Throw Momma from the Train

I have a few hours left of Amazon Prime as I write this. My time with Prime will yet again come to an end; my ruse will no longer operate as intended as Jeff Bezos and friends have discovered I am no longer a student and should ideally pay the full (not worth it) price for Amazon Prime. Bumping the monthly fee from £4 to nearly £10 a month. Now, I don't really order anything. It's quite rare that I buy anything, and…

Like many great actors, Danny DeVito tried his hand in directing. His most popular roles were comic, so, unsurprisingly, his best known directorial efforts were comedies, albeit with darker overtones. This included his 1987 feature directorial debut *Throw Momma from the Train*. Protagonist, played by Billy Crystal, is Larry Donner, professional writer who struggles with writers’ block, and his frustration is made w…

-via IMDB.com I want to like this film, I really do. I loved it when it came out in 1987. Adored it. Billy Crystal, as a frustrated writer angry at his wife, and Danny DeVito, as a downtrodden man under his mother's thumb, are great. Anne Ramsey is awesome as Momma. The concept of Devito misunderstanding Crystal's advice about watching Hitchcock for learning plot and believing that he needs to launch a murder plot w…