Roddy McDowall News

Although Curt McDowell's name does ring a bell in cineaste circles, he might still be misunderstood.

Just when you think Hollywood has run out of ideas, they prove they have really run out of ideas: Disney is planning to remake "The Black Hole" . Yes, that Black Hole, the 1979 weirdfest with Tony Perkins, Maximillian Schell, and Slim Pickens as the voice of the annoying robot .

It wasn't quite the TWILIGHT or NEW MOON for Gen X movie goers, but it was a rollicking good time.

Can you dispatch a vampire with a martini and cigarette smoke? "Mad Men" writer-producer Marti Noxon has been hired to pen DreamWorks Studios' revamp of the 1985 horror comedy "Fright Night." Before her work on AMC's "Mad Men," Noxon was a writer-producer on the bloodsucker series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," so fangs and stakes are in ...

While the Tarzan features are priced at $19.95 apiece and include a couple of the most popular Tarzan's ever on film in "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure" and "Tarzan the Magnificent," Warner does offer a bundle pack of all 6 Tarzan titles at 50% off retail, or just $59.95. Here are all the latest releases, all titles listed for $19.95 unless otherwise ...

Comedy, Romance Goldie Hawn, Katherine Helmond, Edward Herrmann, Kurt Russell Spoiled heiress falls off her yacht and is rescued by her handyman .

Maybe it's not entirely forgotten, but it is much less known than creator Rod Serling's Twilight Zone .

When I was twelve, my father took me to see a little film called Evil Under the Sun -- the last in a trio of tony Agatha Christie whodunit films that somewhat shaped the person I am today.

The fabulous Annie Potts , best known for her role in the TV show Designing Women , will be making her Broadway debut this fall in Yazmina Rezaa s Tony-winning comedy God of Carnage .

A comedy bonanza beckons in town this weekend: Torontonian Mike Wilmot, unarguably one of the funniest people in this or any other land on the planet, makes a rare club appearance at the Comedyworks tonight through Saturday; and New Yorker Dean Obeidallah is the hysterical headliner of the Arabs Gone Wild revue, Saturday at the GesA1 theatre.

Crank 2: High Voltage : This gleefully mindless action movie picks up where the first Crank left off.

From Disney comes Angela Lansbury and Roddy McDowall in the 1971 feature BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS and the animated PRINCESS ENCHANTED TALES: FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS .

McDowall is the only actor to appear in all five films, playing Cornelius in the first two and son Caesar in the final three.

Cult Classic: It's a sci-fi blast from the past at the Redford this weekend. 1968's 'Planet of the Apes' stars Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall in a drama about three astronauts who crash-land on a mysterious planet inhabited by talking apes.

Studio: 20th Century Fox Year: 1972 Cast: Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalban,Don Murray, Hari Rhodes,J. Lee Thompson Director: J. Lee Thompson Rating: PG for Run Time: 01h:36m:36s Genres: sci-fi While fans of the first three may not like this because of it's extremely dark nature, fans of the series understand the necessary progression.

Studio: 20th Century Fox Year: 1972 Cast: Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalban,Don Murray, Hari Rhodes,J. Lee Thompson Director: J. Lee Thompson Rating: PG for Run Time: 01h:36m:36s Genres: sci-fi While fans of the first three may not like this because of it's extremely dark nature, fans of the series understand the necessary progression.