It’s Christmas toons time, as guest writer Charles Wiebe counts down his 10 favorite animated Yuletide treats. A Charlie Brown Christmas, Mickey Christmas Carol, and The Polar Express make his “nice” list; see how it stacks up to yours.
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The visionary Viennese director Fritz Lang ’s 1927 expressionistic masterpiece Metropolis has been re-released in a new 147 minute version, called “The Complete Metropolis”. The film premiered in February 2010 at the Berlin Film at Friederichstrasse Palast, accompanied by a 60-piece orchestra…
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If you are interested in a great romantic comedy, please skip the truly ugly The Ugly Truth that played in theaters last year, and check out Leo Mc Carey’s The Awful Truth (1937), starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne and Ralph Bellamy….
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On September 29th, one of the last great Hollywood legends, Tony Curtis died in his Las Vegas area home; He was 85. Born Bernie Schwartz , he was the son of a Bronx tailor. He recalled growing up in a tough…
Read more →Over half a century after The Grapes of Wrath was released, we tend to forget the minor miracle that conservative prewar Hollywood produced a powerful and radical film that according to author John Steinbeck was “harsher” than his Nobel Prize…
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Many films are instant classics such as: Gone With The Wind or theLord of the Rings series. However, many of our most cherished movies have been sleepers; Bringing up Baby and Citizen Kane were both box office busts and required decades to achieve…
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