Thursday Movie Picks -- Super Long Titles

I'm playing this week...for the first time in a long time...because I want to get back in the game. My grad school journey is winding down, and I'm ready to start talking movies with everyone again.

So...welcome back...and welcome me back! I'll be around to everyone's blogs soon, reading and commenting on your great writing.

I love a good, long movie title. And I have some gems to offer up this week as part of Wandering through the Shelves' Thursday Movie Picks.

Thursday Movie Picks: Movies Narrated by Narrators That Do Not Appear on Screen

Now, this is a good one. It's so good, in fact, that I literally overloaded, shut down, and ultimately went with the three of the first four that came to me (and the fourth is here as a bonus). I love so many movies that use this technique, but I just couldn't find them. This is a trio of movies taken to greatness by the voice of an unseen omniscient narrator, three films that hinge on it for humor, for nostalgia, for exposition, for how imagined histories shape the best narratives. Plus, that bonus...

Thursday Movie Picks: Train Movies

Happy Thursday! This week on Wandering through the Shelves' Thursday Movie Picks, it's Train Movies. Cool topic! Hard to narrow down.

I can only think of maybe two movies (that I've seen) that are set entirely on trains. I have seen plenty of movies with scenes on trains.