It’s been a pretty brutal summer thus far, and if you find yourself wanting to cool down there is no better way to do so than by watching a movie at home. So why not take a look at some…
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Captains Courageous (1937): A Classic Movie Review
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Captains Courageous (1937) There are times when I think Spencer Tracy would have been better off if he’d never been paired up with Katharine Hepburn in 1942, when they co-starred in Woman of the Year. Now I know there are…
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This Week In Film History, 07.29.12
July 31, 1928: Audiences first hear MGM mascot Leo the Lion’s mighty roar with the studio’s first sound film, White Shadows in the South Seas. August 3, 1929: Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo, the Marx Brothers, make their film debuts…
Read more →Quick! 1-10, One Movie Title for Every Number
Proof that yes, Movie Irv dares to roll with zero advance on a question: Irv didn’t know we’d have accepted the actual number (or spelled-out version of the number, etc.) at any position in the title (as in The Fifth Element counting for…
Read more →Guest Review: Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now has always been preceded by the legendary stories of its troubled production, one of those cursed film enterprises (The Exorcist is another) whose backstories are almost as entertaining as the final product itself : in this case, weathering…
Read more →Six Pix: Preachers
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Hallelujah! It’s about time Six Pix put preachers on a pedestal….
Read more →Tell Your Story Walken
There’s Christopher Walken with a bad toupee, sitting like a zombie on the sofa in his comfy suburban house. His perky, bespectacled wife Mia Farrow sits next to him. They both watch an episode of Seinfeld, gazing at the TV…
Read more →Jerry Lewis: Great Success Being a Total Idiot
Guest blogger Blair Kramer follows his previous piece Jerry and Dean’s List: Don’t be wary of Jerry… OK. I understand that Jerry Lewis is a bit like horseradish. He’s an acquired taste. In other words, he takes some getting used to. …
Read more →Katharine Hepburn: Rose Sayer vs. Jane Hudson
One actor. Two film roles. You tell us which portrayal was the best. The most memorable. Or iconic. Or simply your favorite. But before you pass judgment, a few words defending the “character” of each… The case for Rose Sayer…
Read more →Dueling Movies: The Revenge (Not In 3-D)
If you enjoyed our two prior surveys of marquee matchups between near-identical film projects (which can be found here and here), we’ve got a further foray of films that went fist city for your entertainment dollar. Tombstone (1993) / Wyatt…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 07.22.12
July 22, 1934: After seeing MGM’s Manhattan Melodrama at Chicago’s Biograph Theater, gangster John Dillinger is gunned down outside by G-men. July 23, 1947: The subject of anti-Semitism is dramatized in RKO’s Crossfire and, in November, by 20th Century Fox’s…
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