Category Archives: Matinee at the Bijou

Cheeta The Chimp, RIP.

Posted on December 28, 2011 by jlmicek

Addenda: There’s now some debate over whether the chimp who expired over the Christmas holiday was the real Cheeta or even ever got near a Hollywood soundstage. The Miami New Times reports: <​To hear the story repeated from fine bastions … Continue reading →

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Holy Rosebuds! Welles’ “Citizen Kane” Oscar Sells For Nearly $1M.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by jlmicek

Yep. You read that right. The Academy Award that director Orson Welles won for his 1941 classic “Citizen Kane“ went for $861,542 at auction yesterday, The Wrap reports. The name of the winning bidder was not disclosed. But among the … Continue reading →

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New “Three Stooges” Trailer Released.

Posted on December 8, 2011 by jlmicek

I think I’ll stick with the original shorts.

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Producer Mike Kaplan’s Collection Of Vintage Movie Posters Goes On Exhibit.

Posted on December 2, 2011 by jlmicek

And there’s some corkers, including this terrific French poster for Audrey Hepburn in “Funny Face.” You can view the full slideshow here.

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“The Artist”: Remembering The Hollywood Of Old.

Posted on November 24, 2011 by jlmicek

It tells you everything you need to know … … about the state of contemporary cinema that filmmakers are looking back longingly at an era when Hollywood actually seemed to be in the business of making myths and not cynically … Continue reading →

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Dueling “Snow White” Trailers Hit The Web.

Posted on November 16, 2011 by jlmicek

So You May Not Have Heard … … but filmgoers are soon going to be treated to not one, but two, reimaginings of the classic Grimms’ fairy tale “Snow White.” One of them, “Mirror, Mirror” (with Julia Roberts as the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office And The Monday Must-Read.

Posted on November 14, 2011 by jlmicek

So You Know What Audiences Like? That’s right, you guessed it, movies about Greek gods and Adam Sandler in drag. Director Tarsem Singh’s “Immortals” with soon-to-be Superman Henry Cavil in the lead role as the mythic hero Theseus ruled the … Continue reading →

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The 10 Greatest Silent Movie Stars.

Posted on November 6, 2011 by jlmicek

Greta Garbo. Max Linder. Charlie Chaplin. They were as totemic in their time as Bogart, Gary Cooper and Katherine Hepburn would be to theirs. And a century after some of them took their first bows on screen, the names of … Continue reading →

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Grace Kelly Lives On The Silver Screen Again.

Posted on October 26, 2011 by jlmicek

Princess Grace of Monaco gets the “King’s Speech” treatment: The Guardian has the story: “But [the] upcoming film Grace of Monaco, which has just secured its $15m (£9.3m) funding, will focus on six months in 1962, when Charles de Gaulle … Continue reading →

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They Died With Their Boots On (USA, 1942)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by jlmicek

Name: They Died With Their Boots On Release Date: 1942 Writers: Wally Klein (screenplay), Aeneas MacKenzie (screenplay), Leonard Coffee (additional dialogue — uncredited) Director: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn: George Armstrong Custer Olivia de Havilland: Elizabeth Bacon Arthur Kennedy: Ned … Continue reading →

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