Writer-director Billy Wilder was just reaching his peak in the early 1940s, hitting his first grand slam with this noirish murder mystery.  It was so well-received that its two word title, swiped from insurance industry lingo, has become more synonymous […]

by Barb Lentz.   The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose are these: Double Indemnity  (1944) The Hill  (1965) Kind Lady  (1951) The Old Dark House  (1932) The Temptress  (1926)   I chose Double Indemnity because it was […]

Of the really good movie crop of 1976, which includes All the President’s Men, Network, Rocky, Taxi Driver, Carrie, Marathon Man, The Shootist, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Silver Streak and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, to name some obvious favorites of my […]

by Barb Lentz.   The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: A Face in the Crowd  (1957) The King of Comedy  (1983) Mark of the Vampire  (1935) Network  (1976) Topkapi  (1964)   All of these […]

After passing a few other, earlier Errol Flynn titles, Barbara has finally selected one, the last real swashbuckler which Flynn made, the very entertaining Adventures of Don Juan (1948).  By the time he made Don Juan Flynn was no longer in prime […]

by Barb Lentz.   The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Adventures of Don Juan  (1948) The China Syndrome  (1979) Good Morning, Miss Dove  (1955) Long Day’s Journey Into Night  (1962) The Public Enemy  (1931) […]

Our first potential classic of 2016 is a movie we were able to see in a theater back in November of last year.  Roman Holiday is the movie that brought pixie-ish Audrey Hepburn to international prominence and won her an Academy Award […]

by Barb Lentz.   The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Deliverance  (1972) Freaks  (1932) The Jazz Singer  (1927) Mighty Joe Young  (1949) Roman Holiday  (1953)   I was close to choosing Deliverance because it’s one […]