4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 10, 2020
For modern audiences especially, the movie’s opening crawl gives us a bit of helpful context. It’s June, 1942. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Corps was pounding the Brits back toward Cairo and the Suez Canal. His notoriety as a tactician and “The Desert Fox” is read more
The Chameleon Thief of Cairo
Stephen Jared
Solstice Publishing, 2018
Since his 2011 debut, Jack and the Jungle Lion, I’ve always looked forward to Stephen Jared’s next novel. His retro books are classic movies on the page, trading off between noir and adventure genres. Of the six title read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 9, 2017
“How many times is a man so taken with a woman that he walks off the screen just to get her?” This line spoken by one of Jeff Daniels’ characters is really the key to opening up the fantasy that is Purple Rose of Cairo. Here is a film where Woody Allen most blatantly gets to parad read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 9, 2017
“How many times is a man so taken with a woman that he walks off the screen just to get her?” This line spoken by one of Jeff Daniels’ characters is really the key to opening up the fantasy that is Purple Rose of Cairo. Here is a film where Woody Allen most blatantly gets to parad read more
Five Graves to Cairo Directed by Billy Wilder Written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett based on the Lajos Biró play Hotel Imperial 1943/USA Paramount Pictures Repeat viewing/TCM DVD Billy Wilder’s second directorial effort has little of his characteristic humor or cynicism. It read more
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Cairo” (1942)– read more
It’s no secret that movies were a favorite form of escapism during the Great Depression. But for Cecilia (Mia Farrow), that idea is about to take on a whole new meaning. Cecilia lives in New Jersey with Monk (Danny Aiello), her abusive, gambler, womanizer husband. He’s out of work, read more
