On This Day

"The basic appeal to me is that it had to do with ordinary, everyday birds," said Hitchcock [...]

First things first, a big thank you to Stuart Freeborn, the British make-up artist who passed away last week at the age of 98. If you don’t know the name, chances are you at least know his work. Even Mom has likely marvelled at this artisan’s contributions to an incredible list of film classics: “Oliver [...]

Frank Marshall's 1993 cannibal drama starred Illeana Douglas, Josh Hamilton, Josh Lucas, Vincent Spano and John Malkovich. [...]

One of my first memories of “Tootsie” was as a Best Picture Oscar nominee against “Gandhi” and the Reese’s Pieces creature, E.T. What a line-up – a cross-dresser, a pacifist activist and an alien. I was eleven. Doesn’t take a genius then to guess where I put my vote. But of all the Oscar contenders [...]

30 Years ago, Eddie Murphy got himself a movie career. San Francisco movie cops like to do things their way, stirring things up in the precinct and on those sloping streets by breaking the rules (“Dirty Harry”), shooting innocents (“Basic Instinct”) or being an all-around hard ass. That last one would be Jack Cates (Nick [...]

“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” features three of the 80s best at their best – Steve Martin, John Candy and Writer/Director John Hughes. After 25 years the film could only be dulled by countless, warranted, repeat viewings. Inspired by Hughes’ own travel misadventure (involving the same three cities), the story follows advertising executive Neal Page (Martin) [...]

Robert Redford lend an ensemble cast in the Phil Alden Robinson directed movie [...]

Colin Moore looks back at the 1987 musical-drama that took the world by storm... in a week! [...]