The Wrong Man News

"Ridiculous." "Defies plausibility." "Blissfully divorced by logic." Then there are the contradictory comparisons.

"NORTH BY NORTHWEST'' Knowing a hawk from a handsaw Cary Grant stands along an utterly exposed stretch of prairie highway, only slowly realizing why a distant crop duster seems to be taking such a curious flight path.

The amazing Alfred Hitchcock directed so many films that some of his lesser-known works can get lost.

Today, when people think of Alfred Hitchcock movies, they tend to think of a specific, brief period of time: roughly 1954-1963, incorporating such films as Rear Window , Vertigo , North by Northwest , Psycho , The Birds , and several more.

A warm, reliable and likable lead of features and TV beginning in the 1950s, Vera Miles got a prominent start but rarely seemed to get the roles her talent merited.

With the successful Alfred Hitchcock summer series almost wrapped up, the Main Library has gone ahead and announced the theme for its fall film series.

With the successful Alfred Hitchcock summer series almost wrapped up, the Main Library has gone ahead and announced the theme for its fall film series.

For the week of Sunday, July 26, through Saturday, Aug. 1. Reviewed by Tony Lucia.

Broadway, film and soap operaA star Anna Karen Morrow passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in a retirement home in Woodland Hills according to her daughter Lissa Morrow Christian.

Honest Ed's bargain emporium at Bloor and Bathurst Sts. is selling tickets for the July 18 performance The Harder They Come for $14.99. Regular-price tickets are up to $95. The general-admission tickets for the Canon Theatre show go on sale at Honest Ed's Saturday at 11 a.m., limit six per person.

Cinema loves a miscarriage of justice story. Nothing better distils the archetypal figure of the conflicted protagonist, buffeted by events outside their control.