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Grumpy Old Men

Two elderly, eccentric, next-door neighbors sustain a rancorous relationship that only a wise observer could recognize as a very special friendship.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

DVD Verdict

Grumpy Old Man

Max: "Good morning, dickhead." John: "Hello, moron." John Gustafson and Max Goldman have been friendly rivals for decades.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Grumpy Old Men, Drama Movies, Walter Matthau, Vocal, Ann-Margret, Daryl Hannah

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Rome News - Tribune

Oak Hill film series continues with - Some Like It Hot'

Marilyn Monroe makes her Oak Hill debut July 10 when the Martha Berry Museuma s a oeMovies on the Meadowa series continues with a oeSome Like It Hot.a The 1959 comedy also stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two struggling musicians, Joe and Jerry, who witness what looks like the Saint Valentinea s Day massacre of 1929.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Musical Movies, Vocal, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Mark's Musings

AFI top 100 films: The Apartment

This is the second film in the 2007 AFI top 100 list that I had never seen nor heard of before.

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Related Topix: Short, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, The Apartment, Film Noir, Thriller, Double Indemnity, Crime Movies, Family, The Absent-Minded Professor, Science Fiction Movies, My Three Sons, Comedy, The Shaggy Dog, Entertainment, Television

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Boxoffice

Weekend Cinema Listomania

Weekend Cinema Listomania posted June 19, 2009 4:26 AM Video Event of the Week: Is it Sony's The Jack Lemmon Collection , a new boxed set including the underrated 1957 service comedy Operation Mad Ball , with genius co-star Ernie Kovacs ? Could Disney's Blu-ray upgrades of the first two seasons of Lost possibly get the nod? Or against all rhyme or ...

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Explore Howard

DVD Reviews: Thinking of Dad, with a fresh twist of Lemmon

Once upon a time, American movies reflected the idealized, middle-class existence all fathers seemed to aspire to.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Dad, The Notorious Landlady, Phffft!, Mystery Movies, Good Neighbor Sam

Daily Herald

Get more of Lemmon in new collection

Jack Lemmon was one of the most beloved actors of all time. Audiences could identify with him as an everyday man, though his talent was quite evident in his ability to easily go from comedy to drama in an instant.

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Related Topix: Under the Yum Yum Tree, Comedy Movies, Good Neighbor Sam, The Notorious Landlady, Mystery Movies, Oscars, Walter Matthau

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

DVD Reviews | Vengeful series low on ingenuity

Jared Padalecki and Danielle Panabaker search for Jason in Friday the 13th. 'Friday the 13th' RATED R, $28.98 A group of friends stumbles into Camp Crystal Lake, where 29 years ago a young boy drowned, which prompted his mother to kill the counselors.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Friday the 13th, Madea Goes to Jail

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Davekehr.com

Jack Lemmon

A new box set from Sony documents Jack Lemmon's reign as America's ultimate male hysteric, trapped between the corporate conformism of the 1950s and the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

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Related Topix: Under the Yum Yum Tree, Comedy Movies, Good Neighbor Sam, The Notorious Landlady, Phffft!, Mystery Movies

Fri Jun 12, 2009

SFGate

DVD review: 'The Jack Lemmon Film Collection'

Jack Lemmon did some of his best work with Billy Wilder, but even in his lesser films, some of which are collected in this new Sony box set, he is never less than engaged and engaging.

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Related Topix: Phffft!, Comedy Movies, The Notorious Landlady, Good Neighbor Sam, Mystery Movies, Mister Roberts, Under the Yum Yum Tree, War Movies, Drama Movies

Hebdenbridge Today

Tale of an unlikely pair at Little Theatre

HEBDEN Bridge Little Theatre's summer production is Neil Simon's comedy 'The Odd Couple' which, after a long run as a smash hit on Broadway became a very successful film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the lead roles.

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Related Topix: West Yorkshire County, England, The Odd Couple, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Walter Matthau, Games, Card Game

Tue Jun 09, 2009

The Austin American-Statesman

Noteworthy DVDs released

PICK OF THE WEEK "Woodstock" Ultimate Collector's Edition : You can't get the whole "3 Days of Peace and Music" on home video, but a four-hour cut of the famous concert film should last you a while.

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Related Topix: Gran Torino, Under the Yum Yum Tree, The Notorious Landlady, Phffft!, Comedy Movies, Good Neighbor Sam, Mystery Movies

Mon Jun 08, 2009

Modesto Bee

DVD box sets: Norman Lear, Woodstock and Jack Lemmon

This week we're looking at DVD box sets about a path-breaking TV producer, a memorable rock festival and one of America's most beloved actors.

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Related Topix: Phffft!, Drama Movies, The Odd Couple, Comedy Movies, It Should Happen to You, Days of Wine and Roses, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Sat Jun 06, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Movielady: Some Like it Hot (1959): "The Comedy Classic that Almost...

Editor's note: This is a P-I Reader Blog. P-I Reader Blogs are not written or edited by the P-I. They are written by readers, for readers.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Musical Movies, Bus Stop, Drama Movies, Vocal, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

'My Life in Ruins'

"My life in Ruins," starring Nia Vardalos. When did Nia Vardalos get so thin? When did Richard Dreyfuss age enough to play the Walter Matthau-Jack Lemmon old-guy role? And is a cinematic trip to Greece and the welcome return of Vardalos enough to entice moviegoers to "My Life in Ruins"? Those were the sort of questions running through my mind while ...

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Related Topix: My Life in Ruins, Nia Vardalos, Grumpy Old Men, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Walter Matthau, Travel, Greece Travel

Thu Jun 04, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

American Stage's sparkling Act II begins with 'Tuesdays With Morrie'

It wasn't supposed to be the first play that American Stage produced in its new theater.

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Related Topix: Tuesdays with Morrie, Drama Movies, Theater, Arts, Sport Movies, The Legend of Bagger Vance

Sun May 31, 2009

Seattle Courant

Of Newsprint and Typewriters: 'The Front Page' Recalls a Bygone Era

There's a lot of hemming and hawing over The Death of the Newspaper these days. Not that there shouldn't be.

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Related Topix: The Front Page, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, The Odd Couple, Journalism, Susan Sarandon

Sat May 30, 2009

DigitallyOBSESSED.com

Some Like It Ho

Published: May 29, 2001 Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Other Stars: Joe E. Brown, George Raft, Pat O'Brien Director: Billy Wilder Manufacturer: WAMO MPAA Rating: Not Rated for Run Time: 02h:02m:00s Release Date: May 22, 2001 UPC: 027616858993 Genre: comedy DVD Review classic adj.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Musical Movies, Joe E. Brown, Vocal, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, George Raft

Wed May 27, 2009

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Around the NFL blog: Mark Craig on 'Grumpy Old Fran'

Posted on May 27th, 2009 1:35 PM By Mark Craig I loved the movie Grumpy Old Men, a 1993 taleA of two widowers from Wabasha, Mn.

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Related Topix: Grumpy Old Men, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Grumpier Old Men, Walter Matthau, Wabasha, MN

Mon May 25, 2009

The Times-Tribune

Chris Doherty and Janey Evans star as "The Odd Couple"

Over the 44 years since it debuted to critical acclaim on Broadway, Neil Simon's 1965 play "The Odd Couple" has been adapted and imitated innumerable times.

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Related Topix: The Odd Couple, Comedy, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Walter Matthau, Tony Randall, Opinion

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