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Hollywood, the Dream Factory. Ask any classic film fan and they’ll reiterate that classic films have an elegance, a fantastical quality that invites us, however briefly, into a fantasy world that, despite its illusory nature, we wished was our daily life. Watching Latin Lovers reminded me of t read more

Hollywood, the Dream Factory. Ask any classic film fan and they’ll reiterate that classic films have an elegance, a fantastical quality that invites us, however briefly, into a fantasy world that, despite its illusory nature, we wished was our daily life. Watching Latin Lovers reminded me of t read more

Hawaii’s introduction as the 50th state in the US in 1959 caused Hollywood to go mad with Hawaiian fever, using author James A. Michener’s immense tome, Hawaii, as the basis for not one, but two, films on the creation and eventual colonizing of the island. With a story as epic, and a pro read more

Hawaii’s introduction as the 50th state in the US in 1959 caused Hollywood to go mad with Hawaiian fever, using author James A. Michener’s immense tome, Hawaii, as the basis for not one, but two, films on the creation and eventual colonizing of the island. With a story as epic, and a pro read more

After watching Errol Flynn corral the Old West in Dodge City (1939) and sail the seven seas as The Sea Hawk (1940s) it’s simultaneously refreshing and bizarre watching him play an average bank teller turned pugilist in Gentleman Jim. Unlike other boxing movies where the rise to the top and the read more

After watching Errol Flynn corral the Old West in Dodge City (1939) and sail the seven seas as The Sea Hawk (1940s) it’s simultaneously refreshing and bizarre watching him play an average bank teller turned pugilist in Gentleman Jim. Unlike other boxing movies where the rise to the top and the read more

As you wade through the inky underworld of film noir, it’s hard to find surprises after a while; Where the Sidewalk Ends is one such noir.  Dana Andrews and Karl Malden put a spin on the typical noir antiheroes, with Andrews in particular being stuffed with various nuances. Unfortunately, the read more

As you wade through the inky underworld of film noir, it’s hard to find surprises after a while; Where the Sidewalk Ends is one such noir.  Dana Andrews and Karl Malden put a spin on the typical noir antiheroes, with Andrews in particular being stuffed with various nuances. Unfortunately, the read more

To many, The Andy Griffith Show is “a sanctuary in a nervous world.” For me, I know little more than the show’s basics – the whistling theme song, Ron Howard, Barney Fife. So upon first learning about Daniel de Vise’s biography on Andy Griffith stars Andy Griffith and D read more

To many, The Andy Griffith Show is “a sanctuary in a nervous world.” For me, I know little more than the show’s basics – the whistling theme song, Ron Howard, Barney Fife. So upon first learning about Daniel de Vise’s biography on Andy Griffith stars Andy Griffith and D read more

Fridays with Flynn moves from the plains of the heartland to the high seas with a retread of a film Flynn made five years earlier. Swashbucklers don’t necessarily thrill me, but even I couldn’t resist the breathless excitement that came from watching Flynn in Captain Blood (1935). By the read more

Fridays with Flynn moves from the plains of the heartland to the high seas with a retread of a film Flynn made five years earlier. Swashbucklers don’t necessarily thrill me, but even I couldn’t resist the breathless excitement that came from watching Flynn in Captain Blood (1935). By the read more

News in a nutshell: getTV gets some “variety” and more, director Mike Nichols is honored this week, TCM screens more classic films in March, and what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray getTV announced that their March scheduling will now include the 1957 crime comedy television show, The T read more

News in a nutshell: getTV gets some “variety” and more, director Mike Nichols is honored this week, TCM screens more classic films in March, and what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray getTV announced that their March scheduling will now include the 1957 crime comedy television show, The T read more

Originally undertaken in 1925 with a remake in 1934, this was the third and final adaptation of the Franz Lehar operetta. By far the most expensive and opulent of the trio, The Merry Widow replaces the likes of Mae Murray and Maurice Chevalier with clotheshorse Lana Turner and bohunk Fernando Lamas read more

Originally undertaken in 1925 with a remake in 1934, this was the third and final adaptation of the Franz Lehar operetta. By far the most expensive and opulent of the trio, The Merry Widow replaces the likes of Mae Murray and Maurice Chevalier with clotheshorse Lana Turner and bohunk Fernando Lamas read more

In honor of its remake opening this week, let’s go back to 1967 when Thomas Hardy’s novel first received the big-budget Hollywood treatment. Far From the Madding Crowd is a difficult text to adapt since, unlike Hardy’s infinitely more readable Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the p read more

In honor of its remake opening this week, let’s go back to 1967 when Thomas Hardy’s novel first received the big-budget Hollywood treatment. Far From the Madding Crowd is a difficult text to adapt since, unlike Hardy’s infinitely more readable Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the p read more

The Western isn’t my go-to genre, but I have been surprised by a few in my film reviewing career as I was with Dodge City, recently released on Blu-ray through Warner Home Entertainment. A take on the Wyatt Earp story, director Michael Curtiz takes the basic tenets of the Western and uses it t read more

The Western isn’t my go-to genre, but I have been surprised by a few in my film reviewing career as I was with Dodge City, recently released on Blu-ray through Warner Home Entertainment. A take on the Wyatt Earp story, director Michael Curtiz takes the basic tenets of the Western and uses it t read more