Four hundred years ago, no one watching Othello at the Globe Theatre cheered when Iago came on stage. Moviegoers in 1946 didn’t root for Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life. That was then, of course. Nowadays, some of…
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Famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola turns 87 on Tuesday, April 7 this year. The Academy Award-winning writer/director/producer (and noted winemaker) is undoubtedly best known for being the creative force behind the Godfather series. Beyond his genre-defining Mafia saga, however,…
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The month of April is here, and with it comes a shower of Hollywood classics debuting on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive collection, all newly restored in 4K. There’s Spencer Tracy’s first Academy Award-winning performance as well as his…
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“Didn’t that guy ever have hair?” So said time traveler Marty McFly upon encountering his 1985 high school principal, Mr. Strickland, 30 years in the past in Back to the Future. Well, as the above picture of Strickland’s portrayer, James…
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A beloved star of many classic Hollywood musicals, Academy Award nominee Debbie Reynolds would have been 94 this Wednesday. A native of El Paso, Texas, Mary Frances Reynolds moved with her family to California when she was seven. After…
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In the “so bad it’s good” classic Showgirls, lead Elizabeth Berkley and her fellow Las Vegas dancers aspire to someday becoming stars. For one real-life showgirl in the late ’60s, that dream actually come true. Actress Valerie Perrine, who left…
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His Roman Colosseum showdown with Bruce Lee in 1972’s Way of the Dragon made him an instant sensation with martial arts fans. And that was early on in an over 50-year career that saw Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris kick,…
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“There is no chin underneath Chuck Norris’ beard. There is only another fist.” “Chuck Norris’ tears can cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.” “How many push-ups can Chuck Norris do? All of them.” It seems almost inconceivable that…
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Ever feel as though Life has you stuck “behind the eight ball”? Well, 1940s moviegoers saw that happen on an amazingly frequent basis to a put-upon everyman named Joe McDoakes. Released by Warner Bros./Vitaphone from 1942-56, the genuinely amusing Joe…
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In case you weren’t sure why everyone around you was wearing green, today is St. Patrick’s Day (must resist urge to write “faith and begorrah!”). To all of our readers who are sons and daughters of “the auld sod”…
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