Some films live or die based upon the strength of their titles, and few films have been saddled with a more ill-fitting appellation than Slither (1973). From
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Olive Films is giving fans of classic science fiction and horror an early Halloween present with their Blu-ray re-release of the 1956 classic Invasion of the
One of the most notorious flops of the 1990s started because Hollywood’s hottest director liked a low-rated sitcom. As a fan of the unapologetically offbeat
Whenever I’m asked by someone to recommend a movie that they probably haven’t seen, my “go to” suggestion is The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944).
When it comes to Euro-Westerns or Spaghettis, most movie viewers’ knowledge of the genre begins and ends with the film’s directed by Sergio Leone (“The
In Casablanca (1942), it is said that “Everybody comes to Rick’s.” In His Kind of Woman (1951), it could be said that “Everybody comes to
I absolutely adore Avanti! This late career work from writer/director Billy Wilder is generally considered one of the lesser entries in his filmography. In truth,
If Hollywood was to venerate a single filmmaker as “The Patron Saint of Noir,” they would have to bestow that honor on Fritz Lang. German émigré
In the 1970s, Norman Lear was the king of television satire, creating and producing such legendary shows as All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons,
One of the things that has always intrigued me about silent Westerns is the fact that the productions were only forty years removed from the
My love of film originated with the classic comedies of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. By the time I was in first grade, my dad
If modern audiences are familiar with early motion picture mega-star Douglas Fairbanks, it is as the silent era’s proto-Errol Flynn. Despite being short in stature with less-than classic good looks (being a bit
