the more dramatically successful of the two--especially for Miguel Ferrer.

Hit Man, and Slaughter were great. Truck Turner is another which I think wouldn’t feel out-of-place amongst those titles. Always been curious of Trouble Man. 

Tonight I watched a feature length trailer compilation of blaxploitation films hosted by Fred Williamson; Bada$$ mothaf**kas. It had the usual films, but there were a few eye-grabbing titles, and trailers. ‘Black Gunn’ (Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Bernie Casey and Bruce Glover), and ‘The Human Tornado’ (boy, that was a wild Dolemite trailer!) would be a couple I’d seek out.