WHAT WOULD TOTO WATCH? (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
You know a film is bad when the only quote the studio can scare up for the ad campaign comes from Larry King. And yes, the King serves up a blurb for the new horror misfire “The Fourth Kind.” But that’s not the lamest quote you can find to sell a movie. Consider the one used on [...] Related posts: WWTW Rewind - ‘King Kong’ (1976) WWTW Rewind - ‘Elf’ (2003)...
Houstonist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Unlike the West Alabama Theater , the River Oaks Theater has managed to thwart the plans of greedy developers in recent years thanks in part to your support . Tonight the Houston landmark will celebrate it's 70th Anniversary with a special showing of Frank Capra's 1939 classic film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , starring Jimmy Stewart. The opening reception begins at 6:00 with cake and drink specials...
Sify (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A Turkish-Canadian man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
In August 1984 I was a Fulbright scholar to the Federal Republic of Germany. Ronald Reagan was about to be elected to his second term...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Taproot Theatre in Seattle announces it is changing gears for its holiday show.
FILMdetail (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Including Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Collection, It's A Wonderful Life, The Proposition and The Wizard of Oz
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Remarkable movie star Claudette Colbert was always considered at the very top of her game over a film career that lasted 34 years, 50 if you count an extra TV movie appearance. A consummate professional, she played the game her own way, neither fighting to be the best-regarded actress nor the most desired lover. Stories about her on-set demands never reached...
Politeia (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
In the movie theater on The Lighthouse, in honor of Doug Hoffman and individuals like him, tonight Frank Capra's 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". Have fun! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Pursuing Holiness (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Good stuff from Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight” series – War Comes To America; video below the fold. Related Posts:Childhood Obesity: Because the DoD hasn't got anything more important to worry about.Sarah Palin's Christian TestimonyHow to Smash a Cadbury EggI love this so much...Veterans DayAmazing Diet Coke and Mentos VideoHidden Secrets Movie TrailerAnd now, for [...]
Woody Haut's Blog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Heartbreak & Vine Film Festival Day 8 Femmes Fatales Barbara Stanwyck was more versatile than she is often given credit for. Of course, there's Double Indemnity, and an assortment of noir outings, but I also like her pre-production code work. Not as vulnerable a presence as Gloria Grahame, but there is always the impression that below her tough exterior lurks someone more fragile, whose circumstances...
Poetry & Popular Culture (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
We submit for your contemplation this week two little men. One (pictured to the left) is a rosy-cheeked U.S. sailor produced in 1941 by Calambra Products of Alhambra, California. The other (pictured below) is a drop-drawered "Bull Clinton" made and distributed as part of the " Meanies " satirical doll collection. One says "Hello." Saith the other, perhaps, "I did...
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Senator Jefferson Smith ( played by James Stewart ): “I guess this is just another lost cause, Mr. Paine. All you people don't know about lost causes. Mr. Paine does. He said once they were the only causes worth fighting for. And he fought for them once, for the only reason any man ever fights for them; because of just one plain simple rule: 'Love thy neighbor.'... And you know that you fight...
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Once in a while, we recommend an article to Dems. Today, we strongly recommend The president's Frank Capra moment by David Shribman , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette! It goes like this: "Maybe it happened of an afternoon when no one was looking. Maybe it occurred when everyone was focused on something else, or preoccupied with other matters. Maybe it happened one night. But this is no romantic comedy,...
Sparks In Electrical Jelly (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Isle of the Dead (1945) - Part One Isle of the Dead was the first of what could be considered a historical trilogy of films starring Boris Karloff. The collaboration with the horror star was a happy one, Lewton allowing Karloff to create characters of complex moral shading. The imposition of the star by RKO was not initially something about which Lewton was at all happy, however. He felt that it was...
Edward Copeland on Film (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
By Edward Copeland Whenever I prepare to write favorably about Frank Capra, I feel as if I should don a helmet first for the inevitable brickbats that will be launched my way. However, with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington celebrating its 70th birthday, I feel it needs recognition not only because it's a great film but it's a reminder of what a disappointment our elected representatives can be. Oh, if...
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