Alastair Sim was one of the greatest character actors in the history of British cinema, but he is largely unknown in the United States. If
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When most people think of Euro-Westerns, the theme song from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967) pops in their heads, because both the
Last year, the Warner Archive Collection released a Blu-ray of the new restoration of Michael Curtiz’s two-strip Technicolor horror Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933).
For as far back as I can remember, The Producers (1967) has always been one of my favorite films. I originally saw Mel Brooks’ first
A Pain in the Ass (L’Emmerdeur, 1973) is a comedy that succeeds by playing it totally straight. The film really contains no “jokes,” and the
On March 2nd, Kino Lorber Studio Classics will continue their fantastic string of Blu-ray releases of classic Bob Hope comedies with three of the comedian’s
On March 2nd, Kino Lorber Studio Classics will continue their fantastic string of Blu-ray releases of classic Bob Hope comedies with three of the comedian’s
As I’ve stated previously on this site, Bob Hope was one of the most reliable funny-men to ever grace the silver screen. After his breakout
In recent years, Second Run, a British boutique video label dedicated to art films and classics, has become my “go to” place for weirdo Czechoslovakian
It’s interesting how some films become acknowledged classics, while other fall into obscurity. Sudden Fear, a 1952 noir thriller starring Joan Crawford and Jack Palance
The Marx Brothers changed my life. Sometime around the age of five or six, my father set me down in front of the old black
Cicily: Don’t big empty houses scare you? Wally: Not me. I used to be in vaudeville. — Nydia Westman and Bob Hope in The Cat
