Author Archives: Melissa Becker

1963's Soldier in the Rain has a true all-star cast (Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen) and crew (Blake Edwards, William Goldman) that comes together to create a character study that is equal parts comedy and drama. Read More

In 1969, a new generation of free love, MGM tried to update their old private eye Marlowe into a joking action hero in the James Bond mold. The result can be seen for the first time on DVD in the new release of Marlowe through Warner Archive. Read More

Overall this was a good place for new readers, like myself, to come in. Other than the overwhelming recap the rest of the issue was very accessible to casual and new fans. Read More

This is a clear "must have" for Abbott and Costello fans and Charles Laughton lovers, but for everyone else I'm afraid the actually movie is more interesting than good. Read More

Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown! may be an all new story but it is based on material that Charles M. Schulz wrote through the history of the Peanuts strip. Schulz's son Craig and Stephan Pastis have done an amazing job selecting the strips Read More

Humphrey Bogart is a tortured artist who kills his wife to be with his new love, Barbara Stanwyck. When he is tempted by a lusty socialite (played with aplomb by Alexis Smith), will he kill the second Mrs. Carroll to make way for the third? Read More

Finishing School isn’t some essential piece of classic cinema. It will never be studied shot-by-shot in a film school. It’s just one of those great little movies that make you smile. Read More