The second Woody Allen film in which he didn’t appear, The Purple Rose of Cairo is similar to Radio Days in that it’s a tribute to the entertainment of his childhood. While Radio Days pays tribute to the radio stars…
After experiencing a career decline in the early 1950’s, Frank Sinatra began a career rebirth with the eve-of-Pearl Harbor drama From Here to Eternity, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. By the end of the…
Based on Lawrence Block’s novel of the same name and adapted for the screen by Scott Frank (Minority Report) A Walk Among the Tombstones follows the exploits of a former cop, and recovering alcoholic, turned unlicensed PI Matt Scudder (Liam…
The first film version of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, directed by Edmund Goulding (Wilson) The Razor’s Edge captures one man’s search for the meaning of life. Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) returns from World War I questioning why he survived, while…
A hit television series on Disney Junior, Jake and the Neverland Pirates follows the adventures of young pirates Jake (voiced by Sean Ryan Fox), Izzy (Madison Pettis) and Cubby (Jadon Sand) in Never Land. They spend most of their time…
Released seven years after Funny Girl made Barbra Streisand an Oscar winning movie star, Funny Lady had an uneasy production history. Though contractually obligated to do another movie for producer Ray Stark, Streisand balked at doing the film, reportedly telling…
Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940, Tom and Jerry remains one of the most popular cartoons of all time. Cartoon Network’s Tom and Jerry Show maintains the slapstick chase antics of Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse that…
The original Dallas ran for fourteen seasons, and changed the television landscape forever. The show developed the cliffhanger, which has become standard fare for most television dramas. As a fan of the original series, when TNT launched a Dallas reboot…
Filmmaker Gregg Araki has made a career of dealing with teenage angst. While his latest effort, White Bird in a Blizzard, is his most adult film to date, he’s careful not to stray too far from familiar territory. Styled similarly…
Though the names were changed, the events depicted in Stanley Kramer’s Inherit the Wind were based on one of the most famous court cases in the first half of the twentieth century. Often referred to as the “Scopes Monkey Trial,”…