I have a soft spot for Steve Martin’s ‘Father of the Bride’ (1991). There, I said it!
“Hey…Pussycat, pussycat, I love you…Indeed I do…Yes I do! Hey, what do you think? Bought it in ’75 and itContinue Reading
Tag: Classic movies
The Double Feature Series: Captain Blood (1935) and The Sea Hawk (1940).
The double feature was a motion picture industry phenomenon which began during the depression as a way to get audiencesContinue Reading
Short Circuit (1986): Number 5 is Alive!
Is it me or does Number 5 the robot in Short Circuit look like a taller version of WallE? No waitContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Breakfast at Tiffany’s opening scene.
So much has been said about the opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany’s (the beloved 1961 film adaptation of TrumanContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Some Like It Hot’s perfect ending.
Over the years director Billy Wilder’s hilarious Some Like It Hot (1959) has been lauded as a triumph of cinema andContinue Reading
Humphrey Bogart: The man, the legend and the falcon.
I have enjoyed watching classic movies from the golden age of Hollywood for a long time now, often at aContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Searchers Doorway Scene.
John Ford’s The Searchers has been described as one of the greatest Westerns of all time – with its marvelousContinue Reading
Top Ten Lists: The Essential Marx Brothers Films.
Are the Marx brothers still relevant? Honestly I hope so. Their work is often held in high regard among criticsContinue Reading
Marilyn Monroe is a Devastating Tour De Force in ‘Bus Stop’ (1956).
In 1955, Marilyn Monroe was determined to put behind her, the series of flighty comedies she starred in, despite theContinue Reading
Niagara (1953): Revisiting the film noir classic starring Marilyn Monroe.
Of all of Marilyn Monroe’s most important early roles, it’s Asphalt Jungle which I would dearly love to talk about inContinue Reading
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