Do all you classic-film lovers out there know that there are some old movies available to Netflix users only on “Instant Play” and not on DVD?  Recently, I’ve watched a group of movies that I can’t recall having been on television in ages, such as Mitchell Leisen’s Bride of Vengeance (1949), a trio of colorful Arlene [...]

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The Motion Picture Academy announced new rules this week, part of their recent ongoing mission to shake things up on Oscar night and (most importantly) add several million television viewers.  The big news is in the Best Picture category, in which between five and ten nominees will be allowed, based on a new merit system involving points [...]

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Before it became a vehicle for Marilyn Monroe, The Prince and the Showgirl began life as The Sleeping Prince, a 1953 London stage comedy by Terence Rattigan, starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, later done on Broadway with Michael Redgrave and Barbara Bel Geddes.  Mr. Rattigan adapted his play for the screen, with Olivier himself directing the film and recreating [...]

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