Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | yesterday
The idea behind Charity Buzz.com, as you might imagine, is to cough up a little something for your favorite cause. It's good for the soul if you can afford to give (and I realize this is a rough time for a lot of people). Plus "this is the time of year when want is felt most deeply," as Charles Dickens once wrote. In any event I'm passing along an opportunity to have dinner with the great...
Topsyturvydom (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
In my imagination, Hitchcock's film was in black and white - probably because I saw it on TV in about 1968 in b&w. Seeing the Vistavision print in colour at the Cornerhouse today was a revelation. Why is it, that even when you know the story, the shocks are still, well, shocking? I don't think my adolescent self appreciated quite how much innuendo there is in the banter between Cary Grant and Eva...
JOpinionated (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
One of AFI's Top 100 films of all time, North By Northwest is a more than a classic. It was the fourth and final time that Cary Grant collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock, and is easily the most beloved action suspense movie of his impressive oeuvre. Watching the 50th Anniversary Edition of newly remastered and restored North By Northwest , which was just released last week on DVD and Blu-ray , I am...
Self-Styled Siren (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
She regarded Gable as lazy, not too bright, and an unresponsive performer (though she was always laudatory about his kindness and good manners to her). She could not understand how he could leave the set promptly each day at six p.m. as though he held an office job. She seldom left the studio until eight or nine at night and worked six, often seven days a week. "What are you fucking about for?"...
Dr. Parnassus Support Site (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
We wanted to invite you all with us onto the red carpet for The AFI centerpiece premier of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus which took place at Grauman’s Chinese Theater this past Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Los Angeles. You will see in the video such celebrity guests as Catherine Hicks of 7th Heaven, the greats, Amanda Plummer, Miss Eva Marie Saint and Martin Landau. Joining the party are celebs,...
Watch Free TV Online (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
NORTH BY NORTHWEST is a suspense thriller that finds Cary Grant in the role of Roger Thornhill, a Manhattan advertising executive mistaken for a spy. Considered by many to be the prototypical pure action movie (creating the template for later James Bond and Indiana Jones films), the film is a cross-country roller-coaster ride with Alfred Hitchcock at the helm. The film is duly famous for several classic...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Yesterday Sunset Gun's Kim Morgan posted a very nice q & a interview with Eva Marie Saint. A little too nice, if you ask me. Older showbiz folk tend to either recall their lives in a naked-blunt Klaus Kinski style (i.e., "I'm too old to muddy my memories with even a smidgen of bullshit") or with excessive fondness. Saint lives in the latter camp. Every big name she's worked with (Marlon...
Sunset Gun (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
In her first movie, she kissed Marlon Brando. And then she won an Oscar. How many actresses get that kind of a debut? But then, how many actresses are as wonderful as Eva Marie Saint? A performer (and woman) of elegance, vulnerability, charm, beauty, intelligence and great wit, Miss Saint remains, not just a movie star, but a real actor, one of the innovators. And...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
50th-anniversary edition released on DVD, Blu-ray Who can forget those images -- Cary Grant on a deserted highway being chased by a crop-dusting plane? Grant and Eva Marie Saint scampering over the president's noses on Mount Rushmore as they are pursued by a group of nefarious spies?
The TV and Film Guy's Reviews (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
There is something absolutely wonderful about watching Cary Grant. Grant, no matter the role, always exudes an incredible amount of charisma and charm, and can carry an entire film on his back. It is, however, still preferable to see Grant in a great role in a great movie. Get the opportunity to see Grant in one of the roles he took on for master director Alfred Hitchcock and the experience is that...
Nintendo Deals (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Blu-ray Movie Releases for the Week of November 3, 2009 Here is the full list: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Two-Disc Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] ~ Channing Tatum North by Northwest (50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray] ~ Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Martin Landau The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 [Blu-ray] ~ Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, and Victor...
ComicMix (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Thrillers today are filled with fast cuts, pounding music, poor excuses for plotting and characterization, and seem designed to do nothing more than collect your cash and deliver the same old. You usually see every twist and turn coming and are rarely surprised. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock, at the height of his moviemaking career, unleashed the ultimate thriller in North By Northwest . Now celebrating...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Screenwriter Ernest Lehman has stated that, in writing NORTH BY NORTHWEST, his intention was to create "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures". Well, he succeeded. This may very well be the ultimate Hitchcock film. It takes all of the elements that make up one of his films, from the innocent man in the wrong place at the wrong time, to the elaborate suspense filled set pieces,...
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
in 1954 the world was introduced to actress eva marie saint. her character 'edie doyle' was the soft center in the tough masterpiece 'on the waterfront.' as the convent school daughter of a longshoreman, she brings beauty, truth, and a future to an environment steeped in fear, grime, and corruption. photos: eva marie saint/water color by pal shazar
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Blu-Ray News: Warner Home Video have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of North by Northwest (50th Anniversary Edition) on 16th November 2009. For this release Alfred Hitchcock's action packed espionage caper starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Maso...
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