Double feature last night:
Stand By Me and Casablanca
I have seen the former, not the latter, so for me, Casablanca was the winner. It's so hard to watch movies from that era (it was made in 1942) without accounting for context. The whole final act - basically Bogart acting in front of a smoke screen - took some effort to not judge in the context of 2020 and the effects that can be accomplished, but the story was good and after you got into the rhythm of Bogart, it was a well acted film. (Both Bogart and Bergman though the film crap before and while they were making it).
SBM, well.... I'm a King fan and I generally do not think that the adaptations do him justice, and this is no different. it was a revelation, though, to discover what an acting force River Phoenix was. He stole that show. Granted, he was older than the other three boys (Jerry McConnell must thank the puberty gods on an hourly basis), but he really brought a believability to that role. I know it's easy to bag on Corey Feldman, but he's horrible, even outside the context of what we know now. Wil Wheaton was believable in his role, but he just didn't have the oomph to hold his own with Phoenix. Really liked Keifer Sutherland as Ace; then again, I usually like Keifer Sutherland in whatever he's in. I'm a big fan.