My library has most of Kurt Vonnegut’s catalog, all of them tattered, dog-eared and much-enjoyed. He’s a popular book club choice, but also, people of
There’s a charm to second-rate slashers, but second-rate comedy is tough to sit through. “Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II” (1987) is a charming low-budget
The more movies I watch, the more rules of thumb emerge. One is that comedies are best at 90 minutes. Another, as I realized while
Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” (2023), despite the marketing team trying to bill it as his 50th film, rather remarkably snuck under the radar. (Creative
My biggest surprise after completing Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” literary canon is that he lays the groundwork for bigger stories more so than writing
“Avanti!” (1972) is a Billy Wilder film that misfires on one cylinder. It gets you to your destination, but it’s not the smoothest ride. I
Billy Wilder usually tickles my funnybone, but “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) – for all its creative presentation and fame for Marlyn Monroe’s dress being
“Ball of Fire” (1941) combines the “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” fairy tale with noir with slapstick, and it’s worthy of a smile for
“The Black Hole” (2008) should not be confused with the rather unfortunate Disney film “The Black Hole” (1979). The Disney flick featured irritating robots and
Billy Wilder returns to the winning ingredients of Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, false identities and envelope-pushing sex-based comedy for “Irma la Douce” (1963). Laugh-out-loud funny