An Encore Edition brings back Fritz Lang's searing police corruption tale, with the great performances of Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvinaided by several pots of fresh, hot coffee. As is usual, Fritz Lang leads the way in modernizing a genre -- this one is a keeper. The Big Heat Blu-ray Encore Edition Twilight Time Limited Edition 1953 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 89 min. / Ship Date February 9, 2016 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green, Carolyn Jones, Dan Seymour, Edith Evanson, John Crawford, John Doucette. Cinematography Charles Lang Film Editor Charles Nelson Original Music Henry Vars Written by Sydney Boehm from the book by William P. McGivern Produced by Robert Arthur Directed by Fritz Lang
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Four years after Twilight Time's initial release, this Encore Edition...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Four years after Twilight Time's initial release, this Encore Edition...
- 3/8/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This adult film noir masterpiece showcases the most glamorous pin-up dream girl of the 1940s. Rita Hayworth, a young Glenn Ford and a sinister George Macready form a sophisticated, poisonous love triangle. Criminal intrigues and killer striptease fill out the bill. Gilda Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 795 1946 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 110 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date January 19, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Ludwig Donath, Argentina Brunetti, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ruth Roman. Cinematography Rudolph Maté Film Editor Charles Nelson Music underscore Hugo Friedhofer Written by Marion Parsonnet, Jo Eisinger, E.A. Ellington Produced by Virginia Van Upp Directed by Charles Vidor
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Some of the best 'movie' times I remember were seeing classic pictures cold, with no knowledge beforehand. Back at film school they'd show us things we'd never heard of, often in prints of incredible good quality.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Some of the best 'movie' times I remember were seeing classic pictures cold, with no knowledge beforehand. Back at film school they'd show us things we'd never heard of, often in prints of incredible good quality.
- 1/30/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Lisping, camp and effeminate … do gay men really talk in a certain way? One film-maker investigated the phenomenon – and came to terms with his own voice
There’s an old expression in the gay community about a macho-looking man who opens his mouth and “a purse falls out”. This sort of “looks Tarzan, sounds Jane” is particular to the gay male community where a high-pitched, lisping voice has been a huge part of the stereotype of what gay men were like ever since Charles Nelson Riley delivered saucy double entendres on The Match Game (or his UK equivalent Larry Grayson exclaimed “Shut that door!” on The Generation Game).
Usually this “gay voice” isn’t regarded as a positive, either by homophobes making fun of the lisp (usually accompanied by a wrist limper than day-old pasta) or the gay men who notice effeminate tones coming from the mouth of a potential suitor.
There’s an old expression in the gay community about a macho-looking man who opens his mouth and “a purse falls out”. This sort of “looks Tarzan, sounds Jane” is particular to the gay male community where a high-pitched, lisping voice has been a huge part of the stereotype of what gay men were like ever since Charles Nelson Riley delivered saucy double entendres on The Match Game (or his UK equivalent Larry Grayson exclaimed “Shut that door!” on The Generation Game).
Usually this “gay voice” isn’t regarded as a positive, either by homophobes making fun of the lisp (usually accompanied by a wrist limper than day-old pasta) or the gay men who notice effeminate tones coming from the mouth of a potential suitor.
- 7/10/2015
- by Brian Moylan
- The Guardian - Film News
The sudden collapse on July 7 of the Crumbs Bake Shop empire and shuttering of its 49 locations has many ringing the death knell for the cupcake-industrial complex. But as the chain files Chapter 11 in a last-minute bid to save it from extinction, another frosting powerhouse, the Los Angeles-based Sprinkles, shows no signs of slowing down. The brand founded in 2003 out of a West Hollywood home by Candace and Charles Nelson, a married team from the world of investment banking, is expanding faster than the waistlines of its hopelessly addicted customers. Over the next 12
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- 7/18/2014
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I'm not usually a big fan of experimental fiction. I'm old-fashioned that way. To me, the traditional story structure works so well, I don't often see a good reason to monkey with it. I understand that some storytellers are compelled to work that way because they feel too constricted by conventional methods and that is, of course, their prerogative. If you're writing a particular way because that's the best way to serve your story, I'm fine with that. But when an author is simply trying to show off some new tricks, whether those tricks are appropriate for the story or not, it’s obvious and it loses me. It's like filmmakers who use CGI to blow up a car when they could just, you know, blow up a car. It takes me right out of whatever story they are trying to tell.
The first few pages of Eric A. Jackson's...
The first few pages of Eric A. Jackson's...
- 12/17/2012
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and the rest of the cast of "30 Rock" did it again -- took their show live two times in one night -- and, as expected, hilarity ensued.
As the show moved from their normal location to the set of "Saturday Night Live," it only seems appropriate that the episode was closer to a sketch comedy with a through line than anything else.
The 2012 version upped the ante from 2010's live show, featuring some outstanding guest stars including Jon Hamm, Donald Glover and Amy Poehler. Unlike last time around, there were no nipple slips and only a few gaffes.
Just as they did the first time, there were two versions, one for the East Coast and one for the West Coast. Because we have an eagle eye and a DVR, we decided to point out the differences between the two shows.
Walk on
During the East Coast broadcast,...
As the show moved from their normal location to the set of "Saturday Night Live," it only seems appropriate that the episode was closer to a sketch comedy with a through line than anything else.
The 2012 version upped the ante from 2010's live show, featuring some outstanding guest stars including Jon Hamm, Donald Glover and Amy Poehler. Unlike last time around, there were no nipple slips and only a few gaffes.
Just as they did the first time, there were two versions, one for the East Coast and one for the West Coast. Because we have an eagle eye and a DVR, we decided to point out the differences between the two shows.
Walk on
During the East Coast broadcast,...
- 4/27/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Daughters lock up your mothers, Junk Food Dinner returns! This week we take a look at three very different films and then say things about them in turn. It's new!
Up first, we get chummy (and a little gushy) with an oft overlooked horror/comedy entry into undead high school lore, I Was A Teenage Zombie from 1986. Not to mention it's killer soundtrack comprised of the likes of The Fleshtones, The Db's, The Waitresses, Alex Chilton, and more!
Next, Gem City's own Jim Van Bebber takes us on a tripped out ride through the eyes of Charlie and company in the 2004 film The Manson Family based on the infamous 1969 murders and the subsequent trial.
Finally, we learn that some nostalgia might be misplaced in the misstep that is Body Slam starring Dirk Benedict and Roddy Piper. Featuring a whole host of 80's footnotes. Everyone from Charles Nelson Rielly to Billy Barty!
Up first, we get chummy (and a little gushy) with an oft overlooked horror/comedy entry into undead high school lore, I Was A Teenage Zombie from 1986. Not to mention it's killer soundtrack comprised of the likes of The Fleshtones, The Db's, The Waitresses, Alex Chilton, and more!
Next, Gem City's own Jim Van Bebber takes us on a tripped out ride through the eyes of Charlie and company in the 2004 film The Manson Family based on the infamous 1969 murders and the subsequent trial.
Finally, we learn that some nostalgia might be misplaced in the misstep that is Body Slam starring Dirk Benedict and Roddy Piper. Featuring a whole host of 80's footnotes. Everyone from Charles Nelson Rielly to Billy Barty!
- 6/29/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Kevin, Mark & Parker)
Filed under: Features, The Show Girl
Kirstie Alley is back in the spotlight with her 'Dancing With the Stars' success and that organic diet product she's shilling. But with all the ups and downs of her almost 30 year career in Hollywood (and her weight), we thought it'd be fun to look back at Kirstie before she was famous.
Imagine a time way back in the day -- a glorious time right around 1980.
Ugly clothing, bad hair and wannabe actors coming to Hollywood with a hope, a prayer and the belief that just being on TV, no matter the show, would get you "noticed."
Hence, the hot game show circuit, teeming with celebs in the making who were given the chance to play silly games with illustrious (and actually famous) people such as Betty White, Lucille Ball, Charles Nelson Riley and Jamie Lee Curtis, among other comedic game show staples.
Kirstie Alley is back in the spotlight with her 'Dancing With the Stars' success and that organic diet product she's shilling. But with all the ups and downs of her almost 30 year career in Hollywood (and her weight), we thought it'd be fun to look back at Kirstie before she was famous.
Imagine a time way back in the day -- a glorious time right around 1980.
Ugly clothing, bad hair and wannabe actors coming to Hollywood with a hope, a prayer and the belief that just being on TV, no matter the show, would get you "noticed."
Hence, the hot game show circuit, teeming with celebs in the making who were given the chance to play silly games with illustrious (and actually famous) people such as Betty White, Lucille Ball, Charles Nelson Riley and Jamie Lee Curtis, among other comedic game show staples.
- 5/21/2011
- by Maggie Furlong
- Aol TV.
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