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Tuesday Jul 22 | DVD Verdict

Pete Kelly's Blues

Appellate Judge Tom Becker is stuck with, fresh out of luck with, the blues. Gats. Gams.

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Related Topix: Kansas City (University of Missouri System), University of Missouri System, Vocal, Jack Webb

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Naperville Sun

Out of the Files

From Ramblings: Wonder what happened to the telephone operator who was supposed to be on duty at 5 a.m. Thursday morning, July 10.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: Scaramouche

He starred in two spectactular swashbucklers, SCARAMOUCHE and THE PRISONER OF ZENDA , which continue to provide marvelous entertainment over half a century after they were first released.

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Related Topix: Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Robert Coote, Comedy Movies, Drama, The Prisoner of Zenda, Adventure

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Poughkeepsie Journal

It's time for TV marathons

The Fourth of July weekend has traditionally been a time when many TV programmers - presumably in cahoots with the manufacturers of DVRs - give over their schedules to 'marathons.' That's a nice word to ...

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Related Topix: Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Vera Miles, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Tue Jul 01, 2008

NPR

Norman Bates: Psycho Mama's Boy

Scream queen: Marion Crane loses it in filmdom's most famous shower scene. Paramount Pictures Enlarge Norman's situation gets iffy when his victim's lover and sister come looking for her.

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Related Topix: John Gavin, Vera Miles, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Alfred Hitchcock, Vocal

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Ventura County Star

Cason Point: Change signals end of era for rabbit ears

Record shops, map books and almanacs have one thing in common. They are all like the Bates Motel in Hitchcock's thriller "Psycho." Just as the interstate bypassed and then isolated cinema's creepiest motor ...

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Ventura County, CA, Newbury Park, CA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Various and Sundry

Thoughts on the Urinal

June 20th, 2008 -- by Augie De Blieck Jr. I remember seeing an interview with Janet Leigh where she said she never took a shower again after "Psycho." A shower is, indeed, a very isolating place.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

This Is London

Jamie Lee Curtis: I was so addicted to drugs I stole my sister's painkillers

Jamie Lee Curtis has admitted she was once so desperately addicted to drugs that she stole painkillers from her sister.

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Related Topix: Jamie Lee Curtis

Thu Jun 19, 2008

DVD Verdict

Houdini

Appellate Judge James A. Stewart is planning a seance to ask Harry Houdini how accurate Houdini is.

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Related Topix: Tony Curtis, Houdini, Drama, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Who Was That Lady?

Tue Jun 17, 2008

HON

Health Highlights: June 15, 2008

Care of Female Veterans Lags at Some VA Hospitals: Report Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: For most of us, the only association we make between ...

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Star Tribune

Forgotten films see the light

One studio's trash appears to be another's treasure, based on a slew of new DVDs from Legend Films -- by way of Paramount Studios' vaults.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

Fri Jun 06, 2008

DVD Times

Houdini

Misleading at least a generation of fans, the 1953 biographical film Houdini , about the life of the famous magician and escape artist, now comes closer to getting away with its habitual falsehoods due to the ...

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, Tony Curtis

Mon Jun 02, 2008

MyATLtv.com

New On DVD: Semi-Pro, Dirty Harry

This week's releases on DVD include Will Farrell's Semi-Pro . It's 1976, and Farrell plays Jackie Moon, owner-coach-player of the ABA's Flint Tropics, who tries to rally his players to play the best they can, ...

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Related Topix: Sean Astin, Clint Eastwood, Meerkat Manor, Entertainment, Television

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Talking Moviezzz

The Moviezzz Blog: DVD Releases for

Here are the DVD releases for Tuesday June 3, 2008. Many of the titles being released this week are Paramount films that they are licensing to Legend Films.

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Related Topix: Clint Eastwood, Demi Moore, Michael Caine

Tue May 27, 2008

San Diego Reader

The Manchurian Candidate

Sinatra paints an attractively washed-out portrait of a U.S. intelligence officer .

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Related Topix: The Manchurian Candidate, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama, War Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Laurence Harvey, Henry Silva, Movies, Entertainment

Fri May 23, 2008

hosted Baltimore Sun | Baltimore Sun

Supreme screamer at the Charles

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, the Rosetta Stone for understanding just about every horror film of the past 40 years, is this weekend's entry in the Charles Theatre's Hitchcock retrospective. Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates, the reclusive mama's boy with a thing for knives, while Janet Leigh is Marion Crane, the larcenous bank employee who doubtless wishes she had stuck with baths. How influential was Psycho? John Carpenter patterned his 1978 Halloween, possibly the only horror film of the past few decades to rival Psycho's legacy, after Hitchcock's film. He even named his hero, Donald Pleasance's Dr. Sam Loomis, after Marion Crane's illicit boyfriend. Showtime is noon tomorrow at the Charles, 1711 N. Charles St., with encores set for 7 p.m. Monday and 9 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $6 tomorrow, $8 other times. Information: 410-727-3456 or thecharles.com.

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Related Topix: Anthony Perkins, John Carpenter, Horror, Thriller, Halloween, Psycho, Movies, Entertainment

Thu May 01, 2008

Daily Mail

Psycho's spine-chilling shower scene voted most nail-biting movie moment

“Psycho is best remembered for this shocking scene. "The moment we see the shadowed figure of an old woman behind the shower curtain is the point we are biting our nails in anticipation of the next gruesome moment.”

Comments The terrifying shower scene in the original Psycho movie was today voted the most nail-biting moment ever seen in a film. via Daily Mail

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Related Topix: Anthony Perkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Vocal, Psycho, Horror, Thriller

Fri Apr 25, 2008

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Today in history - April 23

Today is Wednesday, April 23, the 114th day of 2008. There are 252 days left in the year. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

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Related Topix: Charlton Heston, Gothic, Orson Welles

Tue Apr 22, 2008

hosted The Associated Press | The Associated Press

Today in History - April 23

Today is Wednesday, April 23, the 114th day of 2008. There are 252 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

April 23, 1564, is believed to be the birthdate of English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare; he died 52 years later, also on April 23.

On this date:

In 1789, President-elect George Washington moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House, in New York.

In 1791, James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, was born in Franklin County, Pa. Read more

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Related Topix: Charlton Heston, Gothic, Orson Welles

Mon Apr 14, 2008

Telegraph.co.uk

Alfred Hitchcock: A long way from the Bates Motel

“He wrote back and said he was too busy to come”

Potential buyers of Alfred Hitchcock's former home will struggle to find anything sinister, writes Ross Clark In pictures: Inside the master director's home Even though it was filmed with chocolate sauce, the ... via Telegraph.co.uk

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Related Topix: Alfred Hitchcock, Vocal, Psycho, Horror, Thriller, Home Listing, Home, Home Gardening

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