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The Top 20 British Heist Movies

The Top 20 British Heist Movies. (1.) The Ladykillers: Ealing Studios’ brilliant 1955 black comedy crime film delight The Ladykillers is a deliciously funny film throughout, with a cast to die for. Bafta-winning writer William […]

Jun, 15

Carole Lombard’s 40 Sound Feature Films

American film actress Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) appeared in 56 feature films and 18 short films in a career spanning 21 years before her death in an airplane […]

Mar, 21

…All the Marbles [The California Dolls] *** (1981, Peter Falk, Vicki Federick, Laurene Landon, Burt Young, Tracy Reed) – 12,049

Director Robert Aldrich’s 1981 comedy-drama film …All the Marbles [The California Dolls] stars Peter Falk, Vicki Frederick, Laurene Landon, Burt Young and Tracy Reed. Director Aldrich’s final film – about a women’s tag wrestling team (Vicki […]

Apr, 08

Billy the Kid Movies

Billy the Kid, also known by the pseudonym William H Bonney, was born Henry McCarty on 17 September or 23 November 1859. An outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, he killed eight men […]

Jan, 27

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: The top 30+ holiday movie memories

Christmas movies trigger a load of feelings and memories, some magical, some less so. Here’s the top Christmas crackers movie list. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (1): Dudley Moore gives an appealing turn […]

Dec, 04

Notable Nonagenarians: ‘Good times and bum times, I’ve seen them all, and, my dear, I’m still here.’

Time to honour some very distinguished film people in Notable Nonagenarians in random order. Some are national treasures, others have just been around an extremely long time. It seems a good moment to quote Stephen […]

Oct, 28

Murder! The films of Alfred Hitchcock: ‘Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.’

The films of Alfred Hitchcock ‘Content, I am not interested in that at all. I don’t give a damn what the film is about. I am more interested in how to handle the material so […]

Sep, 06

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