Thursday, December 29, 2016

Top Ten Posts of 2016

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It's a tradition at the Classic Film & TV Cafe to close out the year with a countdown of our ten most viewed posts. We published a t...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Breakheart Pass: Murder on the Western Express

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A murder mystery set aboard a train cruising through snow-covered mountains? Add Charles Bronson and an Old West setting and you've got ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Kate Nelligan Shines in "Without a Trace"

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The poster for the 1983 kidnapping drama. When I reviewed Eye of the Needle  (1981) earlier this year, I heard back from a number of Kat...
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Monday, December 19, 2016

The Movie-TV Connection Game (Dec 2016)

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Bing Crosby and Tyrone Power. 'Tis the holiday season and time for making connections! Given a pair or trio of films or performers, ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2016

"Blanche Fury" and "High Anxiety"

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Blanche Fury (1948).   Poor Blanche. In a short span, she improves her social station by progressing from servant to governess to the wife ...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The Five Weirdest and Worst Movie Titles

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Kreski, Newley, and Collins. 1. Can Heironymous Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humpe and Find True Happiness?  (1969)  - Anthony Newley co-wro...
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Friday, December 9, 2016

"The Fury" Ups the Ante on Teenage Alienation

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Kirk Douglas watches his son get abducted. Brian DePalma has made better movies than The Fury (1978), but none that can match it for pur...
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Monday, December 5, 2016

"Diggstown" and "The Idolmaker"

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James Woods as a con man. Diggstown (1992).  "A hustler has to get out of town as quick as he can. A good con man...he doesn't ...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Joel Grey's Best Performance Isn't in "Cabaret"

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Judging from its title, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins was intended to be the first of a film series. Heaven knows, there was no shorta...
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Monday, November 28, 2016

Screenwriters Tony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim Team Up for "The Last of Sheila"

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The six suspects--and a key clue. A Valentine to Agatha Christie's murder mysteries, The Last of Sheila  may be best remembered for ...
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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Ray Milland and the Dragon Squad

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Ray as Hugh Drummond. Bulldog Drummond Escapes  (1937). In one of his last "B" films, Ray Milland portrays the debonair Britis...
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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Gift Ideas for the Classic Film & TV Fan

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For the last seven years, we've published a list of our favorite gift ideas for classic television and movie fans. It's typically on...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

The Five Best Episodes of "The Defenders" (Season 1)

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Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall. The Defenders  is frequently listed as one of the finest television dramas of the 1960s. The series' ...
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Monday, November 14, 2016

The Movie-TV Connection Game (Nov 2016)

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Lloyd Bridges and Jacqueline Bisset. You know the rules! Given a pair or trio of films or performers, your task is to find the common co...
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Little Shop of Horrors: The People-Eating Plant Musical

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Rick Moranis in one of his best roles. It is undoubtedly the funniest musical ever made about a soul-singing, people-eating, six-foot p...
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