Few film scholars elevated the 1929 short “Wrong Again” to classic status, but I’m willing to go out on a limb to suggest it deserves such an honorific classification. It was among the last wave of Laurel and Hardy’s silent output and had three future Oscar winners behind the camera – director Leo McCarey, cinematographer George Stevens, and screenwriter Lewis R. Foster – plus one of the most wonderfully original sight gags of all time.
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A wronged widow wreaks a trail of revenge across the prairie in the retro horror/spaghetti western They Call Her Death, now streaming on Shudder and in limited roadshow screenings via Vinegar Syndrome. Continue reading
Sometimes when you least expect it, a dramatic or comedy film suddenly erupts into a musical number. For the sake of listicle distraction, here are 10 musical numbers from non-musical films that should get you singing along when you least expect it.
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The President of the US and the Prime Minister of the UK have to save themselves from a terrorist attack in the fun, light comic-action flick Heads of State, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Two young girls play a prank on a lonely man, only for one of them to inadvertently find herself falling for him, as the cracks in the relationship between the two begin to widen.
Hyde and Hare (1955)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Gerry Chiniquy, Arthur Davis, Virgil Ross, Ted Bonnicksen
Music by Carl Stalling
Bugs Bunny talks his way into being adopted by a kindly elderly man who feeds him carrots daily in a park. The man is Dr. Jekyll, who has created a potion that turns him into a hulking, green-skinned, red-eyed brute – the alter ego is never called Mr. Hyde in the film, but we all know who it is supposed to be. Bugs is pursued by this violent monster, who keeps turning back into Dr. Jekyll every few seconds before becoming Hyde again. Of course, Bugs never figures out the two very different figures are the same person.
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When a young driver seems to be losing his focus, the team owner brings in an old friend to help mentor him.