Each year during the times when PBS is looking for cash they trot out the newest productions they have and use them to get you to watch their long pledge breaks. AY is one of the best ever. I tried calling to give them some money but the line was busy. I have seen and … Read more
The title refers to black maids in Mississippi in the late 50s and early 60s. The subject matter is prejudice. The casting is excellent as are all the performances. Wait and see how good they are during the 2012 Oscar presentation show. The prejudice of the South went on way too long. So does this … Read more
Planet of the Apes is an official entertainment franchise. Originally a novel by Pierre Boulle who also penned The Bridge on the River Kwai, (which won the Oscar as Best Film in 1957) POTA was a wildly successful film released in 1968. Among many fine attributes the original film contained a ground-breaking and brilliant score … Read more
The Mountain is a rare Spencer Tracy film made in 1956. ST is playing a simple man who performs a rare and difficult feat which belies his age and seeming abilities. This same role is recreated by ST as a different character in 1958 in The Old Man and The Sea. Spencer played the Old … Read more
Captain America has been around for a while. He premiered in comic books during the 40’s and was made into a weekly serial for theaters in 1944. Next up….an animated TV series in 1966. This was followed by two made-for-TV movies in 1979. CA’s iconic costume as visualized in these two losers brings the film … Read more
Finally. It’s over. As a last hurrah Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two breaks all opening weekend Box Office records, making more money than even the meter counting the National Debt could keep track of. My suspicions are, at some point, money will make a siren call and Warner Bros. Studios will find … Read more
Who woulda thunk it? Woody Allen makes a time travel movie!! Not counting Sleeper (1973) and any other titles Woody Allen has written and directed about time travel, who would have ever thought he would make a past-time travel flick. But that is exactly what he has done with excellent results. WA does not appear … Read more
Cars 2 is a sequel to Cars (2006) which, as we know now, should have been called Cars 1. All the primary car characters and their famous actors voices are back. The Paul Newman character is not in the film out of respect for PN who died in 2008. The first Cars movie was a … Read more
Ralph Nelson was a talented American director. His credits included Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), Lilies of the Field (1963) with Sidney Poitier in his Oscar winning role and Charly (1968) with Cliff Robertson winning the Oscar. One of his lesser known films, Fate is the Hunter, was released in 1964 and, other than rare … Read more
During production, this picture was heralded as a heavy weight. Written and directed by J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Lost, Cloverfield) and produced by Steven Spielberg (E.T., Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, Indiana Jones etc.), it was made in West Virginia. It was all hush hush. Absolutely no one could give away the ending or … Read more