I have no idea why it took me so long to see the 1946 Best Picture Oscar-winner The Best Years of Our Lives. I, like many movie-lovers, went through a classics-phase, watching swoon-worthy black-and-w…
John Wayne is so embedded in American lore as a gunslinging Western hero, that anyone can imitate his wide drawl and bowlegged stance without ever having seen one of his movies. Before sitting down an…
It says a lot that a 75-year-old film showing on only 300+ screens can break into the box office's weekly Top Ten movies. But when the film is The Wizard of Oz--arguably the most beloved Hollywood fil…
If it weren't for the fact that The Big Parade came out in 1925, four years before the first Oscar was awarded, it would probably now be included as part of that shortlist of films that have won piles…
I know plenty of people that consider Gone with the Wind a snooze-fest (for its almost four-hour running length), or find it unwatchable because Vivien Leigh's Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara is such a…
I don't think any amount of praise can really do To Kill A Mockingbird justice. To begin with, there is Harper Lee's book, which is arguably one of the most perfect stories ever written, and was (amaz…
I remember trying to watch Grand Hotel for the first time years ago on DVD. I'm always game for beefing up on my Oscar history, and I had never seen this 1932 classic, only the fifth movie to get Holl…
