When you see a shark, can you hear any particular tune in your head? What does it sound like? Well, of course: Has any other film composer so successfully identified a living creature through music? There are some film fans,…
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Tee Up Some Rare Footage of Golf Pros and Movie Stars
It’s a green day for golf and nostalgia fans with Golf Mania!, the latest in the fine line of archival short films in the series Lost & Rare Films and TV series from Festival Films. This smorgasbord of rarely seen…
Read more →A Salute to Actress Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener is one of Hollywood’s most versatile stars… and busy too. Did you know she is slated to appear in as many as five movies in 2013? Movie Irv presents his thoughts on the charming Oscar nominee.
Read more →Boomer Mill: A Crop of ‘60s and ‘70s Oddball and Groovy Movies
Boomer Mill: Warner has lately reached into the ‘60s and ‘70s for a crop of controversial, oddball, and—what’s the term?—groovy movies for your enjoyment. A Covenant with Death (1966) Having a Wild Weekend (1965) The Chapman Report (1962) The Cool Ones (1967)
Read more →Noir Bets: More Mysteries and Moody Melodramas
Noir Bets: There’re more mysteries and moody melodramas from the heyday of the film noir cycle on tap, as well. Singer Jane Russell’s return to Sin City goes bust, when stockbroker hubby Vincent Price gets into trouble with crooks and…
Read more →All About Aldrich
It’s been a mini-retrospective on DVD and Blu-ray of late for director Robert Aldrich. A number of films are being issued from the filmmaker best known for such mucho macho movies as The Dirty Dozen, Emperor of the North, and…
Read more →Five Nifty Fifties Flicks from the Columbia Pictures Vaults
The folks at Sony Pictures Home Video Entertainment have been digging into their vast library of films from Columbia Pictures and have released some titles not often seen Wyoming Renegades (1955) The World Was His Jury (1958) The Solid Gold…
Read more →Halloween Horror Roundup ’12
Who says they don’t make them like they used to? In most cases, “they” are right. But there appears to be a new trend in horror films to go back to old school, and focus on scares and atmosphere and…
Read more →Finish This Sentence: Roman Polanski Is…
…a genius? A criminal? One of the greatest film directors of all time? One of the shadiest reprobates to ever walk the Earth? While most people have strong opinions on the talents and character of the man who made Rosemary’s…
Read more →Peplum Talk: A Look Back at Gladiator Flicks
Mention the term “gladiator movies” to a film fan, and it’s inevitable you will get a response referencing the movie Airplane! The line was uttered by Peter Graves as airline pilot Captain Oveur, who asks a kid visiting his cockpit:…
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