The setting is WWII Italy, with Dana Andrews starring as Sgt. Tyne, one of the officers leading a platoon in an attempt to take a farmhouse in the Italian countryside, which is now a German stronghold. As the troops prepare to attack, they contemplate the lives that have led them to this place and think about how to most effectively do their jobs. The men repeat their mantra, hoping it will be a talisman:...
I'll not focus on the movie itself. " The Best Years of Our Lives " (1946) is a bold classic directed by William Wyler , which symbolizes life in America in the years that followed the end of WWII . What's amazing about this movie is how clearly it depicts changes in American mores that were happening much before the ascension of the flower power generation. True revolution really happens...
What better way to spend the coming winter nights than with a very large brandy, a block of choccie, something warm to cuddle up to. Plus, a delicious film noir in all its black and white gloriousness. This new BFI box set sees four classic titles that don’t often [...]
Ken Annakin - 1965 Warner Brothers Region 1 DVD While Battle of the Bulge is the type of film that may be obvious for a Veteran's Day posting, it might not be the first choice for remembering Robert Ryan...
Ken Annakin - 1965 Warner Brothers Region 1 DVD While Battle of the Bulge is the type of film that may be obvious for a Veteran's Day posting, it might not be the first choice for remembering Robert...
It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. Now, with internet usage exploding, movie downloads are becoming very popular. You will find just about any movie you want with a good movie download site. Below is a small sample.
[Press Release - Released by TCM] From the last days of the Tsars and the Russian Revolution to the intrigue of the Cold War, from student demonstrations to anti-communist fervor, cinema has provided an ideal canvas on which to paint the story of Russia and its effect on the world. This winter, Turner Classic Movies [...]
For years now, the video store was the way to get movies. These days you can stay at home and get movies from a movie download site. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.
"It's in the trees... It's coming!" Having just recently reread M.R.James' classic supernatural story Casting the Runes, I thought I'd also re-watch the film version this Halloween. Made in 1957, Night of the Demon takes the main plot elements from James' creepy tale, adds a few Hollywood staples (a smooth talking American scientist, complete with a chance of romance female sidekick) to deliver...
Everyone else is doing this and since my PC is working (for now) I thought I'd jump in. The problem is that my interests and tastes change from time to time and so tomorrow this list might be at least a little different. For now, however, here ' tis . The Wicker Man Halloween Night of the Hunter Night of the Demon Night of the Living Dead Frankenstein The Devil Rides Out Poltergeist Theatre of Blood...
By Winnie Lang It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. The next generation it seems will be getting their movies from movie downloads, avoiding any trips to the store. Just about any movie every made can be attained through a movie download site now. Check out these samples. Pack Up Your Troubles: Daffy two-some are followed throughout WW1 after some Army shenanigans they...
Waldo Lydecker ( played by Clifton Webb, to detective Mark McPherson, played by Dana Andrews ): “You'd better watch out, McPherson, or you'll finish up in a psychiatric ward. I doubt they've ever had a patient who fell in love with a corpse.”— Laura (1944), screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Elizabeth Reinhardt, based on the novel by Vera Caspary, directed by Otto...
Someone on another site was asking recently about movie guilty pleasures. One of my most shameful and embarrassing cinematic guilty pleasures is 1970s disaster movies. And they dont come much more...
If the stigma attached to mental illness is going to end any time soon, it will be because of people like Sharon Dunas, president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness for the Westside of Los Angeles.
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