Cactus Flower was a stage play before it became a movie. One of the most interesting facts I learned about it was the fact that Lauren Bacall had played the part of Stefanie Dickinson on stage and, quite naturally, expected…
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Based on the best-selling novel by John Godey, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a riveting thriller that remains a watershed moment in 1970s cinema. The movie concerns a quartet of criminals who commandeer a New York City…
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As we continue to remember the life and work of Neil Simon, we wanted this week’s Create-A-Caption to shine a light on what is his most enduring work: The Odd Couple. We’ve taken a still from the 1968 classic starring…
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Legendary playwright, screenwriter and maker of amusement Neil Simon has died at his home in Manhattan at the age of 91. Beginning his professional career writing for television classics like Your Show of Shows and The Phil Silvers Show (experiences…
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Like Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder found his career at the crossroads in the 1960s. Successes such as The Apartment and Irma la Douce were offset by flops like Kiss Me, Stupid and the under-appreciated One, Two, Three. It’s almost as if he couldn’t quite…
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We get it. Life is busy. It seems every day is full of work and personal obligations. Given the fast pace of our society it’s only natural that some things are going to fall to the wayside. We can’t help…
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Just re-released on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection, Hopscotch is a hilarious espionage comedy based on the Brian Garfield novel of the same name that stars Walter Matthau as CIA operative Miles Kendig. When he is reassigned to desk duty…
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Wow. That’s the most appropriate word that comes to mind when thinking about the various movies that hit DVD and Blu-ray this week. Leading this off are the latest entry in the Alien saga, but the majority of this week’s…
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Has there ever been a funnier example of mismatched friends than The Odd Couple? Neil Simon’s Broadway classic (reportedly based on his brother’s life) stars Jack Lemmon as the agonizingly neat Felix Unger and Walter Matthau as the constantly disheveled…
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Since everyone is getting back to work today, I got to thinking about public transportation and how fantastic of a feat of human ingenuity our various mass transit systems across America are. This in turn got me remembering that it’s…
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