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Concerned about Oscar night's flagging TV ratings, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year decided to remove the awarding of its honorary Oscars from the main event in March in order to devote more time to...
In a strange coincidence, my husband G. Grod requested The Misfits from the library, though it was me who’d heard it referenced on a recent Mad Men. It’s a John Huston film, with a screenplay by Arthur Miller, based on a story...
This is slightly old news (it happened while I was away on vacation), but a reader brought this to my attention this week so I thought I'd post it. As I posted a few months ago, the long-awaited DVD release of John Huston's...
HOLLYWOOD — The year 2012, according to the ancient Mayas, is the year Earth destructs and a new cycle of life begins. (The Aztec and other pre-Columbian American calendars also held a cyclical view... Read more . . .
This is a bold and high-minded stab at the ultimate unfilmable book, writes Peter Bradshaw In 1967, the American film-maker Joseph Strick took a bold and high-minded stab at the ultimate unfilmable book: Joyce's Ulysses....
As movies go, there is often a stigma associated with the sports genre. Less than halfway through the story of a high school football team with a losing record, a baseball clubhouse facing their biggest rival in hopes of a...
The African Queen is a 1950's romance/adventure film directed by John Huston and starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in the role that would win him his only Oscar. Hepburn plays Rose Sayer, a missionary's sister...
The estimated delivery time is based on the seller's handling time, the shipping service selected, and the payment method selected. BRAND NEW and SEALED REGION 4 (PAL) DVD Coded for Australian and New Zealand players only....
Lauren Bacall has been given an honorary Oscar - nearly four months before the official ceremony. The 85-year-old actress received her golden statuette at a private dinner in Los Angeles attended by movie greats including Tom...
For every Coraline or The Iron Giant, there’s a rash of beloved children’s stories that lost their charm en route to the big screen. still in theaters and director Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox opening Friday in limited...
