Classic movie reviews, movie articles, movie information from 1960 to 1969, the end of Golden Age of Hollywood.
Preface: It may seem incongruous to the theme of my blog, but the truth of the matter is that, up until this blogathon, I have never watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in its entirety. I tried to watch it one…
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I confess that I have never been a Sandy Dennis fan. Perhaps, it was her choice of roles, but her characters always came across as a contrived combination of exaggerated emotions. But after recently watching Up the Down Staircase (1967),…
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The 1962 laugh riot Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation is a Jimmy Stewart masterpiece. In the film, Stewart shines as a loving husband and father who takes his family on a seaside holiday, only to be plagued by a lothario…
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1962’s Carnival of Souls is a perfect example of a slow burn cult film. Despite a limited budget and a short original theatrical run, the film — about a church organist whose life takes a turn for the bizarre following…
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You’ve never been on a trip like this before! Quick, name a madcap travel romp of the 1960s? It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World? Perfect! The Great Race? Indubitably! But let me tell you about my favorite of these…
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1963’s acclaimed romantic dramedy Love with the Proper Stranger stars Natalie Wood as Angie Rossini, a “good Italian girl” who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand with Rocky Papasanso (Steve McQueen). Initally, Angie desires only to track down Rocky to…
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Irwin Allen is regularly referred to as the father of disaster films, while his contributions to the genre are immeasurable, he was hardly the only game in town when it came to cinematic destruction. Enter Bernard Kowalski‘s Krakatoa, East of…
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It’s Ghostville, baby! Schlock master William Castle is known for making audiences scared, but did you know that he could also leave them screaming with laughter? It’s true, and 1967’s The Spirit Is Willing proves it! Just by looking at…
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“People are the ultimate spectacle” – They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? movie tagline Now available on Blu-ray and DVD from KL Studio Classics, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? is an acclaimed adaptation of Horace McCoy’s Depression-era novel about a grueling…
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In this writer’s opinion, 1968’s best comedy is the funny and sweet With Six You Get Eggroll. The film stars Doris Day as a widow with three sons who unexpectedly finds love again after she meets a widower (Brian Keith)….
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