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“Nightmare Alley” and Other Unmissable New Releases Are Here!

03.18.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Al Pacino, Bill Murray, Bing Crosby, Bradley Cooper, Carole Lombard, Cate Blanchett, Charles Boyer, Chevy Chase, Chuck Connors, Claude Akins, Dan Aykroyd, Ernest Borgnine, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Astaire, Garrett Morris, Gary Cooper, Gilda Radner, Guillermo del Toro, Hardy Krüger, James Cagney, James Stewart, Jane Curtin, John Belushi, Laraine Newman, Marlon Brando, Michael Curtiz, Peter Finch, Richard Attenborough, Richard Jenkins, Robert De Niro, Rock Hudson, Rooney Mara, Saturday Night Live, Shirley Temple, The Godfather, The O. Henry Playhouse, Tommy Kirk, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe | no comments

Nightmare Alley

Whoa! That’s the first word that comes to mind in terms of the sheer variety of new releases that are now available. It’s been a minute since there’s been a week packed with so many must-see TV and movie titles…

This Week’s New Releases Include “House of Gucci” and “The King’s Man”

02.24.22 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Adam Baldwin, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Anna Paquin, Beau Bridges, Bruce McGill, Colin Farrell, Criterion Collection, Daniel Brühl, David Attenborough, Dennis Quaid, Djimon Hounsou, Edgar Ramirez, Fan Bingbing, Frank Grillo, Gemma Arterton, Henry Silva, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Jessica Chastain, Jim Backus, Jim Nabors, John Malkovich, John Sayles, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew Goode, Penélope Cruz, Ralph Fiennes, Red Buttons, Ridley Scott, Robert Forster, Ron Howard, Sebastian Stan, The Jungle Book, Tommy Kirk, Valerie Bertinelli, Walt Disney, Warner Archive Collection, Zachary Levi | no comments

February, we hardly knew ye! As we wave goodbye to one month and hello to March, there’s comfort to be found in the fact that there are always great movies to watch no matter how quickly time passes. This week’s…

Guest Review: “The Shaggy Dog”

06.13.20 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: Annette Funicello, Cecil Kellaway, Disney, Flashback Friday, Forrest Lewis, Fred MacMurray, Gordon Jones, Jean Hagen, Paul Frees, The Shaggy Dog, Tommy Kirk, Walt Disney | 2 comments

In the mid-1950s Walt Disney gave ABC their very first full-hour western television program – Davy Crockett. The series was such a success that the network soon launched many other similar series such as Maverick, Wyatt Earp, and Lawman. These westerns…

Old Yeller: A Boy and His Dog

11.19.18 | Jim Brymer | Tags: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Jeff York, Old Yeller, Tommy Kirk, Walt Disney | 1 comment

I am not a fan of the sobby, tearjerker trope. However, even one of my books, dedicated to movies for guys, says that Old Yeller is a classic coming of age movie that should not be missed. I admit it,…

Remembering Walt Disney’s “The Shaggy Dog”

04.08.18 | Rick29 | Tags: 1950s Films, Disney, Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Walt Disney | 1 comment

In hindsight, The Shaggy Dog (1959) was a landmark Disney film. After all, this amusing comedy perfected the formula for the contemporary live-action family films produced by the studio for the next twenty years. It was also the first of Fred…

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