Things I have learned from watching film noir movies: 1. Never trust a woman. 2. If you meet a woman stranded on the side of the road, never trust a woman. 3. If you see a woman across a crowded…
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Terry Gilliam is one of my favorite directors. He has an odd sense of the world and his movies tend to be outré. His works include Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and The Zero Theorem, all of…
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1961. It was the most important year in history: John F. Kennedy became the President of the United States! The Beatles played their first gig! The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba began! Ernie Davis became the first African-American…
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Back in the 1930’s and 40’s, a trip to the movies was like an all-day sucker. You got more than just one film…and I don’t mean an interminable series of coming attractions. Viewers were treated to a newsreel (this being…
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Anime and manga are a form of entertainment that originated in Japan. Manga is an adult comic book format, while anime is the adult cartoon form — often derived from manga versions of the same. Go to any comic book…
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The love story of the ages began when Humphrey Bogart met Lauren Bacall on the set of To Have and Have Not. Although the chemistry was not immediate, it did grab hold and held on for dear life. Bogie was…
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H. C. McNeile, who wrote much of his writings under the pen-name of “Sapper,” was the creator of Capt. Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Like many of his antecedents, Bulldog was an amateur sleuth, a man from a wealthy family who, tired…
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Preface: It may seem incongruous to the theme of my blog, but the truth of the matter is that, up until this blogathon, I have never watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in its entirety. I tried to watch it one…
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Hank Worden appeared with John Wayne in 17 films over the course of his career. Only a couple of other actors had a bigger number of roles with Wayne. Paul Fix (the marshal from the TV show Gunsmoke) topped them…
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Grace Kelly was an up and coming Hollywood starlet who chose the good life of being Monegasque royalty over the glamor of being Hollywood royalty. But in the pre-history of becoming Princess Grace of Monaco, Kelly made several prominent pictures…
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