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Scared Silly: Moviedom’s Goofiest Monsters
Well, it’s that time of year again: the Halloween season, when every movie blog site worth its salt busts out the orange and black and starts cranking out lists of the creepiest, spookiest and most downright frightening films of all time. And…
Read more →Six Pix: The Little Black Dress
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. What’s sharper than a man in a white suit? A woman…
Read more →Fondly Remembering Forrest Gump
Guest blogger JBT writes: It’s the film that spawned the oft-quoted lines “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get” and “Stupid is as stupid does.” At the time of the film’s release,…
Read more →John Wayne’s Back in the Saddle
John Wayne rides again in a series of DVD releases of his work for Monogram Pictures made between 1933 and 1935. Author Irv slifkin points out how you can witness “The Duke” in his formative years, perfecting his famous walk, heroic persona, trademark speech pattern and acting style.
Read more →One Mank’s Journey: A Look At a Hollywood Lifer’s Memoir
Let’s get this straight first: My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider’s Journey Through Hollywood was written by Tom Mankiewicz (and Robert Crane). Tom Mankiewicz was the son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the writer-producer-director of All About Eve, Guys and…
Read more →Christopher Guest: Nigel Tufnel vs. Corky St. Clair
One actor. Two film roles. You tell us which portrayal was the best. The most memorable. Or iconic. Or simply your favorite. But before you pass judgment, a few words defending the “character” of each…
Read more →It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955): A Horror Movie Review
It Came from Beneath the Sea Movie Review Over the last couple of years I’ve gradually been overcoming my lifelong aversion to science-fiction films by watching some of the classics of the genre. In 2011 I saw both War of…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 10.21.12
October 25, 1925: France’s star of silent slapstick comedy Max Linder, 41,and his young wife are found dead in a Paris hotel, victims of an apparent suicide pact. October 23, 1950: Al Jolson, legendary entertainer and star of the seminal…
Read more →The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Classic Movie Review
The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Classic Movie Review What is the price of fame? According to this 1925 silent classic staring Lon Chaney a deal with the devil…no, no, no that’s Faust; I mean a creepy Phantom. Please excuse…
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