Based on the novel The Looters, by John Reese, Charley Varrick was directed by Don Siegel from a script by Howard Rodman. Walter Matthau stars in the title role; a former trick pilot and crop duster, Charley is reduced to…
Released in 1928, The Circus marked the final appearance of the Little Tramp during the silent. era. 1928 was a time of transition for the motion picture industry. It would be the only year where silent movies and talkies were…
As I’ve asserted before, I’ve never been much of a horror fan. Sure, I’ve watched countless films in the genre through the years, but few make a lasting impression. An American Werewolf In London is one of the few exceptions….
New York City, 1978. Three women are the best of friends and married to gangsters. Cathy (Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) is a stay at home mother; Ruby (Tiffany Haddish) has a racist mother-in-law (Margo Martindale); and Claire…
Young Jamie Goddard (Marcia Forbes) is a troubled girl who loves her collection of toys a little bit too much. The movie opens with her snuggling up to a fluffy toy soldier in a decidedly sexual manner. Jamie works in…
Now available on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, Shazam! The Complete Live-Action Series collects all 28 episodes of the Filmation program, which initially aired from 1974 to 1976. After airing under its own title for the first season, Shazam!…
The three Angels (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) are back. The super detectives still work for Charlie (voice of John Forsythe), though there’s a new Bosley (Bernie Mac, replacing Bill Murray). They’ve been hired by the U.S. government…
During the silent era, Lon Chaney made a series of unforgettable films including The Hunchback of Note Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Released in 1957, Man of A Thousand Faces is loosely based on his life…
Uncomfortable to watch more than fifty years after its theatrical release, Days of Wine and Roses remains a powerful portrait of a co-dependent couple and their painful slide into alcoholism. PR man Joe Clay’s (Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot)…
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…