Thursday, March 29, 2018

The Movie-TV Connection Game (March 2018)

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What do Jane and Brigitte have in common? Spring is in the air! That means, well, it's time for another edition of our most popular ...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Let's Go to Witch Mountain!

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Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards. Newcomers Tony and his sister Tia don't blend in with the other children at the Pine Woods orphanage...
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Monday, March 19, 2018

Walt Disney's The Shaggy Dog

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Fred MacMurray and his shaggy, car-driving co-star. In hindsight, The Shaggy Dog (1959) was a landmark Disney film. After all, this amus...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Michael Caine Attends a Funeral in Berlin

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In this 1966 follow-up to the previous year's Ipcress File , Michael Caine returns as Cockney thief-turned-spy Harry Palmer. The bespect...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Disney's The Island at the Top of the World

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In London 1907, businessman Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden) convinces Professor Ivarsson (David Hartman) from the University of Minnesota t...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Steve McQueen Makes Use of the Honeymoon Machine

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Steve McQueen as Fergie. Before he played a sailor in  The Sand Pebbles and gambled for high stakes in The Cincinnati Kid,  Steve McQuee...
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Monday, March 5, 2018

Walt Disney's Pollyanna

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Hayley Mills as Pollyanna. Impeccably produced and exceedingly well cast, Pollyanna  ranks as Walt Disney's finest live-action child...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

My Favorite Movie Theaters (What Are Yours?)

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As I compiled this list of my favorite movie theaters, I realized my choices were driven largely by what I saw where and with whom. Naturall...
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Monday, February 26, 2018

Rio Lobo--Howard Hawks' Sad Farewell

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Howard Hawks' last film gets off to a rip-roaring start with a small band of Confederate soldiers hijacking a Union train carrying a gol...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The Movie-TV Connection Game (February 2018)

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Take a break from the Winter Olympics and test your movie and TV knowledge! What do Ava and Vanna have in common? You will be given a ...
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Sunday, February 18, 2018

Seven Things to Know About Dr. Miguelito Loveless from "The Wild Wild West"

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1. Michael Dunn appeared as the diabolical genius Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless in ten episodes of  The Wild Wild West . His first appearan...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

The Five Biggest Stars of the 1930s

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In earlier posts, we listed our picks for the five biggest stars of the 1940s , 1950s , and 1960s . The stars of the 1930s faced a decade of...
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Monday, February 12, 2018

Cult Movie Theatre: Michael Mann's "The Keep"

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Evil lurks within the walls of The Keep. It's always fun to speculate on "what might have been" for a film that was tamper...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018

How Big of a Classic Movie Buff Are You? Take Our Self-Assessment!

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Can you name 10 movies starring each? Sure, you know way more  about classic movies than all your friends. But just how big of a classic...
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Monday, February 5, 2018

For a Few Dollars More

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Eastwood in his iconic role. Sergio Leone's second collaboration with Clint Eastwood sometimes get lost in the pantheon of his Spagh...
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