It was 100 years ago today that author Ian Fleming was born. Fleming, best known for creating James Bond, lived a life almost as interesting as any of his novels. A spy for the Allies during World War II, a world traveler and a bit of a ladies man, Fleming lived life to the fullest.
Director and actor Sydney Pollack died Monday in Los Angeles at age 73. Pollack died of cancer at his home, with his family beside him. Pollack won an Oscar for directing ‘Out of Africa.’
Quentin Tarantino, he of ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Kill Bill,’ fame, appeared at this past weekend’s Cannes Film Festival in France. Speaking with the media, Tarantino said, ‘The next movie I’m doing is my World War II movie. I just finished up the first draft and if ALL GOES WELL, I will be here, in Cannes, …
The writing life is a lonely one. You spend much of your day in a room. Alone with your thoughts and a typewriter. Or a computer. Or a dull #2 pencil and piece of paper. You get the point. So maybe it’s no surprise the cinema is rife with films about the loneliest pursuit in …
Man in line: Wait a minute, why can’t I give my opinion? It’s a free country! Alvy: I mean, d- He can give you- Do you hafta give it so loud? I mean, aren’t you ashamed to pontificate like that?
‘Get Carter’ was ranked 16th in the British Film Institute’s ‘100 Greatest British Films.’ ‘Get Carter’ was chosen by critics as the greatest British film of all time in Total Film Magazine. Wait- did you think I was talking about the Sylvester Stallone version?
No, no, no, no, no. ’27 Dresses’ claims to be a romantic comedy. No, it is not. Katherine Heigl is supposed to be the ugly duckling, always lying down and letting her friends walk all over her.
Actor John Philip Law, best known for his starring role in Mario Bava’s ‘Diabolik,’ and Roger Vadim’s ‘Barbarella,’ has died. Law passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He was 70 years old. Law also appeared in the movies, ‘The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming,’ ‘The Hawaiians,’ and the much discussed, rarely …
Jean-Luc Goddard said that truth is 24 frames per second. What about still photographs? How many lies do they tell? How much truth do they leave out?
It’s pretty much agreed to by almost everyone that Monty Python was awesome. Even today, the reverence and admiration that meets the former members seems to only grow with the passage of time.