Romantic comedy has been a staple of Hollywood since Tinseltown’s beginning and in 1959 Doris Day and Rock Hudson rejuvenated … More
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Movie review: ‘The Day of the Jackal’
“The Day of the Jackal” was the first novel I came to love as a teenager and I read it … More
Movie review: ‘Where Eagles Dare’
Author Alistair MacLean wrote bestsellers that were turned into films, but his most recognizable is “The Guns of Navarone,” which is a war classic. Not quite the classic is “Where Eagles Dare,” nor is it the equal of “Navarone,” but it is really exceptional and features Clint Eastwood.
Movie review: ‘The Trouble with Angels’
Who would want to watch a movie about two Catholic schoolgirls getting into trouble? OK! So, of course there are … More
Movie review: ‘The Hollywood Knights’
While the first two “Porky’s” movies set a new high-water mark for raunchy youth comedy in the early 1980s (click … More
Movie review: ‘Hooper’
Burt Reynolds, like others throughout history in Hollywood, experienced the long road from first being a joke; then onto being … More
Movie review: ‘Black Sunday’
“Black Sunday” is a great film from the 1970s about terrorism, terrorists (both domestic and foreign) and anti-terrorism. It stands … More
Movie review: ‘The Gumball Rally’
“The Gumball Rally” is one of my all-time favorites. It has cars; it has humor; and, most of all … … More
Movie review: ‘The Choirboys’
You can always find outstanding translations of a novel to the screen. Two of the best are “The Godfather” and … More
Movie review: ‘The Warriors’
It’s tough to make a good gang movie and, no, I don’t put the original “West Side Story” or “The … More