The summer movie season officially gets underway (yes, we know it’s still Spring) when Avengers: Endgame hits theaters this Thursday. A sequel to last year’s Avengers: Infinity War, the film — spoiler alert — finds our heroes picking up the…
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From The Cinematic Bartender by Winthrop J Quiggy: Bronx Warrior (aka “Italian Rip-off”) Take one jigger of Escape from New York. Add two shots of The Warriors. Sprinkle with a liberal dose of Mad Max. Shake vigorously. Serve over ice…
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On this Easter Sunday we just wanted to take a minute and wish you and your family the happiest of holidays! And if you have any special viewing traditions on this day (The Judy Garland/Fred Astaire classic Easter Parade seems…
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“Hunting for gnomes in the Gnome-Mobile….” Jaspar (Tom Lowell) and his grandfather Knobby (Walter Brennan) fear that they may be the last of the gnomes residing in the giant redwoods of California. As many of us know, gnomes live forever,…
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The magnificent Tim Curry turns 73 today. Since bursting onto the scene in the early 1970s, Curry has enjoyed a successful career on stage, as a would-be pop star, in films and TV shows, as an in-demand voiceover actor. Although…
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The song North to Alaska by Johnny Horton was the theme to the movie. The song came out before it was filmed by several months and turned out to be Johnny Horton’s last big hit. He died in an automobile…
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As April rolls on, it’s important to take some ‘me time’ for yourself before the late spring/summer hecticness kicks in. And what better way to relax than with a great film? This week’s new Blu-ray and DVD releases include recent…
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With apologies to any fans of The Godfather Part II out there, my all-time favorite mob movie is Goodfellas. Director Martin Scorsese‘s epic 1990 biopic of famed mobster-turned-informant Henry Hill (a never better Ray Liotta) chronicles the highs and lows…
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The biggest movie news right now is the new trailer for the next Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker. Set to hit theaters this December, this ninth film in the sci-fi space franchise will wrap up the story of…
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Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 epic medieval novel Ivanhoe was brought to the big screen in 1952 as a gorgeous Technicolor adaptation released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. Like many medieval films of the era, it combined romance, drama, and a good deal of…
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