Any movie made more than five years ago-or so it seems-just isn't worth watching, at least according to our kids. A black-and-white Bogie classic? Sorry, not interested. But ifs "High Sierra." There are gangsters and shootouts-and Ida Lupino as the moll! Who? Oh well, just another night of solo viewing, I guess. Until... one day our 12-year-old, on his way to the kitchen to satisfy yet another one of his endless snack attacks, was stopped dead in his tracks by the image on our living room TV. 'Who is that?!..." he wondered with eyes wide, as none other than Marilyn Monroe was slithering across the screen in one of those iconic dance numbers (and outfits) that have kept hearts racing for several generations now.
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