It seems hard to believe but Follow That Bird is nearly a quarter century old. I was almost thirteen when the film came out and I’m not ashamed to admit, I saw it at a local theater. Having grown up…
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau made several films together but probably none is more beloved than The Odd Couple. Released on May 2, 1968, written by Neil Simon, the film was based on the Tony Award winning play of the…
With credits including Kitty Foyle (1940), Bill of Divorcement (1940), Roman Holiday (1953), (using the name of Ian McLellan Hunter as a front) and Spartacus (1960), Dalton Trumbo is considered by many one of the best screenwriters to ever work…
Warner Bros. Forbidden Hollywood Collections contain films that were released before the Motion Picture Production Code or Hays Code took effect on July 1, 1934 in the United States. A previous code of conduct for the film industry, introduced in…
Created by Donald P. Bellisario (Magmum, P.I., N.C.I.S.), JAG (the American Military acronym for Judge Advocate General), was originally conceived as Top Gun meets A Few Good Men, the show was cancelled by NBC after its first season and brought…
Writer/Director Mike Leigh has been in the entertainment business for more than forty years. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and did his early acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He began his career as a…
Directed by Mark Herman (Little Voice), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is based on the book of the same name by Irish novelist John Boyne. The story focuses on a little boy who is friends with another little boy…
As ER gets ready to air its final episode on April 2, 2009 after a very successful fifteen year run, Warner Bros. recently released the complete tenth season of the multi-Emmy Award winning show. Created by the late novelist Michael…
Often times, the most beloved films, generate the most dreadful sequels. As I said in my review of Escape to Witch Mountain, I was a huge fan of that film, having viewed it numerous times on television. However, it’s sequel,…
I absolutely loved Escape to Witch Mountain as a child, so I was pretty excited when I heard it was being released on DVD again. The release is undoubtedly timed to coincide with the remake, Race to Witch Mountain starring…