Matrix (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
It’s funny how the rapidly changing economic scene changes our view on even the most basic things. A few years ago, it would be hard to imagine anyone seeing Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life“ as anything more than a feelgood holiday classic movie. It’s always been a favorite of mine to watch [...]
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
Now he’s worried that in his blackout he murdered this man and later on in the movie we find out that he has nearly strangled someone before. His best friend, the lecherous Tiny (played by a sweaty Thomas Mitchell with giant bushy eyebrows), is less of a friend and more of a blackmailer, having been the sole witness to the so called strangling. I guess minus the guy he almost killed, but either way...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
Wendell Jamieson in the NYT: Many are pulling the movie out of the archives lately because of its prescience on the perils of trusting bankers. I’ve found, after repeated viewings, that the film turns upside down and inside out, and...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 12/15/2008
ANGELS OVER BROADWAY is an exceedingly strange film about three people -- a hustler (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), a chorus girl (Rita Hayworth), and an alcoholic playwright (Thomas Mitchell) -- who rescue a suicidal man (John Qualen) one rainy evening in New York. The film's action takes place in a single night, as the threesome work to find a way their new friend can obtain $3000 to replace funds he'd...
Robert Francis Wine (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Irish Times - John Wilson This weeks John Wilson focuses on wines to perfectly compliment the festive feasts to come ! PRE-DINNER DRINKS Get things going with a glass of fizz - whether there’s a crowd, or just a few close friends, it is guaranteed to put a smile on everyone’s face. Kir Royale seems to have slipped [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
East Meadows are single-family, detached condominiums that range from 968 to 1,342 square feet and are base priced from $139,900 to $169,900.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008
The Press Council of Ireland has upheld a complaint against the that an article by its columnist Kevin Myers breached its Code of Practice relating to incitement to hatred.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Film News: Army Archerd Archive -- Lana Turner's longtime yen to land Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as her leading man is close to reality with the Mirischmen negotiating with J.L.Warner for his loanout on "By Love Possessed."
Moultrie Observer--Local News (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
September 30, 2008 10:46 pmWoman charged with hindering Meigs robbery suspect’s apprehensionThe Thomasville Times-EnterpriseTHOMASVILLE — A relative of a suspect in a Meigs armed robbery has been charged with hindering apprehension.The relative, Sheena Shyann Cochran, 24, 136 April St., Ochlocknee, surrendered at the Thomas County Jail-Justice Center.She is charged with hindering apprehension of Fitzgerald...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Released as part of the Fox Film Noir Series, this is one strange movie, given the talents involved and the twisted way the John O'Hara-Nunnally Johnson screenplay (based on a Willard Robertson novel) unfolds. French actor Jean Gabin,...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
WHAT'S a film noir - or a horror movie? Their definitions are stretched as a marketing hook by some new themed releases. Elia Kazan's "Boomerang!" (1947) is among three films released this week under the Fox Noir umbrella. Strictly speaking...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
WORKING in an industry already blighted by the fallout of the credit crunch, the last thing a building firm needs at the moment is another enemy.But Rok found it was being attacked from all sides at one of its sites in Kirkcaldy – by a pack of viADVERTISEMENTolent seagulls.Workmen at the Thomas Mitchell site in Kirkcaldy were being regularly swooped upon by the birds, which were nesting nearby.So,...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
DVD Reviews: It's hard to imagine how 20th Century Fox topper Darryl F. Zanuck expected 1942's "Moontide" to transform the great Gallic thesp Jean Gabin into an American movie star.
Misleading Advertising Law (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Image by _Massimo_ via Flickr From the FBI Press Release:A Burbank man was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison after being convicted earlier this...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Community Open House with Zounds' Founder Scheduled for Thursday, August 28 THE VILLAGES, Fla., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Zounds Hearing, a unique manufacturing and retail company focused on providing hearing aids with state-of-the-art fidelity, affordable price point and professional service has opened its newest Florida hearing center in The Villages community. An official celebratory community open...
