A teenager (Jennifer Connelly) ventures into a magical maze to save her abducted infant brother from the clutches of the Goblin King (David Bowie) in Jim Henson Labyrinth. Guest blogger Barry P. explores the 1986 fantasy film and cult favorite.
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In 1920s Hong Kong, Greta Garbo is torn between her husband, doctor Herbert Marshall, and British attache George Brent in The Painted Veil. Guest writer Danny Reid examines the 1934 MGM melodrama, based on a W. Somerset Maugham novel.
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No 1930s actress made audiences laugh–and censors cringe–like Mae West. Guest writer Emma Alsop lists five reasons that movie fans should check out West’s early ’30s pre-Production Code comedies and examines the secrets behind her success.
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Two teenagers, both coping with cancer, meet and fall in love in The Fault in Our Stars. Guest writer Anna Catherine Hilton examines the 2014 drama, based on John Green’s best-selling book, and how both reflect the way society deals with cancer.
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Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk are contestants in a 1908 trans-global road rally in The Great Race. Guest writer Kristen Lopez takes the checkered flag with her look at director Blake Edwards’ slapstick epic, which turns 50 this year.
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Henpecked family man Egbert Sousè (W.C. Fields) gets a new lease on life when he’s hired as The Bank Dick. Guest writer Steve Bailey reviews the bulbous-nosed funnyman’s comic gem, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.
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She worked in the ’30s with Mae West and Will Rogers and was Natalie Wood’s mom in Rebel Without a Cause, but few film fans today remember Rochelle Hudson. One who does is guest writer Rory B., who looks at the actress’s life and career.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania coming to America. To celebrate the occasion, guest writer Greg Altum reviews the Fab Four’s first starring film, the 1964 “day in the life” comedy/concert classic A Hard Day’s Night
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Filmmaker and old-time radio enthusiast Michael James Kacey shares his memories of screening “A Mercury Production by Orson Welles” at the beautifully restored Los Angeles movie palace.
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Celebrity and scandal aren’t new to Hollywood, as seen in 1957’s Slander. Guest writer Kristen Lopez gets to the truth about this MGM drama where kid’s TV star Van Johnson falls victim to gossip rag reporter Steve Cochran’s quest for “news.”
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