Top Ten Lists: The Essential Marx Brothers Films.
Are the Marx brothers still relevant? Honestly I hope so. Their work is often held in high regard among criticsContinue Reading
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Cinemas Greatest Scenes: John Ford’s ‘Stagecoach’ chase sequence.
John Ford bought the rights to Stagecoach from Colliers magazine in 1937 (an adaptation of a short story called The Stage to Lordsburg)Continue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Seven Year Itch and that famous subway grate scene.
The notion of a husband cheating on his wife was considered a completely unacceptable action onscreen during the 1950’s. ItContinue Reading
Niagara (1953): Revisiting the film noir classic starring Marilyn Monroe.
Of all of Marilyn Monroe’s most important early roles, it’s Asphalt Jungle which I would dearly love to talk about inContinue Reading
Film Review: The Mule.
While the title for ‘America’s greatest living director’ might often be associated with Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood is often aContinue Reading
Remembering Dean Martin on Christmas Day.
With today being the anniversary of his death, let us remember one of the greatest artists of show business, theContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator speech.
In 1938, Charlie Chaplin set to work on his first talking film that would ridicule the German tyrant Adolf Hitler.Continue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Jerry Lewis’ Funny Bones monologue.
In 1995, a small British-American comedy-drama was released to little fanfare called Funny Bones starring Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis andContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: A League of Their Own – “There’s no crying in baseball!”
A League of Their Own (1992) is a delightful film about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League of theContinue Reading
Here is what we know about Willem Dafoe ahead of his role as Van Gogh.
For the past thirty years or so, maybe a little more, he has been in my opinion one of theContinue Reading
