You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! Kate & Leo soon found out why it was so cheap to book a reservation at a…
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Una O’Connor: Sharp-Tongued Screen Servant
She was Maid Marian’s lady-in-waiting, met the Invisible Man and the Frankenstein Monster, and worked with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford and Billy Wilder. She was rubber-faced character actress Una O’Connor, our latest Scene Stealer,
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Alice’s Adventures In Filmland 1903-1949
Last fall, on this very web site, I wrote a pair of articles detailing the various cinematic and TV depictions of The Wizard of Oz over the past 100 years or so (take a look for yourself, they’re still there: The Wizard…
Read more →Last Year’s Sleepers Now on DVD: The Hurt Locker, In the Loop, Bronson
Looking for a great DVD/Blu-ray hit you may have missed in the theaters? Check out Movie Irv’s recommendations for these three “sleeper” hits: Last Years Sleepers Now on DVD The Hurt Locker, In The Loop, Bronson
Read more →A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy: Underrated Movie?
Title: A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy Year: 1982 Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Farrar (Cyrano de Bergerac), Julie Hagerty (Airplane), Tony Roberts (Annie Hall), Mary Steenburgen (Parenthood) The Story: Three couples spend a…
Read more →This Week In Film History 02-21-10
February 25, 1906: Future Universal Pictures president Carl Laemmle enters the moving pictures business with Chicago’s first nickelodeon, the White Front Theater. February 27, 1920: German expressionist painting and design are captured to great effect in Robert Wiene‘s The Cabinet…
Read more →Movie Mash-Ups, Part IV
Here is the fourth and final chapter in the series of movie mash-ups. We end on a visual note, with more film posters that have been sliced & diced and then reconfigured to make one-sheets you’ll never see in cases…
Read more →The Messenger (2009) War Drama Starring Woody Harrelson Movie Review
The other movie about Iraq that was nominated for multiple Academy Awards is The Messenger, an absorbing drama that was critically acclaimed but little seen. Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson (nominated for Best Supporting Actor) play soldiers who take on…
Read more →Coming Soon On DVD – Hammer Films Collection
Roger, Corman Roger Corman was recently honored with a special Academy Award, and a new 3-D remake of his 1978 production Piranha is heading for theaters this year. So it makes sense that Corman’s “B” movie classics from New World…
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