content top
recent posts

Lights, Camera, Action & ...

Just watched an obscure, but very good movie, “The Goddess,” (1958). TCM featured some films which used the “method” acting this month, and this is one of them. What on earth is method acting? Basically this type of acting...

Retroscope:Clash of Bad Hair, ...

By Jon Ortiz Forgive me.  There will be no steamy Penthouse letter experience here, despite the horribly misleading title, this will bore you.  Remember the 1981 cult classic Clash of Titans ? The fantasy flick based on the myth of Perseus? ...

Why I Love Peter Falk…...

Lately I’ve been thinking of stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood who are still with us. Believe it or not, there are quite a few. I don’t like thinking of them leaving us one day soon. To think of them still around, makes me feel...

The Pawnbroker: The Real Trage...

Have you ever come across someone in your life who is just so full of bitterness that all they say or touch is miserable? And you wonder, what made someone like this? The Pawnbroker, (1964) tells a story of just such a person. Sol Nazerman played...

The Worst Fem Fatale On Record...

I’ve met many a fem fatales in film noir, but I think I met the absolute worst one on record. The film noir is titled,  “Too Late for Tears,” (1949). Lizabeth Scott and Arthur Kennedy play Jane and Alan Palmer a middle class...
recent comments
  • Bacall: Hi Janice, I think you are talking about the new movie "Twil...
  • Janice Yu: Twlight is really a great movie and i wat...
  • Bacall: Hi JC! Thanks so much! I better get working on my award winn...
  • JC Loophole: Hi Bacall- just stopping by to tell you that you have been a...
  • Bacall: Thank you so much Kathern. Sorry it took so long to show thi...
recent flickr photos