Charlton Heston was a classic American actor for decades. He became the king of epic films. He may easily have become a struggling actor. That never happened because of his contemporary, Burt Lancaster. He was considered a more marketable star than Heston. The producers wanted him for Ben-Hur. Lancaster turned downed the role. It was […]
A person would think a ghost story would be scary. There are some like The Haunting that are. The Japanese movie, House, is the directing debut of Nobuhiko Obayashi. It fails to frighten.There are visuals that attempt but do not succeed in giving the audience the fright factor. There are scenes involving a decapitated head,
What do you get when you put together a cast that includes Harrison Ford, an accomplished British television actress and a world renowned stage actor? Phoebe-Waller-Bridge and Basil Shaw with the movie icon, should be a thoroughly gripping and entertaining film. The fifth entry in the Indiana Jones film series; Dial of Destiny misses the
Jennifer Aniston is known as a television star. This being due to her role as Rachel Greene on Friends. She, like most actresses had other acting jobs before becoming successful. Her very first film appearance came with her role as Tory in Leprechaun. She rarely puts it at the top of her movie roles. Although
There are so many movies about Christmas. They have to be categorized. There are the ones everyone watches, Its a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol and Miracle on 34th St. Others aren’t known as well. Come to the Stable and Miracle of the Bells, come to mind. There are others like Christmas in Paradise, that
There are countless movies depicting men in war. A Midnight Clear is such a film. It stars Ethan Hawke as Sgt. Will Knott. He commands a small patrol of soldiers. Their mission is to set up an abandoned house, to observe movements of the German army in late 1944. The patrol encounters a small band
One of the most popular movie genres of the 1930’s was the screwball comedy. There were such gems as It Happened One Night, My Man Godfrey and Bringing Up Baby. Nothing Sacred shouldn’t be compared with these. It is a disappointment, from one of the groundbreaking director’s William Wellman. He directed the gangster film Public
Many stars have their movie that makes them a star. John Wayne had Stagecoach, Clark Gable had It Happened One Night and Harrison Ford had Raiders of the Lost Ark. Rudolph Valentino had his with The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This film made him America’s first movie star. His star shone brightly and briefly.
Studio executives make major decisions all the time. Some are good, some not so good. A good decision was made by an executive, to pair Bing Crosby with Bob Hope. They were noticed when they were performing onstage together. Crosby appeared in movies and was a radio and recording star. Hope was beginning to start
Scores of movies have been made about World War II. Hell to Eternity stands apart from many. It is about war and its effect on men. The stand alone aspect is its central character, Guy Gabaldon, played by Jeffrey Hunter. He was an Hispanic male raised by a Japanese family, after his mother dies. He