It s hard to believe now, but when It’s A Wonderful Life was released in December of 1946 it received mixed reviews. While a few critics liked it, many found the picture far too sentimental. Although nominated for five Academy…
Dennis Wheatley’s stories about the occult made him a bestselling author beginning in the 1930’s. However, due to their subject matter and film censorship through the years few of his books made it to the big screen. By 1967, with…
Time flies. It’s hard to believe Galaxy Quest is twenty years old. Until the other day, I hadn’t watched it in nearly a decade. Galaxy Quest is still one of the greatest sci-fi comedies ever made. To call it a…
Taking place eight years after the original, Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes Part 2, begins with Bobby Carter (Robert Houston) one of the trauma victims from the first film having started a new motocross team. He’s even invented a…
Dimwitted busboy and waiter Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) dreams of being more than a punching bag. Patrons mock him and his boss (Anthony Carbone) busts his chops for swooning over one of their regular customers, Carla (Barboura Mouris). Walter longs…
Bette Davis (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?) teamed for the second time with Director William Wyler for an adaptation of the of the W. Somerset Maugham play The Letter. A critical and box-office hit, the film was nominated for seven…
After releasing The Apartment in 2018, Arrow Academy has dug even deeper into director Billy Wilder’s filmography for The Major and The Minor. Released in 1942, this was Wilder’s first Hollywood film as a director. While it certainly can’t be…
Released in 1982, My Favorite Year is a playful and affectionate look at the Golden Age of television. Oozing with nostalgia, it’s allows the always charming Peter O’Toole (The Night of the Generals) to be unforgettably humorous. Written by Dennis…
During a trip to Venice to visit her sculptor father Franco Serpieri (one-shot Bond, George Lazenby) a young girl named Roberta (Nicoletta Elmi) becomes the object of interest to a mysterious, veiled woman who stalks her throughout the city. In…
Director Ron Howard follows up his impressive Beatles documentary Eight Days A Week with Pavarotti, another close-up look at a giant in the music industry. This time it’s Luciano Pavarotti, who, having established himself as one of the finest tenors…