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A Quiet Place (2018, John Krasinski)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 26, 2018
It’d be nice if A Quiet Place were exasperating. If, after seventy or eighty minutes of building tension, the finale somehow disappointed. It doesn’t. It’s not exactly predictable, but by the time it arrives, it’s been obvious for a while the movie’s not really going anywhere. The film’s read more
HAVE A GOOD FUNERAL MY FRIEND...SARTANA WILL PAY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 24, 2018
My journey through the Arrow Sartana Blu-ray box set continues with the fourth entry in the "official" series, HAVE A GOOD FUNERAL MY FRIEND...SARTANA WILL PAY. This 1970 movie has Gianni Garko returning in the title role.
The story opens with a gold prospector being ambushed and murdered...but Sar read more
Natalie vs Liz: A Friendly Competition Final Match
All Good Things Posted by monty on Jul 24, 2018
Here we go with the match between Nat and Liz...From Here to Eternity vs The Sandpiper
Which film of Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor do you like more? read more
'Screenland,' July 1934: A star from a hometown angle
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 21, 2018
Carole Lombard's work in "Twentieth Century" opposite John Barrymore -- one of the industry's most respected actors -- would boost what was to then a somewhat middling career. In fact, Barrymore would laud Lombard when signing a photo to her:When word got around of his plaudits, the fan magazines to read more
Natalie vs Liz: A Friendly Competition (Match 10)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Jul 21, 2018
The penultimate match between Nat and Liz. Nat has technically won this event as her record is 6-2-1 but we still have 2 matches to go to see if Liz can at least finish strong.
Which film starring Natalie Wood or Liz Taylor do you like more? read more
My Death is a Mockery (1952)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 21, 2018
UK / 65 minutes / bw / David Dent, Adelphi Dir: Tony Young Pr: David Dent Scr: Douglas Baber Cine: Phil Grindrod Cast: Donald Houston, Kathleen Byron, Bill Kerr, Edward Leslie, Liam Gaffney, Kenneth Henry, Felix Felton, Sheila McCormack, Christopher Quest, Michael Voysey, Vincent Holman, Meadows Whi read more
A Very Short History of TV Shows with Very Short Histories
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Jul 20, 2018
What can you say about a TV show that dies after just one episode? We can think of a few things. Here’s a look at some of the most notorious examples, including a show that forced Jackie Gleason to apologize to America, a “Laugh-In” ripoff that was cancelled midway through its only read more
A Very Short History of TV Shows with Very Short Histories
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Jul 20, 2018
What can you say about a TV show that dies after just one episode? We can think of a few things. Here’s a look at some of the most notorious examples, including a show that forced Jackie Gleason to apologize to America, a “Laugh-In” ripoff that was cancelled midway through its only read more
A New Blogathon Celebrating 80 Years of Dolores Hart!
The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jul 20, 2018
Hello everybody! It’s been some time now since I’ve been considering hosting a blogathon honouring Dolores Hart. Those who have been following my blog since the beginning know it’s not the first time I talk about her. Dolores Hart’s story is a unique one in the Hollywood his read more
Natalie vs Liz: A Friendly Competition Match 9
All Good Things Posted by monty on Jul 18, 2018
Here we go with match 9 of 11. Natalie leads 5-2-1.
Which film starring Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor do you like more? read more
On Blu-ray: Rory Calhoun Rocks a Toga in The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 18, 2018
Before Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone made his name with spaghetti westerns, he began his career taking a stab at the sword and sandal genre with The Colossus of Rhodes. It is astonishing that the director’s first credited directing job is an epic-sized production like this one. While he did h read more
A 'case history' of Carole
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 18, 2018
At the beginning of 1939, Carole Lombard was effectively a car stopped at a red light, awaiting the signal to turn green so she could marry Clark Gable. While she waited, a publication I heretofore hadn't heard of ran a two-page pictorial of her.I don't know anything about a magazine called Glamour read more
SARTANA'S HERE...TRADE YOUR PISTOL FOR A COFFIN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 17, 2018
The third entry in the Arrow Sartana Blu-ray box set is the the 1970 film SARTANA'S HERE...TRADE YOUR PISTOL FOR A COFFIN. Uruguayan actor George Hilton plays Sartana in this one instead of Gianni Garko.
This movie is even wilder than the preceding titles in the series, with a number of action gags read more
book: Snowdrops (2010) by A.D. Miller
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 17, 2018
English lawyer Nick Platt, working in Moscow during the early years of this century as a facilitator for western bank loans to dubious Russian projects, rather thrives in the cutthroat, amoral society he finds there. One day he encounters two sisters, Masha and Katya, and soon convinces himself he read more
Being a Teenager in the 50s: “Rebel Without a Cause” (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jul 17, 2018
Rebel Without a Cause was among the first films I watched when I was in full discovery of classic films. This first viewing seems forever ago but I remember it as if it was yesterday. I rent the DVD at a video store that unfortunately doesn’t exist anymore. They had a lot of choices, so that& read more
Natalie vs Liz: A Friendly Competition Match 8
All Good Things Posted by monty on Jul 16, 2018
Here we go with match 8:
Which film starring Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor do you like more? read more
A pair of new images
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 14, 2018
I'm always delighted to discover a new (to me) Carole Lombard image, particularly when it's from her Paramount p1202 collection (p1202 was her "player" code number at the studio). Above is p1202-977, said to be from lead studio photographer Eugene Robert Richee in 1935.That pic isn't available, but read more
Book Review--Leonard Maltin's Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 14, 2018
Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom
Leonard Maltin
Good Knight Books, 2018
Before the movie guidebooks, television review gig, and thriving podcast, film critic Leonard Maltin was a teenage cinema fanatic living in New York City. There he had access to archives, rare fi read more
Natalie vs Liz: A Friendly Competition Match 7
All Good Things Posted by monty on Jul 14, 2018
Here we go with match 7 in our contest between Natalie Wood and Elizabeth Taylor
Which film starring Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor do you like more? read more
Up a Lazy River + Sailor’s Luck (1933)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 13, 2018
The American Duchess Tomorrow I am beginning a new adventure – sailing up the Mighty Mississippi from New Orleans to Red Wing. We’ll be back to original programming August 8. In the meantime, I’m going to try a little experiment that I hope won’t alienate my loyal rea read more