That Girl was the first sitcom to focus on a single woman who was not a domestic or living at home. Some consider the show the forerunner of highly successful series such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Murphy…
This modest story has been told a million times–loveless singles who find each other. However, that age old tale still works as a film when it’s done with the right details and fine actors. Such is the case with Last…
Born Harlean Carpenter,the dentist’s daughter eloped at age 16 with a young businessman and wound up in Los Angeles where she found work as an extra and bit player (examples: Moran of the Marines (1928) Liberty (1929) and somewhat more…
Fresh off her success in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn joined Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and director Billy Wilder for 1954’s Sabrina. The film was adapted from the Samuel A. Taylor play Sabrina Fair. Taylor adapted his play for…
Released in 1981, For Your Eyes Only is the twelfth film in the James Bond Series and the fifth to star Roger Moore in the title role. Loosely based on two short stories from Ian Fleming’s book For Your Eyes…
Out of the crop of current directors, David Gordon Green is one of the few who makes a point of focusing on the realities of American life. In a time where most directors are trying to outdo themselves with more…
I’m not quite sure why, but Californication is a series I had never watched before I received a copy of the first season, sometime on early June. I’ve never been a big fan of the series’ star David Duchovny, who…
I didn’t watch Army Wives at all last season. I watched it for the first time about ten days ago, when I received a review copy of Army Wives: The Complete First Season. I was initially intrigued by the show…
In over one hundred years of film making, Hollywood has seen a lot of stars come and go. A lot of them burst on to the scene, make a few films and fade away as quickly as they appear. That’s…
Debauchery, double-crossing, divorce, adultery, kidnapping, assassination attempts! Dallas had it all. The Ewing family lived at the ostentatious Southfork ranch in Braddock County just outside Dallas. Miss Ellie, long played by veteran actress Barbara Bel Geddes, was the matriarch of…