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Where Is He Now? Plummer seems to be becoming more famous now than he ever has been before, not just appealing to those who knew him as Captain Von Trapp, but becoming popular to a younger audience as well. His rise to fame to us younglings began with his appearance in Michael Mann’s Oscar-nom read more

With a career that spans seven decades, Christopher Plummer is one of the most important actors of our time. Plummer was born on December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario to Isabella Mary and John Orme Plummer. Through his mother, Plummer is a great-grandson of the third Prime Minister of Canada, Sir Jo read more

After paying tribute to some of the greatest award-winning films to ever hit the big screen, it’s only fair to pay tribute to some of the greatest Classic Movie actors and actresses who are still living and working today. These living legends will forever be idolized by today’s upcoming actors read more

2011 Best Picture Winner – The Artist Other Nominated Films: The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse When I first decided to do my Best Picture Countdown, my original plan was to take the Best Picture wi read more

1. Casablanca (1943) Other Nominated Films: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, Watch on the Rhine Casablanca is a unique film in many ways. For one, it only won three Academy read more

2. On the Waterfront (1954) Other Nominated Films: The Canine Mutiny, The Country Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Three Coins in the Fountain This isn’t the first Elia Kazan film to make an appearance on this list: Gentleman’s Agreement won Best Picture in 1948 (#26 on the list). read more

3. Gone with the Wind (1939) Other Nominated Films: Dark Victory, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights One movie won 10 Academy Awards, holding the record for most wins until 1959.  One movie is th read more

4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Other Nominated Films: Peyton Place, Sayonara, 12 Angry Men, Witness for the Prosecution I said this in an earlier post, but I feel that it’s only right to say it again: Davis Lean is one of the finest directors of all time. A few posts earlier, I spoke read more

5. Rebecca (1940) Other Nominated Films: All This and Heaven Too, Foreign Correspondent, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, Kitty Foyle, The Letter, The Long Voyage Home, Our Town, The Philadelphia Story Finally, we are at the Top 5. And I can’t see any better way to get us here than wi read more

6. All About Eve (1960) Other Nominated Films: Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon’s Mines, Sunset Boulevard 14 Academy Award nominations. Four female acting nominations. #28 ranking on AFI’s Top 100 films. One of the first 50 films to be registered into the U.S. National read more

7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Other Nominated Films: The Longest Day, The Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, To Kill a Mockingbird Before I go on to talk about this film, I would just like to say one thing: David Lean is one of the finest directors of all time. Lean doesn’t have just one film read more

8. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Other Nominated Films: Henry V, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Razor’s Edge, The Yearling There’s so much that I could say about The Best Years of Our Lives…and that’s even before I did some background research on it. The Best Years read more

9. The Apartment (1960) Other Nominated Films: The Alamo, Elmer Gantry, Suns and Lovers, The Sundowners Billy Wilder’s follow-up to Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, is a witty, sardonic, and touching film about corporate politics, adultery, integrity and love. Jack Lemmon plays C.C. Baxter, read more

10. It Happened One Night (1934) Other Nominated Films: The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Cleopatra, Flirtation Walk, The Gay Divorcee, Here Comes the Navy, The House of Rothschild, Imitation of Life, One Night of Love, The Thin Man, Viva Villa!, The White Parade After reviewing 32 movies, we’r read more

12. In the Heat of the Night (1967) Other Nominated Films: Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Dolittle, The Graduate, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Prior to compiling this countdown list, I’d never seen a Sidney Poitier movie. I knew who he was, and I knew about the profound effect he had read more

14. The Sound of Music (1965) Other Nominated Films: Darling, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools, A Thousand Clowns Now this is one of the weeks I’ve been looking forward to writing about! There are a lot of movies I’ve enjoyed watching, but these next two films are definitely up there as fa read more

16. You Can’t Take It with You (1938) Other Nominated Films: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Boys Town, The Citadel, Four Daughters, Grand Illusion, Jezebel, Pygmalion, Test Pilot My first exposure to You Can’t Take It With You was during high school in the read more

18. Grand Hotel (1932) Other Nominated Films: Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, One Hour with You, Shanghai Express, The Smiling Lieutenant One of the first films to feature an ensemble cast in the history of cinema, Grand Hotel succeeds on all levels. Grand Hotel features Greta Gar read more

20. All The King’s Men (1949) Other Nominated Films: Battleground, The Heiress, A Letter to Three Wives, Twelve O’Clock High I’m not someone who is very knowledgeable when it comes to the world of politics. While I may watch a large amount of political movies, I don’t exactl read more

22. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Other Nominated Films: Alice Adams, Broadway Melody of 1936, Captain Blood, David Copperfield, The Informer, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Les Misérables, Naughty Marietta, Ruggles of Red Gap, Top Hat It was a few years ago when I fir read more