A few weeks ago we asked you to tell us about your film favorites. Today, reader Gary Koca presents his views on the classic Reap the Wild Wind. Take it away, Gary!: How about this one? A great seafaring adventure…
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His Way Or The Highway: On Broderick Crawford’s 100th
My trademarks are a hoarse, grating voice and the face of a retired pugilist: small narrowed eyes set in puffy features which look as though they might, years ago, have lost on points. —Broderick Crawford, describing himself. We’ve seen 100th…
Read more →Movie Poll: What’s Your Favorite John Candy Performance?
This Week In Film History, 08.21.11
August 27, 1953: Audrey Hepburn captivates audiences with her Hollywood debut as the runaway princess in Roman Holiday, for which she’ll win an Academy Award. August 27, 1917: The first feature to be directed by John Ford, the Harry Carey–Hoot Gibson western Straight…
Read more →Bring On Some More James Bond Bad Guys
In my first piece about the James Bond bad guys, I pointed out the fact that Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the notorious head of SPECTRE (The Special Executive for Counter Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) was a somewhat puny fellow in You Only…
Read more →Under The Radar: Unknown And Underrated Films
Yes, it’s summertime, which means it’s the season for the big blockbusters such as Captain America: The First Avenger, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and the latest Harry Potter movie. They’re grandiose, popular movies that everyone knows about…
Read more →Ya Gotta Have A Gimmick: Audience Lures From 3-D to Smellovision
The fourth Spy Kids film from Robert Rodriguez, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, is advertised as being presented in 4-D. This can only mean one thing: 3-D plus the added feature of being able to smell what…
Read more →Lone Scherfig Gives Us One Day
Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig has been directing films and TV shows for 25 years. But after work on such acclaimed efforts as Italian for Beginners and Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself), she moved into the limelight with 2009’s An Education,…
Read more →Letter Imperfect VI
One measley letter. That’s the difference between an esteemed film and our movie poster parodies. Well, that and some Photoshop fun. L’enfant terrible Citizen Kane
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