5 2017

January’s “Stars Behind Bars” spotlight comes to a close and 31 Days of Oscar begins.

RIP Emmanuelle Riva (1927-2017)

Star of Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959) and Amour (2012) has passed away.

RIP John Hurt (1940-2017)

The British acting legend has passed away.

RIP Barbara Hale (1922-2017)

Another iconic dual film and television star has passed away this month.

Talkin’ Pictures: Behind-the-Scenes Tragedies

A Star Is Born wasn’t lying.

RIP Mike Connors (1925-2017)

Mannix was prominent both on the big and little screen.

Movie Trope Thursday: Getting Crap Past the Radar

Philip Marlowe: You don’t like to be rated yourself.
Vivian: I haven’t met anyone yet that can do it. Any suggestions?
Philip Marlowe: Well, I can’t tell till I’ve seen you over a distance of ground. You’ve got a touch of class, but I don’t know how, how far you can go.
Vivian: A lot depends on who’s in the saddle.
~The Big Sleep (1946)