Home front morale booster. Outstanding production.
Topics: trailers, movie trailers, war dramas, WW2, USAAF, December 7th
"Quite enjoyable" "Delightfully funny" "Entertaining programmer" (IMDB reviews quotes). A big time New York bookie goes into the insurance business in this entertaining little comedy with an good cast and a farcical far-fetched plot that could only be pulled off in the '30s. Released in 1935. Available on DVD. IMDB rating 6.5
Topics: Movie trailers, comedies, farce, romantic comedies, Warren William, Claire Dodd, Guy Kibbee,...
Twisted updating of Charles Dickins' "A Christmas Carol," starring Bill Murray supported by a gaggle of star cameos. Wicked fun. TRIVIA: Three of Bill Murray's brothers are in this film.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, Christmas, Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, David...
"A charming little gem" "Bittersweet romance" "What was the point?" (IMDB reviews quotes) This love triangle set in contemporary Los Angles is an adaptation of Steve Martin's novel. He also wrote the screenplay. Good Cast. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 6.4, MPAA R.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, romantic dramas, love triangles, Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason...
A TV pilot based on the Shadow that became a feature film when the TV series didn't happen, The complete film is here at IA under its original title "The Invisible Avenger." CAST NOTE: Richard Derr is probably best known for his role in George Pal's production of "When Worlds Collide."
Topics: movie trailers, mysteries, adventures, the Shadow, Richard Derr, Mark Daniels, Helen Westcott
A Universal Pictures serial with Kent Taylor and Robert Armstrong
Topics: movie trailers, serials, matinee serials, Kent Taylor, Robert Armstrong
The boys join the army, and you can imagine what happens next. Okay, so maybe this isn't their best comedy. Still it's Laurel and Hardy, and that's enough for me.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Mae Marsh, Laurel & Hardy
A lightweight Las Vegas adventure and quirky romance costarring Mark Hamill and Annie Potts as you've probably never seen her. A fun little 1978 summer flick that also was an indication of why Mark Hamill's career didn't advance much beyond "Star Wars." PRODUCTION NOTE: Matthew Robbins' directorial debut.
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Calamari for one million.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, creature features, Golden Gate Bridge
Sequel to the comedy hit "Fletch." I've always thought it was funnier than the original. Maybe that's just because I'm in love with Julianne Phillips.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, Clevon Little
Predictable love triangle that's a compelling romantic drama if you're a dedicated Joan Crawford fan. Not so much if you're not. Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda are the male leads. An adaptation of Elizabeth Janeway's best-selling novel. CAST NOTE: There are brief, uncredited cameo appearances by John Garfield, Walter Winchell and Damon Runyon.
Topics: move trailers, dramas, romantic dramas, love triangles, Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda,...
Feminist awakenings at Wellesley College during the '50s.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, feminism, Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles
A universal Pictures serial wilh Eddie Quillan and Douglas Dumbrille
Topics: movie trailers, serials, matinee serials, Eddie Quillan, Douglas Dumbrille
Another mafia comedy? Yup, and with a slick screenplay and great cast that includes the exceptional Michelle Pfeiffer in the title role. Lots of fun, especially during the climactic Miami scene. After being unavailable for a number of years, it's now back on DVD. TRIVIA: So many scenes were shot for this film that didn't make it into its final release, combined they almost would have been enough to make another movie. Some of these dropped scenes are sampled during the closing credits.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, the mafia, mafia wives, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes...
The thoroughly engaging and at times hilarious saga of working class Irish twenty-somethings struggling to form an American soul band in Dublin. Geat tunes. Great fun. A must-see that spawned a best-selling sound track album. Filmed on location in Dublin. Sadly the proposed sequel never happened. Rated R for language.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, comedies, musicals, soul music, Dublin, Ireland, Robert Atkins, Michael...
Spaghetti espionage thriller. Martin Balsam really must have needed the cash.
Topics: movie trailers, spaghetti espionage thrillers, Martin Balsam
Outstanding once-in-a-lifetime cast. Great tunes. Extravagant production. Outrageous fun. If you haven't seen it, now is the time to crawl out from under that rock. TRIVIA: The Bluesmobile was really going 118mph under the elevated tracks. The Vatican newspaper called this film "a Catholic classic," and recommended it for viewing.
Topics: movie trailers, musicals, comedies, action comedies, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab...
Hitchcock considered this to be his best film.
Topics: movie trailers, suspense dramas, Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Hitchcock
An Edison biopic that freely jumbles fact with fiction. Excellent cast. Good production.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, biopics, Thomas Alva Edison, Spencer Tracy
"You've got a date with Tom, his girl and his horse." (tag line) I bet making dinner reservations wasn't easy. A 1937 Victory Pictures western starring Tom Tyler as the recurring character Tom Wade. Produced and directed by Sam Katzman ("The Giant Claw," "The Night the World Exploded," etc.) Haven't seen it. The complete film is available here at IA in the feature Films Collection. CAST NOTE: Tom Tyler and Jeanne Martel were real-life husband and wife. TRIVIA: One...
Topics: movie trailers, westerns, B-westerns, Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel, Howard Bryant, Slim Whitaker,...
"Bronson's best" "Classic Bronson" "Melons rule" (IMDB reviews quotes) A violent actioner starring Charles Bronson as a farmer single handedly fighting the mob. Written by Elmore Leonard. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 6.1, MPAA PG-13.
Topics: movie trailers, action dramas, crime dramas, Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal, Al Lettieri
"uh...WOW!" "Left me speechless" "Excellent adaptation" "Good outweighs the bad" "Disappointing at best" (IMDB reviews quotes). Film version of the mega-hit rock music that reunites some of the original cast members. Its plot is an adaptation of Puccini's "La Boheme" Released in 2005. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 7.0, MPAA PG-13 for drugs, sexuality and language.
Topics: movie trailers, musicals, rock musicals, "Rent", East Village, Taye Diggs, Wilson...
James Stephenson appears as Philo Vance in this stripped down remake of "The Kennel Murder Case," which is available here at IA in the Video Cellar Collection. CAST NOTE: George Reeves makes a brief, uncredited appearance.
Topics: movie trailers, mysteries, whodunits, James Stephenson, Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy
psssst...they're not really from France.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, sci fi comedies, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, all-star casts
Counterculture comedy
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, stoners, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck
A 1939 Victory Pictures western starring Tim McCoy as the recurring character Lightning Bill Carson. IMDB rating 6.9. The complete film is available here at IA in the Feature Films Collection. TRIVIA: First telecast 17 June 1944 on NYC's WNBT, which became WRCA-TV in 1954 and in 1960 WNBC-TV channel 4, the NBC Television Network's flagship station.
Topics: movie trailers, westerns, B-westerns, Tim McCoy, Ben Corbett, Dorothy Short, Ted Adams, Slim...
Seventh of the eight Sergeant Doubleday comedies.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, army comedies, William Tracy, Joe Sawyer
"Not Funny" "Ghastly attempt at horror parody" "This movie will make you stupider" (IMDB reviews quotes) A 2009 horror comedy with twenty-somthings versus vampires. Release delayed two years; rarely a good sign. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 3.8, MPAA R for nudity and sexual situations. CAST NOTE; David Steinberg's last feature film.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, horror spoofs, vampires, Patrick Cavanaugh, James DeBello, Tony Denman,...
"Adrenalin rushing" "Superb thriller" "Slick action thriller" "Dupontel makes it watchable" (IMDB reviews quotes). Subtitled French language prison break thriller. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 6.7, MPAA R for violence and language. a.k.a. "La proie" NOTE: An English language remake is in development.
Topics: movie trailers, action thrillers, crime thrillers, Albert Dupontel, Alice Taglioni, Stephane Dubac
Mayo wows 'em. Hope at his cowardly best.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, pirates, Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo
Darnell allures. Harrison looses it. Whacky fun.
Topics: movie trailers, screwball comedies, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Preston Sturges
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Topics: movie trailers, westerns, James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh, Ashton Kutcher
It's Paul Lukas' turn to play Philo Vance in this sixth installment of the popular detective series. A solid supporting cast includes Eric Blore as Vance's valet/butler. So expect a bit of fun mixed in with the rising body count.
Topics: movie trailers, mysteries, whodunits, Paul Lukas, Rosalind Russell, Alison Skipworth, Eric Blore
A romantic drama of an upper-middle-class couple on the verge of divorce costarring Robert Montgomery and Virginia Bruce backed by a worthy supporting cast. Unfortunately the intelligent screenplay goes astray with unsuccessful attempts to mix comedy into an unfunny situation. Still it's worth seeing, particularly for Virginia Bruce's performance. Available on DVD. IMDB rating 6.1. TRIVIA: First telecast 5 June 1957 on KTTV Channel 11 Los Angeles.
Topics: movie trailers, romantic dramas, divorce, Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, Binnie...
The Kurosawa classic that George Lucas redily acknowledges was the primary inspiration for "Star Wars."
Topics: movie trailers, adventures, dramas, comedies, Toshiro Mifune, Hideo Oquri, Minoru Chiaki
One of the Coen brothers (I forget which) said this film is "the Three Stooges meet Homer's 'Odyssey.'" The discription fits. There are many open and disguised references to Homer's mythological adventure in this whacky comedy. TRIVIA: The soundtrack album became an even bigger hit than the film. It spawned two follow-up albums, two concert tours and won 5 Grammy's and the Country Music Awards Album of the Year.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, screwball comedies, country music, George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim...
Exploitation. ADULT CONTENT. The complete film is here at IA in the Feature Films Collection. NOTE: This image file isn't in the correct aspect ratio.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, exploitation, grindhouse, nudity
Marilyn afloat.
Topics: movie trailers, westerns, romantic dramas, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum
The second film in the series of seven Hope and Crosby road comedies. Released in 1941. Followed in 1942 by "Road to Morocco." IMDB rating 7.2.
Topics: Movie trailers, comedies, musicals, gorilla suits, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Eric...
Entertainingly bad, low budget space adventure, and one of the high (and low) points of drive-in sci fi schlock. Originally released in 3D. The complete film is here at IA under its original title "Cat-Women of the moon." Remade in 1958 as the equally bad "Missile to the Moon." Both are must-sees for devoted bad movie lovers. TRIVIA: The space ship interior set and space suits were recycled from "Project Moon Base" (1953). Its trailer is in the Movie Trailers...
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, adventures, moon civilization, all-female civilization, Sonny Tufts, Victor...
Runaway princess on a tare. Funny and poignant.
Topics: movie trailers, romantic comedies, Gregory Peck, Audry Hepburn
A Universal Pictures serial with Grant Withers
Topics: movie trailers, serials, matinee serials, Grant Withers
The Disney/Pixar instant classic about the adventures of a Parisian gourmet who happens to be a rat. A very entertaining move that won an oscar for best animated feature film (2008), but we the proletariat demand equal time for NYC's celebrated subway pizza rat. To the baracades!
Topics: movie trailers, animation, adventures, family films, French cuisine, Brad Garrett (voice), Lou...
The complete film is available here at IA in the Feature Films Collection.
Topics: movie trailers, adventures
"Genuine De Sica" "Powerful drama" "Touched my heart" "Highly recommended" (IMDB reviews quotes). A drama set after the end of WW2 in which an Italian woman searches for her soldier husband missing in the Soviet Union. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Released in 1970. One oscar nomination for best original score (Mancini). Filmed in Italy, Russia and the Ukraine. Subtitled. IMDB rating 7.4. (a.k.a. "Sunflower")
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, post-war dramas, missing men, Soviet Union, Sophia Lauren, Marcello...
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Topics: movie trailers, romantic comedies, Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand
A plan to quash a libel suit backfires on everybody concerned. Great Cast. Great Fun
Topics: movie trailers, romantic comedies, Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy
Chaplin's timeless comic masterpiece of the common man versus the industrial age. Paulette Goddard costars. Released in 1936. Number 38 on IMDB's list of top rated films. IMDB rating 8.5.
Topics: Movie trailers, comedies, silent comedies, the industrial age, Charles Chaplin (as Charlie...
Remake of "Red Dust," which also stared Clark Gable, with Jean Harlow in the Ava Gardner role.
Topics: movie trailers, romantic adventures, Africa, Ava Gardner, Clark Gable, Grace Kelly
GRAPHIC VIOLENCE -- ADULT CONTENT Infamous West German torture porn posing as historical drama. Makes Vincent Price's "Witchfinder General" look like a Sunday school picnic. The US distributor advertized it with promotional barf bags and the tag line, "Guaranteed to make you sick."
Topics: movie trailers, torture porn, exploitation
Japanese sci fi/horror. a.k.a. "Attack of the Mushroom People" The complete film titled "Attack of the Mushroom People" is available here at IA in the Feature Films Collection.
Topics: movie trailers, horror, Japanese horror, sci fi
Set in pre-war Paris, "Midnight" is a screwball romantic comedy with an outstanding cast led by Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche. The energetic screenplay was co-written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. A must-see for screwball and romantic comedy fans. TRIVIA: Barbara Stanwyck was originally cast, but scheduling problems gave the lead role to Colbert.
Topics: movie trailers, screwball comedies, romantic comedies, '30s Paris, Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche,...
A comedy set in Harlem during the '30s. All-star cast. Written and Directed by Eddie Murphy.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, '30s, all-star casts, Eddie Murphiy, Richard Pryor, Redd Fox, Della Reese
A wonderfully offbeat black comedy with the incomparable Ruth Gordon.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, black comedies, Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort
Rene Clair's timeless romantic fantasy and screwball comedy. Veronica Lake is wickedly adorable. Fredric March doesn't stand a chance. The good news is it's finally available on DVD
Topics: movie trailers, fantasies, romantic fantasies, screwball comedies, Veronica Lake, Fredric March,...
Low budget sci fi/horror from New World Pictures, with lots of screaming and some nudity. "Forbidden Planet" it ain't. Produced by Roger Corman.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, horror, Jesse Vint, Dawn Dunlap, June Chadwick
Good news, everyone! Planet Express and planet Earth are ripped off by a gigantic internet scam. Hermes is ass-backwards. Bender kills Fry - or does he? (Yeah he does.) Filmed in 2D. Made for television.
Topics: movie trailers, animation, sci fi, comedies, satires, tv movies, Billy West (voice), Katey Sagal...
An erotic mystery/thriller typical of David Lynch ("Twin Peaks" "Blue Velvet" etc.), and as such it may take more than one viewing to figure out what's going on. At the very least be prepared for bizarre, unexplained situations. Strong cast. R rated. Fifteen years ago it probably would have been rated NC-17. (a.k.a. "Mulholland Dr.")
Topics: movie trailers, mysteries, erotic thrillers, surrealism, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin...
Margaret Rutherford turns thespian. This is sufficient information.
Topics: movie trailers, whodunits, Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Margaret Rutherford
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Topics: movie trailers, crime, cops, bikes
Unless you are an extreme Adam Sandler fan, skip this flub and watch Frank Capra's timeless original version. "Mr Deeds Goes to Town," costarring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. A fully restored print is now on DVD.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro
Lavish costumer with a cast of the most unlikely looking Mongols this side of Ulaanbaatar. If you thought casting John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqurer" was ridiculous, you ain't seen nothin' yet. And then there is dialog like this: "Teach her to be a woman while I'm away!"
Topics: Movie trailers, dramas, adventures, Omar Sharif, James Mason, Telly Sevalas, Robert Morley
Crooks, ghosts, zombies and a haunted Cuban castle. What better time and place for Bob Hope and Willie Best to show up?
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, ghosts, zombies, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best
Scared the pants off a generation of kids. Look for the extended version on DVD.
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It turns out deadly atomic radiation can't penetrate pickup truck cabs. Who knew?
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The hit 1993 comic fantasy in which a burned out TV weather man is forced to relive the same day over and over until he gets it right. This role was meant for Bill Murray. I can't think of another actor who could have played it half as well. Directed by Harold Ramis who also wrote the story. NOTE: Preserved by the National Film Registry in 2007.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, fantasies, Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot, Stephen...
"Cheesy and corny yet fun" "Delightfully cute" "Harmless" (IMDB reviews quotes) The further adventures of Disney's VW beetle with a mind of its own starring Lindsay Lohan; Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 4.7, MPAA G. TRIVIA: Absurd CG censorship: Disney thought Lindsay was too well-endowed, so her bust size was digitally reduced.
Topics: movie trailers, family films, comedies, auto racing, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon,...
A romantic comedy starring Will Smith. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 6.7. CAST NOTE: Paula Patton's film debut.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, romantic comedies, Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Paula Patton
Somehow the West managed to survive.
Topics: movie trailers, screwball comedies, Marx Brothers
The second episode in MGM's series of three Nick Carter detective yarns starring Walter Pidgeon supported by a worthy cast of familiar faces. Donald Meek particularly is fun in the recurring role of Carter's pint-sized sidekick. CAST NOTE: Hugh Beaumont's second screen appearance (uncredited).
Topics: movie trailers, mysteries, adventures, Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Joseph Schildkraut, Cecil...
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Topics: movie trailers, comedies, fantasies, George Burns, John Denver
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A Japanese girl is raised from birth to be an instrument of revenge. Haven't seen it. Followed by "Lady Snowblood 2." IMDB RATING rating 7.7, MPAA unrated. a.k.a. "Shuranyukihime" TRIVIA: Reputed to be one of main inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill Volume 1." Some say it was a ripoff rather than an inspiration.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, action dramas, samurai, 20th century Japan, Meiko Kaji, Toshiro Kurosawa,...
The seriocomic story of the 20-year relationship of an elderly white woman and her black chauffeur. Multiple oscar winner including best picture and best actress (Tandy). An adaptation of Alferd Lhry's Pulitzer Prize winning play. TRIVIA: Jessica Tandy was the oldest woman (81) to win a best actress oscar. The last PG-13 film to win a best picture oscar. Freeman's and Tandy's characters were based on real people (Will Coleman and Lena Fox, the author's grandmother)
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, '50s South, Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Rolle
"Modern eros" "The weird and the wonderful" "Do not miss" "Painfully boring claptrap" (IMDB reviews quotes). Four independent tales of modern sex and morals inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's Renaissance classic "The Decameron." Directed by Vittotio De Sica, Frederico Fellini, Mario Monicelli and Luchino Visconti. Subtitled. Released in 1962. IMDB rating 7.2. NOTE: The episode directed by Mario Monicelli was not released theatrically outside of...
Topics: Movie trailers, comedies, sex farce, fantasy, romance, Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Romy...
