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By Scott Ross A Technicolor® curio. Although ostensibly based on the 1949 Broadway musical that made a star of Carol Channing, as well as on its source, Anita Loos’ comic novel of 1925, the movie jettisons the plot and most of the Jule Styne/Leo Robin score, adds a couple of pleasing songs by Hoagy Carmichael […]… Continue reading Bust: “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953) — So few critics, so many poets

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” —Billy Wilder via Billy Wilder: Trust your own instinct — Quite a Quote!

In 2007, the American Film Institute revised their previous 1998 list of the 100 best American films of all time. This weekly column will explore my thoughts on select films from this list, mostly following along with the Unspooled Podcast, which inspired my journey to complete the AFI Top 100. You can also follow my […]… Continue reading AFI Top 100: It Happened One Night — Cinema Etc.

Each week this column will highlight one winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, progressing chronologically until all winners have been discussed. There will be a brief discussion of the film itself followed by a mention of what we wish won from the nominees in the given year (though in many cases there were […]… Continue reading Best Picture #33: The Apartment — Cinema Etc.

Not as snappy as Wilder’s later comedies but full of warmth and the sheer presence of Dietrich makes this a must-see. via A Foreign Affair Blu-ray review: Dir. Billy Wilder [Masters Of Cinema] — critical popcorn

“Jaws,” “Black Panther” and “Back to the Future” are just a few of the modern popcorn classics coming to the drive-in this summer. Tribeca Enterprises, IMAX and AT&T on Monday announced the initial lineup for its summer series of films, comedy and football, running every weekend from July 2 through Aug. 2 in cities like […]… Continue reading ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Selena,’ ‘Jaws’ and more films coming to L.A. drive-ins starting next month — KTLA

Happy Birthday Bruce Campbell via Gimme Some Sugar- Happy 62nd Birthday Bruce Campbell — Scary Basement Media

By: The Other Guy You may not be aware of this, especially if you are new to the blog but the New York Knickerbockers are a cursed franchise. If you look up the unforgivable curses in the Harry Potter novels (an authoritative tome on the subject), there is one too evil for even Mad Eye […]… Continue reading I Hate the Boston Celtics: The New York Knicks-A Rainbow Connection — Happily Ever Klafter

Today is the 114th birthday of the film director Billy Wilder. Do yourself a favor and throw a few of his films on your Netflix queue. There are so many movies that you should watch, quite a few of them are directed by Billy Wilder. See “Sunset Boulevard,” Wilder’s tale of the true Hollywood that […]… Continue reading Happy 114th Birthday Billy Wilder — Waldina

The American Museum of Natural History announced that it’s moving its famed statue of Teddy Roosevelt inside the museum and one Hollywood actor thinks he has the perfect replacement, and it will still be Teddy Roosevelt (sort of). “The bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback and flanked by a Native American man and an […]… Continue reading Hollywood Actor: Replace Theodore Roosevelt Statue With One Of Comedian Robin Williams — CauseACTION Clarion