Cary Grant

TO CATCH A THIEF (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)

Amiable, sexy, witty, lighthearted entertainment, Alfred Hitchcock’s romance on the French Riviera, To Catch a Thief, nevertheless contains elements that stress this description of it. The principal element of this kind has to...

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Best of Yesterday

We think Sparkler rebel_of_nowhere should consider changing her username to rebel_of_now. :) —SparkNotes editors Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that things aren’t quite what they used to be? Pluto’s not a planet,...

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Not (Just) Your Grandma’s Comedy

Mystery: solved. We finally know where Sparkler safetylast_23's nickname came from! —SparkNotes editors After years of spouting useless Humphrey Bogart trivia (he got his scar and lisp in WWI), scoffing at new movies...

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The making of a masterpiece

I'M usually disdainful of behind-the-scenes film documentaries that you find on special edition DVDs and occasionally see popping up on television. Beck Cole's Making Samson & Delilah is a rare gem; a gorgeous short feature...

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Film Fireworks

I was out at one of those hip fusion restaurants the other day - you know, the kind with the giant flat screen tvs playing cool old movies sans sound - and was delighted to re-discover the wonders of Cary Grant & Grace Kelly in...

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If Odysseus Had GPS

By DANIEL AKST When Robinson Crusoe was stranded on a tropical island he did pretty well for himself, all things considered. Indeed, when Crusoe finally gets back home he finds himself disinherited by a father who had assumed,...

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Abrams stays true to the TV series in 'Star Trek'

Star Trek (2009, Paramount, PG-13, $30) In the prequel to the classic TV series, director J.J. Abrams ("Lost") time-travels back to the beginning of the bromance between Captain Kirk and Spock . Extras: commentaries,a gag reel,...

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A classic turns 50

A thriller: North By Northwest By 1938, producer-director Alfred Hitchcock felt he had nothing more to prove in his native England and was ready for Hollywood. Settling down in Southern California, ‘Hitch,' under contract to...

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (12A)

Second time out for the star-crossed high-school lovers Bella and Edward: she's human, he's a vampire, it could never work between them. Or so we are led to believe. This overlong adaptation of the Stephenie Meyer bestseller is...

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How To Successfully Price Your Products

you present your price in the actual figures you use. You may not know it, but we all have an internal 'measuring stick' for how we interact with each other when buying and selling. A great example of this is in the Alfred...

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