New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
TRUMPETS were blar ing when the Plunge Protection Team came to the rescue of the stock market in the final hour yesterday. It was something right out of an old John Ford western. OK, I can't really prove that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday
REDPATH ALBION face a tricky away trip to replay their Scottish Amateur Cup tie against Fife club Benarty after throwing away a three-goal lead.
Mayerson on Animation (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
October 4 is Buster Keaton's 113th birthday. I admire many film makers and artists, though for some reason, Buster's birthday sticks in my head and the others don't. I think that John Ford was born in August and I have no idea what month Chaplin was born. Walt Disney, Walt Kelly, Howard Hawks, etc. -- I couldn't tell you what day they were born if my life depended on it. Rather than try to figure out...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The documentary special will chronicle the missing billionaire explore.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Cert PG, Warner Home Video, DVD: retail, £15.99.
The Cutting Edge (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Harold Ford Jr.'s uncle, Tennessee State Rep John Ford (D, Memphis) gets locked away for 14 more years; the culmination of years of trials brought on by Operation Tennessee Waltz. Winners: citizens of Tennessee, and everyone else who needs some schadenfreude at the expense of powerful crooks. Losers: his seven kids who need his child support. This deserves a nice quoting.. [U.S. Dist. Judge
eFilmCritic (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Let Him Be - At VIFF 2008“Let Him Be is a fascinating and intriguing feature film about two undergrad film students, Tim Bennett and Kathleen Joyce, who think that they have discovered a long thought to be dead rock icon living in a remote part of Canada. The man is older now but the resemblance to John Lennon is uncanny. Could it be him? The film documents their quest from start to finish as Tim wants...
American Spectator (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Old Hollywood peaked that year, giving us everything from Gunga Din to Gone With the Wind to Stagecoach to The Women -- which is why you'll want to miss the new remake of the last.
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Skip It Acorn Media will release Mister Rogers , the 1984 NBC Live Theatre TV production of the beloved Broadway play and Hollywood film. Starring Robert Hays, Charles Durning, Howard Hesseman, and Kevin Bacon, this tentative version certainly won't displace memories of the 1955 John Ford/Mervyn LeRoy feature film classic starring Henry Fonda, with its videotaped capture of a live studio performance...
Camp4u (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
John Ford is about to go to the other house . Some say the one he is going to is a lot like the one he left. Of course he will still be covered by the state insurance and retirement plan when/if he gets out.
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
A former Tennessee state senator has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting more than $800,000 from companies and pushing for laws that favored them. John Ford of Memphis is already serving a 5½-year federal sentence for a separate conviction of taking bribes from undercover FBI agents. U.S. District Judge Todd J. Campbell sentenced Ford Monday on two counts of wire fraud and four counts...
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
The Informer1:25am Monday, 29 Sep 2008 A simple man is plagued by rebels and his conscience when he betrays the IRA. CAST: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame DIR: John Ford (1935)
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
I guess today is "John" Day on my blog. That was a complete coincidence. More Johns (some of which I have written about): -- John Ford (post) -- John Tyler -- John Steinbeck (post) -- John Mayer -- John Jacob...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Alex Cox comes to town with "Searchers 2.0"; free Italian movies at SIFF Cinema.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
A film series and exhibit at USC examine 'Actor, Star, Icon, Trojan.' John Wayne was larger than life. An unabashed conservative. Two-fisted. Macho.
