A friend loaned me Season 1 of The Mole, which I had on while I conversed with computer folk all day yesterday. Watching Anderson Cooper attempt to be mysterious and slightly menacing is very entertaining. The game itself is so much more complex than the reality games of today (which probably...
Good choice Edward! Claude Rains is so underrated. Ever since I read that he's buried within in a car drive away from me I've wanted to go pay my respects.
I saw that one several times in the theater when it was first released. I always thought Kim was woefully miscast, but Michael Gough is spot on as my vision of Alfred. Robert Wuhl was enjoyable too. I don't think Anton Furst's production design has been bettered and I love the scene with the...
I thought the same thing (in addition to wincing at how uncomfortable that dress probably was). Matthew Broderick looked positively miserable all night.
I thought Taraji P. Henson looked wonderful as well as Tina Fey, Anne Hathaway and Penelope Cruz.
I've been trying to find out the...
As I wrote above, I'm making my way through the Barker book right now--she got points from me for espousing that theory about Emily (and Anne) in the introduction. The examples Barker gives of overeager authors trying to spin fiction into biographical fact are pretty shocking.
Also, it...
I'm working my way through the 1003 page doorstop that is The Brontes by Juliet Barker. I questioned whether the book could live up to the review on the back cover (which was so effusive I wondered if it had been written by the author's mother): "an outstanding achievement, a magnificent...
Number one is Cyd Charisse in the Broadway Rhythm ballet but I really like Jean Simmons in Angel Face too (great final scene).
She's not really fatal but I always loved Dorothy Malone in The Big Sleep.
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