PARENTAL GUIDANCE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TwZJGmRcK6k/UOIMONJ9v3I/AAAAAAAAUSI/VLQeJphu9Zg/s1600/Parental-Guidance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TwZJGmRcK6k/UOIMONJ9v3I/AAAAAAAAUSI/VLQeJphu9Zg/s640/Parental-Guidance.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>year:</b> 2012 <b>cast:</b> Billy Crystal, Bette Midler <b>rating:</b> ***1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> Remember in CITY SLICKERS when Billy Crystal's character turned 39 and his parents call to leave an early morning birthday greeting… and they couldn’t be more out of touch? <br /> <br /> Well the tables have turned, and how those tables have changed… <br /> <br /> Billy Crystal is now a grandpa. He and wife Bette Midler have three grandkids from daughter Marisa Tomei, who raises her brood in an extra cautious, politically correct environment, revved up a few notches since her husband has designed a<i> state of the art</i> house protected by a virtual nanny, something straight out of THE JETSONS. Yet all this “high falutin” stuff serves only one purpose: to show how a sixty-something like Crystal, as Artie Decker, and Midler, as Diane, are completely lost in the new age. <br /> <br /> Some examples are: the oldest son plays on a baseball team where there are no outs and no winners. For Artie, a baseball sportscaster that just lost his job, this makes no sense. Other situations include the twelve-year-old daughter being forced to play violin without having a social life… But the biggest obstacle is the youngest son, who makes that china shop bull seem like a graceful swan.      <br /> <br /> The best scenes have Artie and Diane, finally free of being scrutinized by daughter Alice, taking on this new generation with old school practicality and bluntness. A surprisingly subdued Midler is more of a sidekick here, taking backseat to Crystal – this is really his vehicle. <br /> <br /> With a good heart, Artie does all the wrong things: from providing his grandkids a birthday cake (they’re progressive health nuts); taking the youngest to a skateboard park; and a crazy night at a classical music concert. With something disastrous around every corner, Crystal successfully wields his signature put-upon countenance on a noticeably aged face. <br /> <br /> Despite too much talky downtime towards the conclusion – each character discussing their lessons learned as if the audience wasn’t aware – this is a lightweight comedy that really hits the spot. <br /> <br /> Oh and there’s a pretty blatant message intact: the older it is, the better!

2012, bette midler, billy crystal, marisa tomei

PARENTAL GUIDANCE

year: 2012 cast: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler rating: ***1/2 Remember in CITY SLICKERS when Billy Crystal's character turned 39 an...

25 GREAT COMEDY FILM VILLAINS: ACTORS

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbwS9j58N24/UG3Pv9LTFOI/AAAAAAAAOGg/mHb3ra7fDc4/s1600/harvey+korman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="430" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbwS9j58N24/UG3Pv9LTFOI/AAAAAAAAOGg/mHb3ra7fDc4/s640/harvey+korman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1) HARVEY KORMAN (BLAZING SADDLES)</td></tr> </tbody></table> “Now go do… that voodoo… that you do… so well!” And no one has ever played a comedy villain as well as Korman in one of Mel Brook’s greatest films… Harvey’s Hedley Lamarr controls the screen with perpetual annoyance to everything and everyone under the sun… <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_erqaiCuPU/UG3KLiO_FSI/AAAAAAAAODY/xnTRH33cdjw/s1600/jackie+gleason.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="472" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_erqaiCuPU/UG3KLiO_FSI/AAAAAAAAODY/xnTRH33cdjw/s640/jackie+gleason.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2) JACKIE GLEASON (SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Perhaps the greatest crooked cop in the history of comedy cinema, Jackie Gleason stole the show away from Burt Reynolds and Sally Field, and by the third movie it was only Gleason and his dimwitted son (Mike Henry) – but let’s only center on the original where Jackie rules the road as Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Portague County…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hpwZcjJX8OU/UG3KV7KBYeI/AAAAAAAAODg/U6xlvmWdhTs/s1600/ted+knight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="374" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hpwZcjJX8OU/UG3KV7KBYeI/AAAAAAAAODg/U6xlvmWdhTs/s640/ted+knight.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3) TED KNIGHT (CADDYSHACK)</td></tr> </tbody></table> The world needs ditch diggers too… And as long as the rich stay rich and the poor remain caddies, the world of Judge Smails will stay in perfect order, even if Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) insists he "molests collies."<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XimoGBYHqVw/UG3KliFuGVI/AAAAAAAAODo/Wwhp_gdmIpg/s1600/tmb_5050_480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="346" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XimoGBYHqVw/UG3KliFuGVI/AAAAAAAAODo/Wwhp_gdmIpg/s640/tmb_5050_480.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4) JOHN VERNON (ANIMAL HOUSE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> No man could put a partying fraternity into “double secret probation” quite like Dean Wermer, played by John Vernon who, before this, was a heavy in serious films… And yet he plays it just as serious in this groundbreaking John Landis comedy…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0RNcBWgnkZI/UG3Kr0qe1nI/AAAAAAAAODw/MAxjCn8JYu8/s1600/alan+alda.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0RNcBWgnkZI/UG3Kr0qe1nI/AAAAAAAAODw/MAxjCn8JYu8/s640/alan+alda.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5) ALAN ALDA (CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Well half of this sublime Woody Allen classic is comedy, and in that half, Alan Alda, as know-it-all millionaire TV producer Lester (based on Norman Lear?), the polar opposite of Woody’s jealous documentary filmmaker, is the guy that just can’t lose…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WONpBHDiPMo/UG3Kx44L9pI/AAAAAAAAOD4/weLDamCLWc8/s1600/herbert+lom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="386" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WONpBHDiPMo/UG3Kx44L9pI/AAAAAAAAOD4/weLDamCLWc8/s640/herbert+lom.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6) HERBERT LOM (A SHOT IN THE DARK)</td></tr> </tbody></table> The recently departed Herbert Lom gave Peter Seller’s iconic Inspector Clouseau a run for his money… What wouldn’t those PINK PANTHER films be without the irritated police Chief Inspector Dreyfuss?<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-llBLunpcZrg/UG3K7MmxitI/AAAAAAAAOEA/KmWxQVczoHo/s1600/spaceballs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-llBLunpcZrg/UG3K7MmxitI/AAAAAAAAOEA/KmWxQVczoHo/s640/spaceballs.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7) RICK MORANIS (SPACEBALLS)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Dark Helmet is far more than just a parody of Darth Vader… Upon his opening line, “Colonel Sanders!” – you’ll forget all about satire and embrace the pint-sized villain as his own entity… <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYPK-ic0g64/UG3LRH_RPzI/AAAAAAAAOEI/jBY4UY9CzeQ/s1600/stripes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="448" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYPK-ic0g64/UG3LRH_RPzI/AAAAAAAAOEI/jBY4UY9CzeQ/s640/stripes.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8) WARREN OATES (STRIPES)</td></tr> </tbody></table> The loser troop’s boot camp big toe, Sgt. Hulka, orders his men in line: albeit a crooked line… Although John Larroquette is the real baddie, iconic actor Warren Oates keeps Bill Murray and Harold Ramis on their own toes... <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mScR6YNRbDE/UG3LaHVziqI/AAAAAAAAOEQ/DnUCi5nKAvg/s1600/duke+brothers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="356" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mScR6YNRbDE/UG3LaHVziqI/AAAAAAAAOEQ/DnUCi5nKAvg/s640/duke+brothers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9) RALPH BELLAMY AND DON AMECHE (TRADING PLACES)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Since they’re siblings, The Duke Brothers count as one… A single entity of racist monarchy and are likable somehow… Even after losing their money, a bright comeback awaits in the next John Landis/Eddie Murphy project, COMING TO AMERICA…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eqRFkxL90Mw/UG3LhfWoSGI/AAAAAAAAOEY/uYukj-4MqkY/s1600/george+furth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eqRFkxL90Mw/UG3LhfWoSGI/AAAAAAAAOEY/uYukj-4MqkY/s640/george+furth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10) GEORGE FURTH (THE CANNONBALL RUN)</td></tr> </tbody></table> You get the feeling all the actors in this epic road race are having a great ol’ time, that is, except character actor George Furth as party pooper Arthur J. Foyt, who works overtime for the death of all things fun… In other words, of the entire ensemble cast, he seems to be the only one that really needs to perform… <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMzesmbAPzc/UG3Lm1oC8XI/AAAAAAAAOEg/RUh2t7hb8QM/s1600/ted+mckinly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="508" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMzesmbAPzc/UG3Lm1oC8XI/AAAAAAAAOEg/RUh2t7hb8QM/s640/ted+mckinly.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">11) TED McGINLEY (REVENGE OF THE NERDS)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Okay, so he might have helped cause the downfall of several TV shows, thus becoming the grand patron of the Jump The Shark dot com site before TV Guide bought and destroyed it, but Ted was a premiere 1980’s villain in the classic nerd revenge picture…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dqvNHWdi--c/UG3LyD9_U_I/AAAAAAAAOEo/WvZIsBVmn18/s1600/biff+back+future.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="496" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dqvNHWdi--c/UG3LyD9_U_I/AAAAAAAAOEo/WvZIsBVmn18/s640/biff+back+future.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12) THOMAS F. WILSON (BACK TO THE FUTURE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Biff Tannan is the kind of bully that rules an epic science-fiction comedy… Although he’s downgraded to cartoon status in the awful sequels, his input in the fantastic original, in putting father and son through hell in a 1950’s small town, stops time in its tracks…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lD-L9D1V5w8/UG3L3m6vJcI/AAAAAAAAOEw/0TGXRhHQm8c/s1600/gary+cole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="388" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lD-L9D1V5w8/UG3L3m6vJcI/AAAAAAAAOEw/0TGXRhHQm8c/s640/gary+cole.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">13) GARY COLE (OFFICE SPACE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> “Hmmm, yeah,” drones Gary Cole’s Bill Lumbergh, the boss from hell… His presence makes the employees squirm and the audience anticipate his every word… <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd-DurCmBhU/UG3L8efH9yI/AAAAAAAAOE4/H8jJLPle_dQ/s1600/jack+warden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="350" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd-DurCmBhU/UG3L8efH9yI/AAAAAAAAOE4/H8jJLPle_dQ/s640/jack+warden.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">14) JACK WARDEN (USED CARS)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Playing one good brother, the other bad… The bad one, Roy L. Fuchs, lasts longer and has more input in this Robert Zemeckis/Steven Spielberg comedy... <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i1EOEngljwQ/UG3MCHmdtRI/AAAAAAAAOFA/sv-tgxHa2Dc/s1600/dabney+coleman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i1EOEngljwQ/UG3MCHmdtRI/AAAAAAAAOFA/sv-tgxHa2Dc/s640/dabney+coleman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15) DABNEY COLEMAN (TOOTSIE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> No one played a womanizing 1980’s jerk better than Dabney Coleman… While his chauvinist, groping boss in 9 TO 5 is the main antagonist, his side role as the philandering director in TOOTSIE gets the vote – because it’s a far better movie…  <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eCpCBaVFwJc/UG3MHm47WEI/AAAAAAAAOFI/UNib0VSF3tc/s1600/mark+metcalf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eCpCBaVFwJc/UG3MHm47WEI/AAAAAAAAOFI/UNib0VSF3tc/s640/mark+metcalf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">16) MARK METCALF (ONE CRAZY SUMMER)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Sure we could mention his screaming ROTC drill sergeant Doug Neidermeyer in ANIMAL HOUSE, a character that inspired the famous “What do you wanna do with your life?” spouting Twisted Sister video teacher, but why not give Mark top-villain status for this Savage Steve Holland follow-up to BETTER OFF DEAD starring John Cusack… Metcalf’s Aguilla Beckersted is so wicked he even punts a pooch…   <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NealkIYHQq4/UG3MQQv9htI/AAAAAAAAOFQ/kcIW1H45Cwc/s1600/wallace+shawn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NealkIYHQq4/UG3MQQv9htI/AAAAAAAAOFQ/kcIW1H45Cwc/s640/wallace+shawn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">17) WALLACE SHAWN (THE PRINCESS BRIDE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> There are a few villains to choose from in this Rob Reiner directed cult classic about a, uh, Princess Bride… But Wallace Shawn’s conniving kidnapper Vizzini beats 'em all... <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0nDc4dU8bvo/UG3MXasGLyI/AAAAAAAAOFY/rRkCRBQtd9s/s1600/john+quade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="334" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0nDc4dU8bvo/UG3MXasGLyI/AAAAAAAAOFY/rRkCRBQtd9s/s640/john+quade.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">18) JOHN QUADE (EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Cholla is the leader of the Black Widows, a clumsy biker gang ruling the boulevard… But not when Clyde the orangutan stops Cholla with his “Right hook!” <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zNmc_6sHpbk/UG3MfP6-zBI/AAAAAAAAOFg/iKfw1SK-Tyc/s1600/blues+brothers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="454" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zNmc_6sHpbk/UG3MfP6-zBI/AAAAAAAAOFg/iKfw1SK-Tyc/s640/blues+brothers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">19) HENRY GIBSON (THE BLUES BROTHERS)</td></tr> </tbody></table> What would a villain list be without a Nazi? Comic icon Henry Gibson plays the leader of the Chicago Nazi Party with wry demented energy…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QTaq4uul5nY/UG3Mkg1ZvLI/AAAAAAAAOFo/0FH2yBQZsFQ/s1600/richard+tyson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="464" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QTaq4uul5nY/UG3Mkg1ZvLI/AAAAAAAAOFo/0FH2yBQZsFQ/s640/richard+tyson.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">20) RICHARD TYSON (KINDERGARTEN COP)</td></tr> </tbody></table> We should mention his greatness as the tyrannical bully in THREE O’CLOCK HIGH… but the lethal mama’s boy Cullen Crisp in KINGERGARTEN COP is so violent and formidable, he turns a comedy into a suspenseful action flick… <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pYJTtaRiP9A/UG3Mr33CM1I/AAAAAAAAOFw/K7zNZxQgxnk/s1600/jonathan+banks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="362" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pYJTtaRiP9A/UG3Mr33CM1I/AAAAAAAAOFw/K7zNZxQgxnk/s640/jonathan+banks.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">21) JONATHAN BANKS (BEVERLY HILLS COP)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Since this third Eddie Murphy blockbuster mixes action and dramatic suspense along with plenty of laughs, perhaps Jonathan’s sleepy eyed killer, Zack, working for Steven Berkoff, shouldn’t count – but Banks deserves credit… His character gets the ball rolling and eventually winds up with food on his face… <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pMF-_r5ZrPw/UG3MxnzJVfI/AAAAAAAAOF4/m4dl0J16v1o/s1600/danny+devito.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pMF-_r5ZrPw/UG3MxnzJVfI/AAAAAAAAOF4/m4dl0J16v1o/s640/danny+devito.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">22) DANNY DeVITO (RUTHLESS PEOPLE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Known as the antagonizing Louie DePalma on the sitcom TAXI, Danny DeVito brings delicious villainy to the big screen as spandex mogul Sam Stone as he ignores his obnoxious wife’s kidnapping in order to land her millions…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5RQRdbA308I/UG3M4SnmbCI/AAAAAAAAOGA/LDI5ykvoe8A/s1600/pee+wee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5RQRdbA308I/UG3M4SnmbCI/AAAAAAAAOGA/LDI5ykvoe8A/s640/pee+wee.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">23) MARK HOLTON (PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Francis is the spoiled fat kid who gets everything he wants, even what isn’t his i.e. the most important object in the world for Pee Wee Herman…Years later Mark would play serial killer John Wayne GACY with the same expression shown above... <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOBA-3KLCfs/UG3Nz8eRpSI/AAAAAAAAOGY/Y2Zcj7I0xWQ/s1600/christmas2-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="344" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOBA-3KLCfs/UG3Nz8eRpSI/AAAAAAAAOGY/Y2Zcj7I0xWQ/s640/christmas2-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24) ZACK WARD AND YANO ANAYA (A CHRISTMAS STORY)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Like we did the Duke Brothers, both bullies count as one… Scut Farkas and Grover Dill are two bad little dudes and epitomize a youngster’s rough memories of youth…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7DUpjiodYvM/UG36D0f1jWI/AAAAAAAAOJw/p9tiMcwdRd4/s1600/betterdead1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7DUpjiodYvM/UG36D0f1jWI/AAAAAAAAOJw/p9tiMcwdRd4/s640/betterdead1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">25) DEMIAN SLADE (BETTER OFF DEAD)</td></tr> </tbody></table> You might not know him by name, but he’s the bicycling paper boy that wants John Cusack to pay “Two dollars!” and he won’t back down till the very end…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8HGaINrdDHs/UG36PAjnkAI/AAAAAAAAOJ4/DK872CkeAck/s1600/two-dollars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="334" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8HGaINrdDHs/UG36PAjnkAI/AAAAAAAAOJ4/DK872CkeAck/s640/two-dollars.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YANO ANAYA from A CHRISTMAS STORY plays one of Slade's minions</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A7cCR605m2w/UG3NGEa_uvI/AAAAAAAAOGQ/RRQYhm7XnUo/s1600/better+dead2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A7cCR605m2w/UG3NGEa_uvI/AAAAAAAAOGQ/RRQYhm7XnUo/s640/better+dead2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">COMEDY FILM VILLAIN LIST BY JAMES M. 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25 GREAT COMEDY FILM VILLAINS: ACTORS

1) HARVEY KORMAN (BLAZING SADDLES) “Now go do… that voodoo… that you do… so well!” And no one has ever played a comedy villain as well a...

JENNIFER SALT ON SISTERS WITH CHARLES DURNING

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GEdFQ4bnajU/UNo7sD3KDBI/AAAAAAAAUOI/XjRRKOmqeYM/s1600/CHARLES+DURNING+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="336" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GEdFQ4bnajU/UNo7sD3KDBI/AAAAAAAAUOI/XjRRKOmqeYM/s640/CHARLES+DURNING+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Salt and Charles Durning in SISTERS</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: white;"><b>You and Charles Durning investigate Margot Kidder's apartment in Brian De Palma's SISTERS... What was it like working with Charles Durning?  </b></span><br /> <br /> Charles was truly fun to work with. He was such a funny guy. How he got anything done is a miracle to me. We worked a great deal together in SISTERS and other projects, and I still think he and I had a great time during those days. We actually became good friends after that.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKTbg1aABjM/UNo7xzK1seI/AAAAAAAAUOQ/s6dYFXJViZk/s1600/CHARLES+DURNING+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKTbg1aABjM/UNo7xzK1seI/AAAAAAAAUOQ/s6dYFXJViZk/s640/CHARLES+DURNING+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Salt as Grace Collier</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: white;"><b>Your character, Grace Collier, is a journalist who witnesses... or thinks he may have witnessed... a murder and she stops at nothing to prove it...  And the strength and independence of your character was very ahead of its time being that she is a strong and confident woman in a so-called <i>man’s world</i>...  </b></span><br /> <br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><b>So who did you draw from, or, what woman or women in your life inspired you when preparing for this role? </b></span><br /> <br /> The character development for “Grace Collier” came partially from myself and partially from Margot and Brian. Basically Brian was trying to get more confidence and determination built into my interpretation of Grace.<br /> <br /> Brian once said, "Try being a total bitch here and see if that works." Well it worked I guess. But no it wasn't based on anyone I knew of. I figured I could pull off being a bitch if I wanted to.<br /> <br /> I once told Brian "Try holding off till I'm having my period then I'll be as big of a bitch as you want me to be. It will be easy." <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c3ddPIxwRzg/UNo-Z3WLhMI/AAAAAAAAUPM/hIZtbpD-iUI/s1600/charles+durning+99.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="362" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c3ddPIxwRzg/UNo-Z3WLhMI/AAAAAAAAUPM/hIZtbpD-iUI/s640/charles+durning+99.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Durning fulfilling the bizarre ending of SISTERS</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: white;"><b>The ending of SISTERS baffles the mind... Charles Durning on the telephone line watching a couch and a cow, it's so random and odd... What's with this?</b></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> I remember when I saw the film for the first time thinking "WTH kind of rip-off ending is this anyway?" I don't understand it either. If you find out, let me know :)<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e2oHogAnDg8/UNo7yjSjpoI/AAAAAAAAUOY/CZTg0I5x7lQ/s1600/CHARLES+DURNING+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="364" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e2oHogAnDg8/UNo7yjSjpoI/AAAAAAAAUOY/CZTg0I5x7lQ/s640/CHARLES+DURNING+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">REST IN PEACE CHARLES DURNING</td></tr> </tbody></table>

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JENNIFER SALT ON SISTERS WITH CHARLES DURNING

Jennifer Salt and Charles Durning in SISTERS You and Charles Durning investigate Margot Kidder's apartment in Brian De Palma's S...

COME HERE, YOU... MERRY CHRISTMAS

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78aizOoTTXU/UNjsCWD5qfI/AAAAAAAAULg/QVY1oxzBu0Y/s1600/deniro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="376" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78aizOoTTXU/UNjsCWD5qfI/AAAAAAAAULg/QVY1oxzBu0Y/s640/deniro.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Robert De Niro at the post-heist Christmas party</span></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">"Hey, come here, you..." Merry Christmas... Don't buy a new car or fur coat...</span></b> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CdL6XOvEUDc/UNjJWrb9MJI/AAAAAAAAUK8/CcfPSXYe5w8/s1600/goodfellas+xmas+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CdL6XOvEUDc/UNjJWrb9MJI/AAAAAAAAUK8/CcfPSXYe5w8/s640/goodfellas+xmas+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah</span></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">But you can have the best tree on the lot... Because you <u>flocking</u> deserve it...</span></b></div>

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COME HERE, YOU... MERRY CHRISTMAS

Robert De Niro at the post-heist Christmas party "Hey, come here, you..." Merry Christmas... Don't buy a new car or fur c...

A CHRISTMAS EVE TOAST TO THE LATE JACK KLUGMAN

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wbTDWoVfuFc/UNkJQPbaDjI/AAAAAAAAUME/_qn0vlKnat0/s1600/quincy+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wbTDWoVfuFc/UNkJQPbaDjI/AAAAAAAAUME/_qn0vlKnat0/s640/quincy+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack Klugman with a beautiful lady on QUINCY, M.E.</td></tr> </tbody></table> It's Christmas Eve, and not entirely merry... A great actor has passed away.<br /> <br /> JACK KLUGMAN is best known as the sloppy Oscar Madison from the TV series THE ODD COUPLE polar opposite Tony Randall.<br /> <br /> He starred in several classic TWILIGHT ZONE episodes including (and especially) A GAME OF POOL with Jonathan Winters and on the big screen he sat on the jury of 12 ANGRY MEN.  <br /> <br /> But today our memoriam will center on the crime series QUINCY, M.E. where Klugman chews scenery as the title character, a coroner who fights crimes. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zW85A7W5TYw/UNkONEeaNLI/AAAAAAAAUNk/e-ahCk3lKWI/s1600/pool+klugman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zW85A7W5TYw/UNkONEeaNLI/AAAAAAAAUNk/e-ahCk3lKWI/s640/pool+klugman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">REST IN PEACE THE LATE GREAT JACK KLUGMAN</td></tr> </tbody></table>

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A CHRISTMAS EVE TOAST TO THE LATE JACK KLUGMAN

Jack Klugman with a beautiful lady on QUINCY, M.E. It's Christmas Eve, and not entirely merry... A great actor has passed away. JA...

OLIVIA BARASH AS SYLVIA ON LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--5WxUuC2ReE/UBaEQcR3puI/AAAAAAAAJuQ/6LCibIFhNr0/s1600/215119_10150545503045594_5690768_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="344" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--5WxUuC2ReE/UBaEQcR3puI/AAAAAAAAJuQ/6LCibIFhNr0/s640/215119_10150545503045594_5690768_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1981 cast: Olivia Barash, Matthew Laborteaux, Michael Landon, Royal Dano rating: ****1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> Don’t let the flowery title fool you: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE can be intense, gruesome, and downright creepy: and this two-part episode, named after the title character… a young girl who’s raped by a mysterious man wearing a clown mask… epitomizes all this – in droves.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2VQbkluuNbo/Ut4ZEClKvBI/AAAAAAAAciw/S6oJUpFu2PY/s1600/mimerapelittlehouse-568x337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2VQbkluuNbo/Ut4ZEClKvBI/AAAAAAAAciw/S6oJUpFu2PY/s1600/mimerapelittlehouse-568x337.jpg" width="147" /></a></div> Olivia Barash, as “Sylvia,” a sweet pre-teen exuding a haunting, docile innocence, has “blossomed” early – causing the locals, including bad boy Willie Oleson and good boy Albert Ingalls, to take interest. <br /> <br /> Her father, played by veteran actor Royal Dano, blames her for the chaste curiosity and impending sexual assault: the latter a harrowing (though implied) scene mirroring theatrical early-eighties horror films, but being in a kid-friendly TV show, it’s that much more shocking. <br /> <br /> A sweet-natured love story between Sylvia and Albert plays within an ominous, foreboding backdrop... Although we never know the rapist’s identity till later, there’s a good chance it’s blacksmith Richard Jaekal, no stranger to dramatic villain roles.<br /> <br /> For Michael Landon, who wrote and directed the episode, SYLVIA is a risqué feature film in itself, sublimely balancing old-fashion romance with calculating terror. But it’s child-actress Olivia Barash (who’d grow up to star in racy cult flicks REPO MAN and PATTY HEARST) that really makes it work, brandishing every possible emotion within a two-hour frame.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dXhjBaEUAzA/UQ4L6jphS8I/AAAAAAAAV6s/zn_nB9rWCvM/s1600/217055_10150545503005594_978921_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="438" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dXhjBaEUAzA/UQ4L6jphS8I/AAAAAAAAV6s/zn_nB9rWCvM/s640/217055_10150545503005594_978921_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interview Selection with actress OLIVIA BARASH</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUHIs9BeqeQ/VEV-VFvkSXI/AAAAAAAAkNU/xI3tpVP76KI/s1600/ob3_Small_.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUHIs9BeqeQ/VEV-VFvkSXI/AAAAAAAAkNU/xI3tpVP76KI/s1600/ob3_Small_.JPG" /></a></div> <b>Was it difficult filming such intense subjects at a young age?</b><br /> <br /> Nothing on that set was difficult because Michael Landon was directing. One of the best directors I’ve ever worked with. He would emote me by crying behind the camera in the rehearsals as well as the shooting of the intense scenes.<br /> <br /> That particular cast of actors was amazing to work with! From Matthew Laborteaux, to Royal Dano, who played my abusive father, to Richard Jaeckel who played the rapist. All, highly professional, veterans and genuinely good people.<br /> <br /> <b>How did you play the death bed scene? </b><br /> <br /> I put myself<i> in</i> Sylvia’s heart. I believed in that moment that I wanted to marry Albert more than anything else. I also just recalled the emotion that Matthew Laborteaux put forth for and with me in that scene. It was so hard not to cry after my character died, when Albert layed his head on me, sobbing.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tBGzXXWwCTI/UQ4M-UKZo5I/AAAAAAAAV64/NYXqqsaXrdk/s1600/katy+kurtzman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="452" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tBGzXXWwCTI/UQ4M-UKZo5I/AAAAAAAAV64/NYXqqsaXrdk/s640/katy+kurtzman.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">title: LITTLE HOUSE: THE MUSIC BOX year: 1977 cast: Melissa Gilbert, Katy Kurtzman rating: ***1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> In a standout episode of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, that infamous rich bitch Nellie Oleson has a music box and poor little Laura Ingalls really, really wants it. It’s that simple? You wish!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-my5jC7-P85A/VEV8Sj-Cy1I/AAAAAAAAkM0/YoSzumY8cfs/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-my5jC7-P85A/VEV8Sj-Cy1I/AAAAAAAAkM0/YoSzumY8cfs/s1600/1.jpg" width="228" /></a></div> Laura, after swiping the box from Nellie’s bedroom during a private club meeting, hides it in her barn. And whenever needing a “fix,” she goes inside and listens to the chiming, metronomic tune that, after hearing it a dozen times, might drive you crazy. It sure does Laura… as the tune permeates into surreal, creepy, guilt-driven nightmares connecting herself to what looks like the Salem Witch Trials. <br /> <br /> The standout guest star is Katy Kurtzman, who in the next season would play a young Caroline Ingalls… Here she’s a sweet stuttering prairie girl named Annie who Nellie keeps from joining her club because… she’s just not normal enough, in Nellie's estimation, to belong.<br /> <br /> During one scene Nellie recites an impromptu poem that seems written by Mohammed Ali: “A chicken can squawk and a butterfly can flutter… But Anna can’t talk… All she can do is stutter!”<br /> <br /> This (and other classic Bad Nellie moments) makes for a classic episode: Especially after "The Prairie Bitch" Nellie catches Laura with the Music box and blackmails her into a form of mental slavery. And as Laura conceals the truth, she breaks poor Anna’s heart... All leading to a climactic emotional scene that proves Katy Kurtzman, who stutters and cries at the same time, was one talented child actress.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFdYMYeRQ70/UHtRYcVV7UI/AAAAAAAAOh8/i8u6duX4T-c/s1600/200576_431875170196521_601748243_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFdYMYeRQ70/UHtRYcVV7UI/AAAAAAAAOh8/i8u6duX4T-c/s640/200576_431875170196521_601748243_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">title: CHILD OF GLASS year: 1978 cast: Steve Sims, Katy Kurtzman, Olivia Barash rating: ***1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> While it's perplexed adults for centuries, the children in Disney films seem to have grasped the Meaning of Life… at least in their eyes: When something needs discovering, discover it!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HSnrI-9EbDw/VEV8arZCxBI/AAAAAAAAkM8/lERIyNnn8Ak/s1600/2_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HSnrI-9EbDw/VEV8arZCxBI/AAAAAAAAkM8/lERIyNnn8Ak/s1600/2_.jpg" width="220" /></a></div> In this made for TV movie, a family moves into an antebellum mansion once owned by a river pirate. The mother and father are about as important as those mushmouthed teachers in Peanuts cartoons – this is all about the curious son Alexander, played by the late Steve Shaw, who meets the niece of a local palm reader.<br /> <br /> And as the young adventurous "Blossom Culp," Katy Kurtzman creates a memorably quirky tomboy: Donning glasses and dressed like a traveling orphan, she determinedly riles Alexander into seeking the truth behind the mansion's history. But he gets the prime directive on his own with the help of a blue-hued ghost.<br /> <br /> The daughter of the mansion’s former owner, “Inez Dumaine” died mysteriously and, to acquire eternal rest, provides a riddle that desperately needs solving. Cult actress Olivia Barash, as the lovely little wraith holding a fluffy dog, makes sporadic yet important appearances, and at one point turns human for a heartfelt slow dance during a party, later providing a dog/cat chase to add some lightweight hijinx to the underlying spooky vibe… especially with the dependably villanious Anthony Zerbe on board. But even with the suspenseful chills, it's a great movie for kids, especially creative ones. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T2eGwLAqIk0" width="640"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=jamtaci-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00069FKZU&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>

eighties, michael landon, olivia barash, richard jaekal, romance, royal dano, suspense, tv movie

OLIVIA BARASH AS SYLVIA ON LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

year: 1981 cast: Olivia Barash, Matthew Laborteaux, Michael Landon, Royal Dano rating: ****1/2 Don’t let the flowery title fool you: LIT...

THE COYOTE SEEN FROM THE TRAIN IN GIANT

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gsS184yejgo/UNfWvUGKgjI/AAAAAAAAUIw/bo2oiwVIjpo/s1600/coyote+giant+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gsS184yejgo/UNfWvUGKgjI/AAAAAAAAUIw/bo2oiwVIjpo/s640/coyote+giant+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>"What's that, a wolf?"</b></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>GIANT is best remembered for the sprawling Texas countryside... Or even the untimely tragic death of actor James Dean...</b></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b><br /></b></span></span> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>But who remembers the coyote, initially mistaken by starry-eyed newlywed Elizabeth Taylor as a wolf?</b></span></span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EQfHBaAZjwY/UNfW0DrchII/AAAAAAAAUI4/Zvvs4lj-9lE/s1600/coyote+giant+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="390" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EQfHBaAZjwY/UNfW0DrchII/AAAAAAAAUI4/Zvvs4lj-9lE/s640/coyote+giant+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson honeymooning</b></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5wE1fpPWCpc/UNfaCgrCf7I/AAAAAAAAUJs/vMOyGVaufi0/s1600/photo-41.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="346" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5wE1fpPWCpc/UNfaCgrCf7I/AAAAAAAAUJs/vMOyGVaufi0/s640/photo-41.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>"Ready for my closeup, Mr. Stevens..."</b></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>It's a very quick shot of a lurking coyote seen from a moving train, but one that always resonates: embodying the mystery awaiting the East Coast girl into a new home...</b></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b><br /></b></span></span> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Where there's an employee with the mannerisms of a scruffy coyote...</b></span></span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-om1s7QA4-IE/UNf70ooT0RI/AAAAAAAAUKQ/S64J71NCsdI/s1600/dean+giant+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-om1s7QA4-IE/UNf70ooT0RI/AAAAAAAAUKQ/S64J71NCsdI/s640/dean+giant+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Two-Disc-Special-Edition-Elizabeth-Taylor/dp/B0007US7FI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356322658&sr=8-1&keywords=giant+james+dean">BUY GIANT (JAMES DEAN'S LAST ROLE) ON AMAZON</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>

elizabeth taylor, fifties, james dean, rock hudson

THE COYOTE SEEN FROM THE TRAIN IN GIANT

"What's that, a wolf?" GIANT is best remembered for the sprawling Texas countryside... Or even the untimely tragic death o...

JMT FILM INSTITUTE: 10 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RzqihEsUTqU/UDMgHm3AlYI/AAAAAAAALrA/nVH8uPscxMM/s1600/MichaelEinde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="372" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RzqihEsUTqU/UDMgHm3AlYI/AAAAAAAALrA/nVH8uPscxMM/s640/MichaelEinde.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1) THE GODFATHER PART II (FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Two time periods covered in a single motion picture… A sequel that exceeds the original when the original is a classic… Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino… The Black Hand and Vito Corleone walking the same direction toward a very different fate… John Cazale telling Al Pacino he’s not dumb, he’s smart… How Richard Bright pronounces “Buenos Aires”… When Joe Spinell says, "The family had a lot of buffers".... Lee Strasberg proves he can practice what he teaches...   </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iJvjR6EmJoQ/UDMfoJ9oPGI/AAAAAAAALpw/d6RB6mQyDHM/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iJvjR6EmJoQ/UDMfoJ9oPGI/AAAAAAAALpw/d6RB6mQyDHM/s640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2) THE GODFATHER (FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The slow pan on Al Pacino as he turns from passive little brother into calculating mobster… Al finds the gun in the latrine as the train shakes the building’s foundation, providing a suspenseful score without music… Marlon Brando becomes an aging old crime boss, more human than hateful, more loving than evil… James Caan, Robert Duvall, John Cazale… And don't forget the cannoli...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GPZIx_WTp-0/UDMftH9nj-I/AAAAAAAALqI/55wDi68aVuc/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GPZIx_WTp-0/UDMftH9nj-I/AAAAAAAALqI/55wDi68aVuc/s640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3) GOODFELLAS (MARTIN SCORSESE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Joe Pesci ain't your clown – and don’t remind him he shined shoes… Ray Liotta’s sharp narration as Henry Hill, telling a tale that, in the two-and-a-half running time, has so many twists and turns the entire thing seems like separately intense, and often darkly humorous, vignettes… Monkey Man, Gimme Shelter, Sunshine of Your Love, the second half of Layla… Morrie’s wig commercial… Lorraine Bracco’s narration as Henry’s wife, not just a token female but an important part of the proceedings: it’s her story too… Martin Scorsese’s peak as a director, gliding the camera like no one else can do, or has done, or will ever do again…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zMLuQpPyNgg/UDMfwg_fb_I/AAAAAAAALq4/ZOWegiCdVGM/s1600/bull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="370" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zMLuQpPyNgg/UDMfwg_fb_I/AAAAAAAALq4/ZOWegiCdVGM/s640/bull.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4) RAGING BULL (MARTIN SCORSESE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Robert DeNiro with the tight muscular build of a middleweight boxer… Then with a belly and double chin… Flashbulbs pop during boxing scenes… Joe Pesci with a looser, fouler mouth than Tommy in GOODFELLAS… Cathy Moriarty at the public swimming pool… Bare knuckles bleeding on a brick prison wall…      </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zA6iaMjBPlA/UDMfthSZToI/AAAAAAAALqQ/LQzXjhdgowg/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zA6iaMjBPlA/UDMfthSZToI/AAAAAAAALqQ/LQzXjhdgowg/s640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5) CITIZEN KANE (ORSON WELLES)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> A twenty-five year old kid transforms into a bitter old man… A twenty-five year old kid pissing off a real life mogul that could, and would, hinder a promising career… Dorothy Comingore playing chess in a room with a giant fireplace… Stock footage bats from SON OF KONG… Joseph Cotten in a wheelchair… Everett Sloane remembering that timeless woman in the white dress…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H3u2i_oRteo/UDMfucb1YWI/AAAAAAAALqY/ssjzmG8dM5s/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H3u2i_oRteo/UDMfucb1YWI/AAAAAAAALqY/ssjzmG8dM5s/s640/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6) IN COLD BLOOD (RICHARD BROOKS)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The meticulous routine of two criminals, and a passive small town family, connected as one living/breathing creature… Not showing the murders till later on… Rain shadows as tears on Robert Blake’s face… Scott Wilson, Scott Wilson, Scott Wilson…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i2HPOT8CQ_U/UDQiUavNKcI/AAAAAAAAL0k/ybblHOa7RLM/s1600/touch_of_evil_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="348" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i2HPOT8CQ_U/UDQiUavNKcI/AAAAAAAAL0k/ybblHOa7RLM/s640/touch_of_evil_4.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7) TOUCH OF EVIL (ORSON WELLES)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Despite the "Charlton Heston as a Mexican" becoming a pop culture punchline, this is the legendary actor's most subdued and genuine performance... Up against director Orson Welles as a crooked cop epitomizing Film Noir villainy... The three-and-a-half minute opening shot without a single cut... Akim Tamiroff's bulging eyes... Janet Leigh trapped in a rural motel, the first time... Marlene Dietrich's voice... Joanna Moore's figure... Joseph Cotten's cameo... Joseph Calleia's loyalty... And don't forget the shadows, oh those amazing shadows...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iHm5mPvXdC0/UDMfvmJMgqI/AAAAAAAALqo/BXvj2Wbi_x8/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iHm5mPvXdC0/UDMfvmJMgqI/AAAAAAAALqo/BXvj2Wbi_x8/s640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8) CHINATOWN (ROMAN POLANSKI)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Only the hidden things matter… Jack Nicholson knows nothing… Faye Dunaway knows everything – how she hides it from both Jack and the audience is the key… John Huston eats fish with eyes…Burt Young eats venetian blinds… </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGNe1-UHJyc/UDMfwC0pgJI/AAAAAAAALqw/QwtJj-jJhrk/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="326" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uGNe1-UHJyc/UDMfwC0pgJI/AAAAAAAALqw/QwtJj-jJhrk/s640/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9) JAWS (STEVEN SPIELBERG)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The camera is the shark long enough so the fake looking beast means nothing… Robert Shaw recalling the S.S. Indianapolis – tapping his mug on the table… Roy and Richard kicking home... Spielberg’s camera maneuvers in a viewer-friendly fashion that big budget blockbusters still attempt to this day… Duh Dum, Duh Dum…  </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V5U__8QrdT0/UDMfsQp96aI/AAAAAAAALqA/ERA5YSiW9CU/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V5U__8QrdT0/UDMfsQp96aI/AAAAAAAALqA/ERA5YSiW9CU/s640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (DAVID LEAN)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Peter O’Toole admits he enjoyed killing the man he had saved… Peter O’Toole saving the man he then has to kill… The match flame becomes a burning desert sun… A desert mirage becomes a man with a gun…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NM91stX0x5c/UDQjDhLj9QI/AAAAAAAAL0s/Gq01TWL90mM/s1600/op6dd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="292" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NM91stX0x5c/UDQjDhLj9QI/AAAAAAAAL0s/Gq01TWL90mM/s640/op6dd.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10 GREATEST MOVIES LIST BY JAMES M. TATE</td></tr> </tbody></table>

al pacino, marlon brando, orson welles, robert deniro, seventies, sixties

JMT FILM INSTITUTE: 10 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

1) THE GODFATHER PART II (FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA) Two time periods covered in a single motion picture… A sequel that exceeds the origin...