Call them “escapism,” call them “guilty pleasures,” call them “anti-classics” – they are the Great Trash movies that don’t make the Sight & Sound list but nonetheless win the hearts of moviegoers. In this episode of “The Online Movie Show,” ArmchairCinema.com’s Jerry Dean Roberts shares his insight on the greatest of the Great Trash flicks.
Do great movies really need to have sequels, or is Hollywood’s habit of adding Part 2, 3, 4 and more a sign of desperation? Actor and writer Kevin Dolan returns to “The Online Movie Show” to look at the best and worst sequels in movie history.
Remakes are the trickiest movies to create – especially when it is a classic that is getting a second telling. On this episode of “The Online Movie Show,” actor/writer Kevin Dolan offers insight on some of the most successful and most painful remakes in movie history.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Vera Ralston was the major female star at Republic Pictures. Often maligned by critics who claimed her stardom was due solely to her relationship with studio boss Herbert Yates (whom she married in 1952), Ralston’s film output was diverse and intriguing, with a colorful mix of productions co-starring major Hollywood talent.
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On this week’s episode of “The Online Movie Show,” we take a look at the cinematic output of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Nick Santa Maria, co-author of the new book “The Annotated Abbott and Costello.”
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1980 was a remarkable year for movies: “Ordinary People” and “Raging Bull” slugged it out for the awards, comedy cult classics “The Blues Brothers,” “Caddyshack” and “Airplane!” left audiences in hysterics, “The Empire Strikes Back” rewrote the “Star Wars” saga, “Heaven’s Gate” nearly destroyed United Artists and an obscure Soviet film trumped great works by Kurosawa and Truffaut for the Foreign Film Oscar.
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Sammy Davis Jr. was a larger-than-life personality who was a welcome presence on Broadway, in Las Vegas and on television for many years. His film work was somewhat spotty, yet he proved himself as both a musical star in “Porgy and Bess” and “Sweet Charity” and in serious dramatic roles in “Anna Lucasta” and “A Man Called Adam.” In this episode of “The Online Movie Show,” social media bon vivant Anthony “Kingfish” Vitamia returns to the podcast to celebrate Sammy’s distinctive place on the big screen.
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