In the 1930’s Frank Capra was on a serious hot streak. By 1938, he had won two Best Director Oscars (It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) and the public loved his escapist stories that made the American…
While it started life as a remake of the popular 1960’s television series, the Mission Impossible film franchise has become one of the most popular of all time. Now a total of five movies (with a sixth already announced), the…
Given the success of the James Bond franchise and John le Carré’s novels and films based on his works, espionage thrillers were the hot genre of the ‘60s and ‘70s. In 1973, director Michael Winner brought together Three legendary actors—Burt…
Roar is truly one of those films that has to be seen to be believed. The brainchild of actress Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and then-husband Noel Marshall, Roar plays out like an episode of Wild Kingdom gone terribly, terribly wrong….
The first time I heard Amy Winehouse single, “You Know I’m No Good” on the radio, I couldn’t believe she was only in her early twenties. Her voice, deep, blues and world weary, sounded like something straight out of the…
Released in 1954, Broken Lance addressed the growing concern of “race relations” “race relations” from the standpoint of the Old American West. A reworking of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s House of Strangers (1949), the film addresses the issue of so-called ‘half…
Though Robert Redford had some big screen success with films such as Inside Daisy Clover (1965), This Property Is Condemned (1966) (both with Natalie Wood), and 1967’s big screen version of Barefoot in the Park with Jane Fonda, his breakout…
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is based on the memoir of the same name by British journalist Toby Young. The story chronicles his failed attempted at becoming a successful contributor at Conde Nast Publications’ Vanity Fair magazine. Though…
Produced by Stanley Kramer (Inherit the Wind, Judgement at Nuremberg, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner), written by Abby Mann (Judgement at Nuremberg) and a rare studio effort from director John Cassavetes, A Child Is Waiting is a fascinating look at…
Over the years there have been countless radio, stage, television and film adaptations of Sherlock Holmes He’s just never gone out of style. Just when I thought it impossible to bring something new and fresh to the character, Mr. Holmes…