Loosely adapted from the novel by satirist Terry Southern, 1969’s The Magic Christian was largely dismissed upon its release as being “messy,” and “incomprehensible.” Fans of the film contend that this was deliberate, that the film was an attempt to…
When A.A. Milne first published the Hundred Acre Wood stories in 1926, based on the stuffed toys that populated his son’s room, he couldn’t have imagined that his story about an anthropomorphic bear would become a $5.7 billion franchise. E.H…
Inspired by the beloved stories from A.A. Milne’s books and crafted in Disney’s classic style, “Winnie the Pooh,” is the most critically-acclaimed animated film of 2011*. It is narrated by the voice of John Cleese and features the vocal talents…
Setting out to find a life beyond the North Pole, Henry (Kyle Massey, “Dancing with the Stars,” “That’s So Raven”), a wayward elf, borrows Santa’s sleigh as his get-away ride, only to accidently crash-land in a small American town. Though…
BBC | 374 mins. | 1974/79 | Not Rated Basil Fawlty, the brazenly rude hotel proprietor created and portrayed by John Cleese in his brilliant British sitcom, is the most insolent, boorish, hilariously obnoxious character in the face of customer…