Tuesday, October 31, 2017

The 10 Most Creative Ways to Destroy a Vampire According to the Movies

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Sure, you can just drive a stake through a vampire's heart...but the movies have proven that there are far more creative ways. What bett...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Seven Things to Know About James Stewart

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1. As a young man, James Stewart was fascinated with aviation and avidly followed Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic. M...
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Monday, October 23, 2017

Muriel's Wedding

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Toni Collette as Muriel. Before he directed the Julia Roberts hit comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), Australian filmmaker P.J. Hog...
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Thursday, October 19, 2017

The Movie-TV Connection Game (October 2017 Edition)

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What do Gary and Doris have in common? Welcome to the latest edition of the Cafe's most popular game. You will be given a pair or tr...
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Monday, October 16, 2017

A War Wagon Loaded With Gold!

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John Wayne as ex-con Taw Jackson. After being "shot, framed, and sent to prison" for three years, Taw Jackson (John Wayne) int...
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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

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As a boy growing in the Great Depression, my father loved to read pulp magazines. His favorites were The Shadow  and Doc Savage . I also bec...
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Monday, October 9, 2017

Kirk Douglas is a Man Without a Star

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Kirk Douglas as Dempsey. Borden Chase penned some of the most important Westerns in film history, to include: Howard Hawks'  Red Riv...
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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Holmes on a Train in "Terror By Night"

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Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. There are better entries in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes  film series. In fact, whe...
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Monday, October 2, 2017

Cult Movie Theatre: Q--The Winged Serpent

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It's Quetzalcoatl! A window washer is beheaded. A half-naked sunbather is snatched from a skyscraper's rooftop. Yes, there's...
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Maureen O'Hara and Delmer Daves Team Up for Spencer's Mountain and Battle of the Villa Fiorita

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Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. In the twilight of his career, talented writer-director Delmer Daves teamed up with Maureen O’Hara f...
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Seven Things to Know About William Smith--Actor, Bodybuilder, Poet (and more!)

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A few months ago, we reviewed the  Laredo TV series and were surprised by the number of William Smith comments. That inspired us to do some...
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Monday, September 25, 2017

The Movie-TV Connection Game (September 2017)

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Peter Cushing and Harry Hamlin. Welcome, big-brained game players! As always, you'll be given a pair or trio of films or performers,...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

James Caan and Michael Mann Team Up for "Thief"

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James Cann as Frank. Michael Mann makes a remarkably self-assured debut as feature film director with his sleek 1981 drama Thief . After...
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Monday, September 18, 2017

The Greengage Summer

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Susannah York as Joss. Knowing my affinity for 1960s British cinema, my blogger friend Connie from Silver Scenes recently recommended T...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017

The TV Characters Quiz

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In a variation of our Movie-TV Connection Game, the questions in this new quiz provide three or more characters from a classic TV seri...
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Monday, September 11, 2017

Sandy Dennis Goes Up the Down Staircase

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I confess that I have never been a Sandy Dennis fan. Perhaps, it was her choice of roles, but her characters always came across as a contriv...
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