91/2523. Dulcy (1940)
Your enjoyment of this comedy of errors will be directly proportional to how much you enjoy farcical stage comedies of manners. It's well put together and the actors seem to be having a good time, but the shenanigans felt too artificial for my tastes.

92/2524. Student Bodies (1981)
This loving parody of slasher films is exactly the style of comedy that would make Anna Faris a star two decades later. So I guess the reason it isn't wider known is the limited budget. I got a few chuckles out of it.

93/2525. Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
I couldn't escape the feeling that this film was trying a little too hard to recreate The Thin Man, placing undue emphasis on the detectives instead of the many crimes that seem to pass through their wake. (I'm still not sure the central whodunnit makes any sense.) It's not bad, exactly, so much as it never feels like the chemistry between the leads is quite right. (Miscast? I'd say yes.)

94/2526. Murderers Among Us (1946)
It's a dark story of Berliners in the days immediately after the close of the second World War coming to terms with their recent past, specifically a protagonist who feels compelled to kill his former senior officer he feels has gotten away with war crimes against civilians. Sure, war is hell, but so is its aftermath.

95/2527. What's New Pussycat (1965)
Nope, I couldn't do it. I've tried three times to watch this movie, and I just can't push through it. The acting is too broad; the characters, too unpalatable; the script, too silly. Peter Sellers is always terrible when given too much leeway, and I never care for Woody Allen's nebbish neurotic. Sorry, Paula Prentiss, you deserved to be in a better film. Blech.

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