Spotlight on Anita Ekberg.
One of the reasons why Anita Ekberg has been on my mind lately is because I recently sat down toContinue Reading
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Cinemas Greatest Scenes: “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!”
The heyday of gangster movies in the 1930s brought the best out of all the studios big stars and theContinue Reading
Top Ten Lists: The Essential John Ford Films.
Hollywood film director John Ford was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine on February 1st 1894 and died on August 31stContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Ivy’s steely protector.
The beating heart of M.Night Shyamalan most underrated masterpiece The Village (2004) is the love story between Ivy and LuciusContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Searchers Doorway Scene.
John Ford’s The Searchers has been described as one of the greatest Westerns of all time – with its marvelousContinue Reading
Put On A Happy Face: My 2020 Oscar Predictions.
I couldn’t think of a better time at the beginning of the new decade, to start playing the Oscar predictionsContinue Reading
Film review: The Front Runner.
When I heard actor Hugh Jackman played Colorado Senator Gary Hart, the charismatic reform-minded Democrat in The Front Runner, itContinue Reading
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
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
