Welcome To The Hotel California! The iconic Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Blvd announces that you are at the center of the entertainment universe…the streets surrounding the hotel are lines with palm trees and movie stars: While Beverly Hills is… Read More ›
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Happy 80th Birthday To Helen Mirren! From Her “Age Of Consent” To Controversial “Caligula!”
Happy 80th Birthday To Helen Mirren! Iconic Actress Hellen Mirren turns 80 on July 26 – and it’s time to celebrate some of her early work in film! Helen Mirren has become well known for such films as her Oscar-winning… Read More ›
Albert Brooks! “Lost In America” Criterion Collection! Three More Great Reasons To Love Him – “Taxi Driver” For One!
Albert Brooks Gets “Lost” Again! Actor/Director Albert Brooks posted this note on Twitter, letting fans know that The Criterion Collection is releasing a new, expanded blu-ray edition of his 1985 comic gem “Lost In America!” “You couldn’t change your life… Read More ›
Movies With A “D” – Ten Classic “D” List Movies! Revenge! Sex! The Dawn Of 007!
Here Are Ten Great “D” Movies! Continuing my alphabetical countdown of movies I love, here are ten that begin with the letter “D” – they are full of sex, violence and Paul Giamatti too! Remember, these are not in order,… Read More ›
Terrific Actress Susan George! From “Straw Dogs” To “Dirty Mary” And “Mandingo”! A Controversial British Sex Kitten!
Meet Susan George! Fans of cult cinema already know this terrific Actress, Producer and Arabian horse breeder – yes, horse breeder! A woman of many talents, there are a few classic cult films that George has made that are worth… Read More ›
RIP Martin Landau! Oscar-Winning Actor And “Mission: Impossible” Star!
RIP Martin Landau… The great Actor Martin Landau died July 15th at the age of 89 following “unexpected complications”, his publicist Dick Guttman confirmed Sunday. I met this great Actor once, and he was a generous , compassionate person who… Read More ›
“B” Movies Indeed! My List Of Ten Great Films Beginning With “B”!
How About Some Classic “B” Movies! In Hollywood parlance, a “B” movie used to refer to the second film on a double feature – a lesser known movie that viewers got as a bonus…here’s an example: It’s too bad there… Read More ›
Olivia de Havilland’s Big $$$ “Feud” With The Makers Of The Hit Show!
Legendary Actress Olivia De Havilland turns 101 years old on July 1, but she got a head start on the holiday fireworks by filing a massive lawsuit against FX and Ryan Murphy over her depiction in the new television series… Read More ›
You Want A “Wonder Woman”? Try Foxy Brown! Cleopatra Jones! Blaxploitation’s “Wonder Women!”
Look! It’s Wonder Woman! Yes, this summer’s biggest action star is female – and why not? Empowered women SHOULD rule the box office…but if we are going to talk about “Wonder Women”, what about these two? Now These Two Are… Read More ›
Lady Gaga! “A Star Is Born!” Bradley Cooper Directing This Classic Hollywood Story!
Bradley Cooper Directs Lady Gaga In The Classic Hollywood Story – “A Star Is Born!” Now THIS is a film I can’t wait to see! There have been a number of public appearances by Lady Gaga recently, performing for Bradley… Read More ›