The 30-Foot Bride Of Candy Rock (Columbia Classics)
Recommended In comedy terms, The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959) is an almost complete failure. It tries hard to be funny – too hard, in fact – but that doesn’t take away from its significance in film comedy history: it turned out to be the last film of Lou Costello, his only feature without longtime partner Bud Abbott, whose 20-year partnership Lou dissolved a short time before. Filmed …
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Secrets to Harry Potter’s success
LONDON– Ten years ago, Harry Potter already had muggle readers under his spell. But how to transmute J.K.[…]
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Barbara Hershey’s intimate dance
Her portrayal of a smothering mother in ‘Black Swan’ required sharing stifling confines with Natalie Portman. Director Darren Aronofsky’s film “Black Swan” unfolds on pointe shoes, but it is not stepping lightly into the award field. The provocative film features a searing performance from Natalie Portman as Nina, a ballerina quite possibly driven to madness in her search for perfection …
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