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Chan Is Missing Directed by Wayne Wang Written by Isaac Cronin and Wayne Wang 1982/US IMDb page Repeat viewing/YouTube rental Jo: This mystery is appropriately Chinese: what’s not there seems to have just as much meaning as what is there. The first Asian-American film to receive theatrical dis read more

I think it was about five minutes into Psych‘s new movie that I realized just how much I was smiling. How to explain the effects of Psych? It’s my emotional yoga. When I can’t sleep, I lie on the couch and play episodes till I do. It’s my white noise when I’m doing mind read more

I think it was about five minutes into Psych‘s new movie that I realized just how much I was smiling. How to explain the effects of Psych? It’s my emotional yoga. When I can’t sleep, I lie on the couch and play episodes till I do. It’s my white noise when I’m doing mind read more

Regular readers of this blog know very well that Peter Cushing is my favorite actor of all time. Last night I finally viewed one of his most notable TV guest-starring roles--an appearance on an episode of the science-fiction series SPACE: 1999. The episode was titled "Missing Link", and it was first read more

“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

Goldie Hawn as Toni. I.A.L. Diamond co-wrote some pretty amazing screenplays--his work includes The Apartment and Some Like It Hot. Of course, his writing partner on those films was a guy named Billy Wilder. Mr. Diamond also occasionally branched out on his own. That was the case with the 1969 read more

In Laika’s newest animated film, a British adventurer, Lionel (Hugh Jackman), seeks out the elusive sasquatch. He does this not for research or sport, but to secure a place in some high society club. You see, his peers look down Lionel. They don’t consider his work worthy and they just plain don’t read more

Although the critics were in general less than impressed by it, I much enjoyed Otto Preminger’s 1965 creepy psychological thriller BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, with Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Keir Dulleia, Martita Hunt, Noel Coward and all. I’m not sure why I’ve left it so long to read more

Bunny Lake Is Missing Directed by Otto Preminger Written by John and Penelope Mortimer from a novel by Marryam Modell 1965/UK Wheel Productions First viewing/Netflix rental Although it was very nice to look at, I could not suspend my disbelief long enough to enjoy this thriller. Americans Ann Lake read more

Director Otto Preminger created some legendary dramas and mysteries such as Laura, The Man With the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder. But by the 1960s he struggled to stay on top in a changing landscape nationally and cinematically. Preminger would retire from feature filmmaking in 1979 and Bunny read more

Missing Reels Farran Smith Nehme Overlook Press (US)/Duckworth Publishers (UK) 2014 Missing Reels is a novel about the search for a lost film, filled with characters in 1980s Manhattan who act like the fast-talking denizens of a 1930s screwball comedy. That's a lot of nostalgia pulling from differe read more

  On Saturday, March 6, Nancy Steele is Missing opened at the Rivoli in New York.[1] To kick off the premier of Steele, four of the film’s principals appeared on the Hollywood Hotel radio program, which aired on Friday, March 5, in a “coast-to-coast” broadcast; with Peter Lorre, Walter Connoll read more

  On Saturday, March 6, Nancy Steele is Missing opened at the Rivoli in New York.[1] To kick off the premier of Steele, four of the film’s principals appeared on the Hollywood Hotel radio program, which aired on Friday, March 5, in a “coast-to-coast” broadcast; with Peter Lorre, Walter Connoll read more

  On Saturday, March 6, Nancy Steele is Missing opened at the Rivoli in New York.[1] To kick off the premier of Steele, four of the film’s principals appeared on the Hollywood Hotel radio program, which aired on Friday, March 5, in a “coast-to-coast” broadcast; with Peter Lorre, Walter Connoll read more

UK / 78 minutes / bw / Signet, ABFD Dir: Phil Brandon Pr: Hugh Perceval Scr: James Seymour Story: The Missing Million (1923) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Stephen Dade Cast: Linden Travers, John Warwick, Patricia Hilliard, John Stuart, Ivan Brandt, Brefni O’Rorke, Charles Victor, Marie Ault, Eric Cla read more

  In the first thirty days of autumn in October of 1916, a bright and shining movie debut happened, Around the World in 80 Days, starring Henry Garrick, Frank Bowers, Victor Sanders and Vivian Nichols;[1] the production cost about $250,000.[2] Obviously, this was a large sum for a film budget read more

  In the first thirty days of autumn in October of 1916, a bright and shining movie debut happened, Around the World in 80 Days, starring Henry Garrick, Frank Bowers, Victor Sanders and Vivian Nichols;[1] the production cost about $250,000.[2] Obviously, this was a large sum for a film budget read more

  In the first thirty days of autumn in October of 1916, a bright and shining movie debut happened, Around the World in 80 Days, starring Henry Garrick, Frank Bowers, Victor Sanders and Vivian Nichols;[1] the production cost about $250,000.[2] Obviously, this was a large sum for a film budget read more

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Written by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell 1942/UK British National Films/The Archers First viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video This was the first film to carry the joint credit “Written, Produced and Directe read more

Those born in the age of streaming will never know the excitement of catching a favorite film on TV, running to get a tape on time to record it, and succeeding. With adept timing skills, one could even cut out the commercials. There were a few films I loved so much that I was willing to record them read more