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"The Bishop Murder Case" and "The Kennel Murder Case" take place next door to each other. Well, close, anyway. They're both set in mansions in New York City, and they both feature murders solved by Philo Vance, S.S. Van Dine's smooth Shamus who isn't even slightly embarrassed about his first name read more

À nos amours (Maurice Pialat, 1983) Suzanne (Sandrine Bonnaire) is sixteen years old and she sleeps with a different boy every night. This makes her family mad and her parents even split. She seems to be empty and needs the presence of boys to fill a neverending void. Made in 1983, À nos amours is read more

Constantin Film AG, a German film production and distribution company best known in the US for their involvement in the Resident Evil movies, has just released this trailer for its upcoming 3D animated version of Tarzan. it appears to be scheduled for an October release in Germany, But I’ve no read more

Fair warning: the trailer below is for a movie that isn’t supposed to be released until December. I’m noting this up front, because if you’re anything like me, it’s going to leave you wanting to see more, which is, of course, just what a trailer is supposed to do. Inside Llew read more

George Wallace is the forgotten comedian of Australian film. He portrayed working class, jovial and laconic characters ready to ‘take the mickey’ out of anyone who let them. As a star of film, stage, radio and vaudeville, for over 40 years he is one of Australia’s biggest stars and read more

May 26th will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of British actor Peter Cushing. A number of books and film magazine tributes are scheduled to be released in celebration of this. One of the first is PETER CUSHING: A LIFE IN FILM, written by David Miller and published by Titan Books. This book is read more

We all make misteaks. Fortunately for most of us they’re not caught on film and preserved for all time. Also fortunately, these bloopers from some of the biggest stars of the 30s and 40s were. And thanks to the film archives we get to see them all compiled right here. So if yoou’re in ne read more

Jack Warner was quite set on filming the new Aussie tale in Arizona; Australia was a long way away and production would undoubtedly be costly. Besides, he had said, ship in a couple kangaroos —  really, who would know the difference? Zinnemann held his ground though, and shooting began shortly after read more

Those of us of a certain age have very fond memories of wandering through the aisles of our local video store just looking at all those amazing covers lining the shelves and thinking about the treasures that they might hold. Of course in those pre-internet days all we had to go by was the cover art read more

Today marks what would have been the 115th birthday of the "benevolent volcano," Miss Bette Davis.  In the process of thinking about this august anniversary, I believe there's a chance I may have uncovered a little bit of a mystery, which I've found rather amusing. In 1950, Miss Davis's birthd read more

71 years ago today, on the first day of spring, March 21, 1942, Francoise Dorleac was born in war-ravaged Paris; she would live just 25 years more. Catherine (top) and Francoise Her father was Maurice Dorleac, a stage and screen actor, and her mother, Renee Deneuve, was an actress who re-voic read more

Francoise Dorleac, older sister of Catherine Deneuve, was born in war-ravaged Paris on the first day of spring, 71 years ago today, March 21, 1942, and lived just 25 years more. Catherine (top) and Francoise Her father was Maurice Dorleac, a stage and screen actor, and her mother, Renee Deneu read more

A fresh new trailer for the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness has just hit the interwebs, and it looks great: But wait, did you notice the Easter Egg hidden in it?  If not, go back and take another look… you’ll probably want to go full screen to try to find it. Trust me, it’s hidde read more

Of course, I was attracted to this group because of their name, but it occurred to me while watching this video for Django Django’s new song “WOR”: is this a music video with extra commentary from and about these riders, or does it actually qualify as a mini-documentary on the ride read more

No long post today, just a Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the forever-beautiful Maureen O’Hara, John Wayne, and myself. And if you’re looking for good viewing today, well, for sheer classic movie fun there really is only one choice, isn’t there? Until next time, Happy Viewing! read more

Not much to say today, been trying to spend some time with the daughter today and get some other things done, but I did think I’d share this with you. I had a chance to see this trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming The Great Gatsby Now I’ll admit I’m not a fan of Mr; Luhrmann read more

I’d been threatening 12-year-old Hannah with the pilot movie for Rod Serling’s Night Gallery for awhile now, and last night she finally acceded to the inevitable and agreed to humor the old man by watching it with me. For those who don’t remember it, Night Gallery was Serling̵ read more

Beware! The Blob (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It’s been awhile since I’ve revisited 1958’s The Blob, much less the 1988 remake (which I do remember as not being too bad as remakes go). However this interesting post over at the Criterion website sharing behind the scenes photographs of read more

Because it's her birthday today (she's 77, and still I'm sure a spritely presence), let's spend a moment thinking about Sue Ane Langdon. Who?  Exactly.  I'm always interested in the kind of performer who can work for years, and steadily, and even in high-profile vehicles (she made two Elvi read more

Live fast, look good: a vida e o legado de John Garfield John Garfield, uma das maiores estrelas da década de 1940, completaria 100 anos no dia 4 de março. Ele, porém, não viveu nem metade desse tempo: morreu aos 39 anos em 1952. Quase desconhecido das plateias modernas, mas ainda lembrado read more