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Interrogation (2020) s01e10 – I.A. Sgt. Ian Lynch & Det. Brian Chen vs Trey Carano
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 23, 2020
The last episode. Finally the last episode. One could come up with the best order to watch the show, which isn’t the episode number order but also doesn’t work entirely randomly because some episodes jump ahead six years and whatnot—also there’s no point in making the order because you shouldn’t read more
A Short by Elliot Lavine: The Twisted Corridor (1982)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 23, 2020
US / 18 minutes / bw / Detour Dir & Scr: Elliot Lavine Pr: Elliot Lavine, Fred Klein Cine: Greg Wardell, Deland Nuse Cast: John X. Heart, Alan Dowell, Harry Rosenbluth, Harry Freeman, Sheila Lichirie, Larry Stofer, Lisa Barnett, David A. Radovich, Freddy Klein, Eddie Detour A somewhat more ambi read more
Interrogation (2020) s01e04 – L.A. County Psychologist Marjorie Thompson vs. Eric Fisher 1984
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 22, 2020
One of the few benefits of watching “Interrogation” in a non-linear fashion is initially missing out on certain trope episodes, like this one. This one is the trial, with a very poorly exposited look at Kyle Gallner’s trip through the criminal justice system as a minor. Albeit as a thirty-four read more
A Short by Elliot Lavine: Blind Alley (1981)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 22, 2020
US / 11 minutes / bw / Detour Dir & Scr: Elliot Lavine Pr: Mary Kay DeLucco, Elliot Lavine Cine: Howard Dowell, Eddie Detour Cast: Gregory Pace, Ronald Gregoire A splendid brief noir outing, shot in glorious black-and-white, that’s been completely overlooked by the compilers at the IMDB. You read more
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on Feb 21, 2020
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Battleship Potemkin (1925) If there was a Mount Rushmore of Very Famous Films–and we’re talking insanely famous films that have been discussed for many decades–one spot would obviously be occupied by Citizen Kane, and other spots would be battled read more
A Short Interview with Elliot Lavine
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 21, 2020
How This All Came About In November last year I came across an interesting-looking noir short on YouTube, Blind Alley (1981). A few days later I watched it and was blown away: eleven minutes of noirish ecstasy. I sat down to write an entry on it for this site and discovered that information on the m read more
Legends of Tomorrow (2016) s05e05 – A Head of Her Time
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 20, 2020
Continuing whatever this season is doing with its creative Arrowverse accounting, Dominic Purcell and Caity Lotz mostly sit out this episode. Lotz is in Star City on some kind of bland personal business, which leaves Jes Macallan in charge. Macallan, who used to run an extra-dimensional time agency read more
Interrogation (2020) s01e02 – I.A. Sgt. Ian Lynch vs Eric Fisher 2003
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 19, 2020
Now let’s rewind “Interrogation” to the second episode and see what would be getting introduced if you watched the show in episode order and not randomly, even though the timeline is fractured randomly in regular episode order too. This episode takes place in 2003 and fully introduces Vincent read more
All Rise (2019) s01e15 – Prelude to a Fish
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 17, 2020
It’s a Valentine’s Day episode and romance is in the air around the courthouse. Maybe a little bit too much romance because “turns out they didn’t forget about her” D.A.’s office law clerk Audrey Corsa is back and she’s got her eyes on J. Alex Brinson, who’s starting his clerk job in read more
Lombard and Powell visit a recast 'Road House'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 16, 2020
About 7 1/2 years ago, I played "casting director" with Carole Lombard, shown above in Paramount p1202-274. (And no, we're not referring to said "couch"; after Carole responded to that with her inventive invective, I'd be singed to a crisp.) Instead, I was participating in this......"The Great Recas read more
The Last of Sheila (1973): A Mystery Missing Its Columbo
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 14, 2020
“That’s the thing about secrets. We all know stuff about each other; we just don’t know the same stuff.” The Last of Sheila is an intricate murder mystery with origins in real-life parlor games put on by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim for some of their socialite friends read more
A 'Breakfast' NSFW?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 13, 2020
I still don't know the story behind this racy pose of Carole Lombard, having breakfast in a bathtub for the 1941 comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." There was no way on earth that pic (and two others) were going to be used in RKO publicity, and she knew it. Might it have been a favor to director and close fr read more
Dog Day Afternoon (1975): The Fury of Al Pacino in a Great Heist Film
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 12, 2020
We usually think of filmmakers like Woody Allen or even Noah Baumbach for their portrayals of New York. There’s no doubt they have left their imprint on the city, so it’s difficult not to envision it without their influences. However, in his own right, Sidney Lumet also deserves to be v read more
Book Review: A Novel Inspired by a Photo of Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Leni Riefenstahl
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 12, 2020
Delayed Rays of a Star
Amanda Lee Koe
Penguin Random House, 2019
I was surprised to learn that Delayed Rays of a Star is Amanda Lee Koe’s debut novel. It is the kind of serenely self-assured, wise work you would expect from a long-established author. I understand the temptation to use the vib read more
A last-minute option not taken
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 8, 2020
Carole Lombard is shown near the Indiana State Capitol on Jan. 15, 1942, as she helped kick off the inaugural war bond rally of World War II. It would be her last full day on earth, as the following evening she and 21 others -- including her mother, Elizabeth Peters, and MGM publicist/chaperone Otto read more
Looking back, with a smile
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Feb 5, 2020
Discovering new publicity stills of Carole Lombard -- particularly of her Paramount p1202 series from 1930 to 1938 -- is always a thrill for me, and today I added another to my online family.It's p1202-748 (above), from late 1933 or early 1934, showing Carole looking over her shoulder, wearing a flo read more
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019, Richard Phelan and Will Becher)
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 4, 2020
Farmageddon has so many sci-fi TV and movie references it’s hard to keep track. The whole thing feels like an homage to E.T. as far as the story—an alien (“voiced” by Amalia Vitale; voicing means making noises in Farmageddon, there’s no dialogue) gets stranded on Earth and makes friends with read more
A Hitch in Time ( 1978 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 30, 2020
What would it be like to travel back in time? This is a fantasy most children indulge in thinking about but for Paul ( Michael McVey ) and Fiona ( Pheona McLellan ) it becomes a reality when they meet Professor Wagstaff ( Patrick Troughton ) on the way to school one day.
The professor has in read more
An 'MGM slide,' but from a Paramount pic
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 27, 2020
This ad for Carole Lombard's "Safety In Numbers" ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on June 13, 1930 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/930067.html). We know it to be Lombard's initial film for Paramount, but not everyone does. This slide on eBay is proof:It's listed as a slide for MGM studios, read more
Vanishing Point: A High Speed Road to Destiny
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 27, 2020
Barry Newman in Vanishing Point.
Rural car chase movies were a staple at drive-in theaters in the 1970s, where you could view Grand Theft Auto, Eat My Dust, and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. The most famous of these films is arguably Vanishing Point, which was released in 1971. Unlike the aforementioned read more