Welcome To The Hollywood Hightower! I love iconic Hollywood, and it is disappearing – but there is a website that is fighting back! Alison Martino’s terrific website “Vintage Los Angeles” has a wide variety of stories about some of entertainment’s… Read More ›
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Leonard Maltin’s LAST EVER Movie Guide! The End Of A Pithy Era!
It’s the most widely read movie guide of all time! It weighs two pounds, it has 1,612 pages – and it’s the end of an era! Here’s what CNN is reporting: “Leonard Maltin was 18 when the first edition of… Read More ›
“Vintage L.A.” Noir! Celebrate LA’s Heritage, Amazing Website And Classic ’70’s Noir!
The Sign Says It All! Welcome to LA! Yes, time to visit the city of angels – well, the 70’s version at least! It was a time of innocence, at least when it came to traffic: I wanted to share… Read More ›
“All Is Lost!” Brilliant Robert Redford Survival Tale!
Looking For Someone, Robert? It seems that Robert Redford is having a bit of a bad day on his boat, and guess what? There is NOBODY around to help him! And yes, as you can see, he needs it… It’s… Read More ›
Happy 80th Birthday Jack Nicholson! His Greatest Roles! My “Jack” Moment!
“Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown.” Time to celebrate legendary Actor Jack Nicholson’s 80th birthday! Nicholson has an astonishing 12 Academy Award nominations, including three wins — in 1976 for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” in 1984 for “Terms of… Read More ›
Happy 80th Birthday Al Pacino! He’s A Junkie! A Scarecrow! Classic Early Al Pacino Performances!
Scoring With Al! Ever just want to hang out with Al Pacino? You know, with him and some of his junkie friends? Well, there is a movie where you can do just that….a time when he was just an upcoming… Read More ›
X-Rated Academy Awards! Obscure Oscar Trivia! Oscar’s Thirteen “X-Rated” Nominations!
Oscar’s “Lucky 13!” This isn’t the kind of image you equate with the Oscars, is it? Well here’s some obscure Academy Award trivia for you – there have been THIRTEEN oscar nominations associated with X-rated movies! Talk About An “Adult”… Read More ›
“Django” PLEASE!! Mandingo! Klansmen! OJ’s Movie Debut! Most Offensive 70’s Movies EVER?
“Django” PLEASE! Time to celebrate the home video release of my favorite film of 2012 – “Django Unchained”! I have been a huge fan of Tarantino from the day I interviewed him at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992, when… Read More ›
Richard Burton Freezes Raquel Welch! “Bluebeard’s” Classic “Euro-Sleaze!”
Ever seen the classic film where Richard Burton seduces the world’s most beautiful women? And then FREEZES THEM? And Don’t Forget To Cue The Crow! Intrigued? I thought so! How can you possibly NOT want to spend time with Richard… Read More ›
Forget It, Jake! It’s Chinatown! Cynical Attitudes and Sexual Motivations!
THIS is the dusty face of film noir…from one of the greatest films ever made… Don’t You LOVE The Definition of Film Noir? If you are not a fan of the genre, you are missing out on some of the… Read More ›