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Top Ten: Actors Snubbed by Oscar

15 January 2016 by Louise Leave a Comment

We’re now at the stage in the cinema calendar where the Oscar nominations have been announced and the films designed to bait the audience are being gushed over. Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in a Cold War thriller. Tick. Cate Blanchett in a 1950s lesbian love story. Tick…

Filed Under: Top 10 Tagged With: Academy Awards, Air Force One, All the President's Men, Calamity Jane, Cary Grant, Cher, Chicago, Deborah Kerr, Doris Day, Fatal Attraction, Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Internal Affairs, Jodie Foster, Leon, Love Me or Leave Me, Moonstruck, North by Northwest, Ordinary People, Oscars, Pillow Talk, Rear Window, Richard Gere, Robert Redford, Rock Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, The Fugitive, Thelma Ritter, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tommy Lee Jones, Witness, Working Girl

Top Ten: James Stewart Films

24 March 2013 by Louise 8 Comments

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series James Stewart Weekend

To round off my James Stewart celebration weekend here are my Top Ten films starring the great man himself. And one starring an invisible 6ft rabbit…

Filed Under: Top 10 Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcok, Anatomy of a Murder, Bernard Hermann, Cary Grant, Christmas films, Frank Capra, Grace Kelly, Harvey, It's A Wonderful Life, James Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, legal films, Mr Smith Goes To Washington, pooka, Rear Window, Rope, Shenandoah, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Philadelphia Story, Top Tens, Vertigo, Westerns

James Stewart – An Appreciation

23 March 2013 by Louise 2 Comments

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series James Stewart Weekend

Most of the films that I watch and rewatch on a regular basis are from the more modern era. The mid-70s to today, roughly the years that I have been alive. My DVD shelves are packed with movies from the past fifteen years. I’m a modern girl….

Filed Under: Other Features Tagged With: Academy Award Winner, Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Mann, Best Supporting Actor, Cary Grant, Destry Rides Again, George Bailey, Gregory Peck, It's A Wonderful Life, James Stewart, Jefferson Smith, Jim Carrey, Jodie Foster, Mr Smith Goes To Washington, Nicole Kidman, Rear Window, Rope, The Lamb, The Man From Laramie, The Philadelphia Story, The Shop Around The Corner, Vertigo, Winchester '73, You Can't Take It With You

Rear Window

20 October 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

As I’m sure you can guess I’m a huge film fan – otherwise this really wouldn’t be the website for me! Even so, I’ve always been aware of huge gaps in my movie watching history which I need to work on filling in. I’ve never seen Citizen Kane…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, box-sets, classics, costumes, Edith Head, Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Rear Window, The Birds, Thelma Ritter, thrillers