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Here Come the Munsters

Here Come the Munsters (1995) starring Edward Herrmann, Veronica Hamel, Robert Morse
Here Come the Munsters (1995) starring Edward Herrmann, Veronica Hamel, Robert Morse Here Comes the Munsters was an attempt to reboot the classic TV series, The Munsters. It doesn’t quite succeed, but it has it’s own charms.
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Cat Ballou [Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin]

Cat Ballou (1965) starring Jone Fonda, Lee Marvin,
Cat Ballou (1965) starring Jone Fonda, Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou was declared an instant classic with its blend of Western parody and rapid-fire action. Lee Marvin won an Oscar® for Best Actor as Kid Shelleen, the woozy, boozy, has-been gunslinger. Jane Fonda, at the height of her sex-kitten...
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Blondie’s Secret

Blondie's Secret (1948) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake
Blondie’s Secret (1948) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake In Blondie’s Secret, the Bumstead’s summer vacation has been postponed 3 times. It’s already September! What will Dagwood’s co-worker Ollie have to do to make it a 4th time? Comedy highlights Ollie breaks into the Bumstead house to steal their...
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Blondie’s Reward

Blondie's Reward (1948) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan
Blondie’s Reward (1948) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan In Blondie’s Reward, Dagwood is demoted to office boy because the Northside property he went out to buy turns out to be on the Southside.
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Blondie Knows Best

Blondie Knows Best, starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake
Blondie Knows Best (1946) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan, Shemp Howard In Blondie Knows Best, Dagwood’s best intentions go wrong. He impersonates J. C. Dithers to save a valuable sale, but then has to keep going a little father …
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Fitzwilly [Dick van Dyke]

Fitzwilly, starring Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon
Dick Van Dyke plays the title role of Fitzwilly, an eccentric philanthropist’s dutiful servant. Along with the rest of the staff, they resort to thievery in order to keep their now-penniless employer living in style.
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Bombshell 1933 [Jean Harlow]

Bombshell (1933) starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan
Bombshell (1933) starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan In Bombshell, a popular movie star (Jean Harlow) is fed up. Fed up with sponging relatives, and her work-til-you-drop film studio. Not to mention the nonsensical publicity stunts dreamed up by her press agent. So, she attempts to escape...
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We’re No Angels

We're No Angels, starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Leo G. Caroll, Joan Bennet, Basil Rathbone
We’re No Angels (1955) starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Leo G. Carroll, Joan Bennet, Basil Rathbone Movie review of  We’re No Angels starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov.   Set in 1955, around Christmas, three prisoners escape from Devil’s Island to a small French coastal town....
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Ghostbusters 2016 [Melissa McCarthy]

Ghostbusters (2016) starring Melissa McCarty, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth
Ghostbusters (2016) starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth The good news is, Ghostbusters 2016 begins with a very strong opening scene. The bad news is it quickly goes downhill. The biggest problem with it is: as a comedy, it’s simply not funny. Why...
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