Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Turning Back the Clock: A Tribute to the Best Time Travel Movies

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I have always been intrigued by the concept of time travel. The end of the year seems like an appropriate time to list my picks for best tim...
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Sunday, December 29, 2019

Top Ten Posts of 2019

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As the year draws to a close, the Classic Film & TV Cafe traditionally ends it with a countdown of our ten most viewed posts. We publish...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019

Ring of Bright Water: An Otter Delight

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Mij the otter. In 2005, the newspaper The Daily Telegraph called Ring of Bright Water “one of the best-loved British films of all time...
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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress

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Toshiro Mifune as Rokuota. I just want to say upfront that the least  interesting thing about The Hidden Fortress  is that George Lucas ...
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Monday, December 16, 2019

Seven Things to Know About Sue Lyon

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1. According to author Rebecca Bell-Metereau, director Stanley Kubrick looked at photos of over 800 girls before casting 14-year-old Sue Lyo...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019

The Alternate Movie Title Game (Volume 2)

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Here are the rules: We will provide an "alternate title" for a classic movie and ask you to name the actual film. Most of these ar...
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Monday, December 9, 2019

John Thaw as Kavanagh Q.C.

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John Thaw as James Kavanagh. While John Thaw was still appearing sporadically in episodes of Inspector Morse , he also starred in anothe...
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Thursday, December 5, 2019

Dead Again: Past Lives Remembered

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Branagh as Roman Strauss. It was inevitable that Hollywood would come calling on Kenneth Branagh after he made Shakespeare films fashion...
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Monday, December 2, 2019

Just Another Stormy Monday

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Sting as Finney. It's "American Week" in Newcastle upon Tyne and the English town is abuzz with U.S.-themed parades, movie...
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Sunday, November 24, 2019

There's a Spy in Stalag 17

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William Holden as Sefton. Considering it was made by one of Hollywood's most versatile directors, it's no surprise that Billy Wi...
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Thursday, November 21, 2019

The Three-Word TV Series Game

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In this game, we will describe a TV series in three ( or maybe four ) words and ask you to name it. Most of the questions below are pretty e...
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Monday, November 18, 2019

Seven Things to Know About Nancy Kovack

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1. In the 1990s, Nancy Kovack--who had retired from acting--hired Susan McDougal as her personal assistant. If the name sounds familiar, it...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019

Iconic Singers Perform on PBS's A Classic Christmas!

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Hosts Marion Ross and Gavin MacLeod. Imagine Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, and other legends performing on t...
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Monday, November 11, 2019

The Watcher in the Woods

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Bette Davis as Mrs. Aylwood. If absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder, then it may make the brain more curious. For me, that wa...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019

Richard Brooks' The Professionals

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Lee Marvin as the group's leader. It was a commercial and critical success. It earned three Academy Award nominations. It starred tw...
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Monday, November 4, 2019

Robert Mitchum as a Contemporary Marlowe in The Big Sleep

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Robert Mitchum as Marlowe. The biggest knock against Michael Winner's 1978 adaptation of The Big Sleep was his decision to transpla...
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