Now that Disney is an multinational entertainment behemoth, with Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and many other assets underneath its tightly sewn corporate umbrella, it is
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Pierre Étaix is probably the greatest movie comedian of which you’ve never heard; or if you have heard of him, it is doubtful that you’ve seen
Movie audiences never had the opportunity to see W.C. Fields as a young man. The great comedian’s youth was spent traveling worldwide, performing amazing feats
After creating and show-running the HBO series Veep for four seasons, Armando Iannucci was looking for a new subject on which to point his satiric pen.
Stage actor and early film heartthrob, John Barrymore (Drew’s grandfather) was well known for his emotive, romantic performances in everything from Hamlet to MGM’s multi-star
Although W.C. Fields is mainly remembered as a verbal comedian, he began his career as a pantomime juggler, and his comedic performances were always heightened
One of the stranger cinematic trends of the 1960s was the popularity of the European omnibus film. These movies, such as Boccaccio ’70 (1962), Ro.Go.Pa.G.
When depicting subject matter that is disturbing, infuriating, or depressing, it is often most effective to approach the issue with humor, as Charles Chaplin did
Well, after the holidays, being sick, and my computer finally giving up the ghost, I am back with another review. This time I take on
Reviewing Attack of the Killer Tomatoes posed a minor conundrum in terms of categorization. The 1978 film is amateurishly directed, has poor production values, and is
When Warner Brothers shut down its animation department in 1963, Friz Freleng was the only remaining director from the golden age of Looney Tunes still
MGM super-producer David O. Selznick was responsible for such acknowledged American classics as Dinner at Eight (1933), David Copperfield (1935), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), A Star Is Born
