July 22, 2014
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Turan says movies are like friends — they speak to you, and can even change your life. In his new book, he shares some personal favorites, and explains why the magic of the movies endures.
Herb Jeffries was the first singing star of all-black cowboy movies in the late 1930s, which garnered him the nickname the “Bronze Buckeroo.” He died Sunday in California, at age 100.
From Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich to Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side , moms make the movies. NPR’s Rachel Martin talks with Richard Corliss about his new book that looks at iconic screen mothers.
Unlike Jaws and Alien , whose creatures are soulless things to be destroyed, Godzilla resonates because of something that once defined the best monster movies — a sense of compassion for the monster.
Sports movies seem to have made a strange turn from focusing on players to focusing on agents and managers. It makes for a sad progression from magical realism to yelling about money.
In addition to Breaking Bad , critic David Bianculli recommends some rare television treats from the ’60s and ’70s that are now available on DVD. They include Here’s Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection , The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, The Rutles: Anthology and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Chances are that any movie that endures contains a moment or more — a line, a look — that people talk about, imitate, and repeat.
Republican efforts to quash two movies before they’ve been made show the GOP’s concern over a possible 2016 presidential run by the former first lady and secretary of state. But the controversy over a planned CNN documentary and a proposed NBC miniseries does feel somewhat premature.
OK, we heard you. Readers definitely responded to our piece about movies that bombed when first released but were later reconsidered , and they came up with some of their own picks — movies that you love to hate, such as 1995’s “Showgirls.”