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“Malden’S One-shot Gem”

By Raymond Benson

It was a pleasant surprise to find the one motion picture directed by actor Karl Malden to be a riveting, well-acted military legal drama along the lines of The Caine Mutiny, but made at half the cost. Released in 1957, Time Limit was based on a Broadway play by Henry Denker and Ralph Berkey and is a story set mostly in one room. Like the same year’s 12 Angry Men, the movie features some fine known and up-and-coming actors in a talky, but engaging, conflict.

Richard Widmark (who also co-produced the film) stars as Army Colonel Bill Edwards, who must oversee an investigation into the actions of Major Henry Cargill (Richard Basehart) when he was a Pow during the Korean War. Cargill and eighteen other American soldiers were held captive in harsh conditions. Two men died, allegedly from dysentery, and Cargill ended up...

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This week sees the 40th anniversary of Woody Allen’s Annie Hall so a career overview for the brilliant humorist/director seems in order.

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Take the Money and Run originally had a different ending that was cut by editor Ralph Rosenblum. What was it?

Woody is killed in a bloody gun ambush. Woody becomes president. Woody appears to tear a hole in the movie screen and “escapes” into the theater.

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A deep-fried helping of Southern inhospitality in the movies.

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In Charles Laughton’s Night of the Hunter Robert Mitchum murders Shelly Winters and terrorizes her children. What is his chosen profession?

Preacher Traveling Salesman Detective Correct

Phony preachers and corrupt Christians were an ongoing theme in Southern Gothics.

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Based on Erskine Caldwell’s steamy Southern yarn and starring Robert Ryan, God’s Little Acre features...

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A quick look at the slinky sleight-of-hand involved in making movies about magic.

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In 1932’s Chandu The Magician, Edmund Lowe plays the titular wizard. What famous boogie man plays his adversary?

Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff Peter Lorre Correct

Lugosi is a lot of fun but the real star of this movie is director William Cameron Menzies whose distinctive visual style graces every scene.

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Get the feeling someone is looking over your shoulder? This quiz won’t help! This week we’re investigating the subtle (and not-so-subtle) art of spying in the movies.

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The plot of Hitchcock’s North by Northwest was suggested by this spy film.

The Man Who Never Was I Was Monty’s Double Odd Man Out Correct

Clifton Webb starred in Ronald Neame’s 1956 film...

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Stay strong, quiz-takers! Now, into the breach and get to answering these questions! Fortunately, it isn’t mandatory. Yet.

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Hitler was a big fan of Fritz Lang’s great science fiction film Metropolis. In what year does the film take place?

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Lang fled Germany in 1934 after Hitler’s rise.

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Charlton Heston blows up the world in Beneath The Planet of the Apes.

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Why do we play video games? To engross ourselves in a unique story, maybe play with some buddies, let off some steam, and for the most part relax, right?

But sometimes video game developers have their own weird agendas: sometimes it appears that they have an unexplained desire to punish us, to test the mettle of our fiber through frustrating gameplay that, were each game not so otherwise awesome, we might’ve just abandoned entirely. Yes, these 20 games are almost all classics of their respective eras, but each has brought just as much anguish and annoyance as they have joy to gamers.

Whether we’re talking about a ridiculously unfair restriction to artificially inflate the difficulty, being trolled by online players, certain types of missions we absolutely can’t stand or crass practices from video game publishers, these 20 gaming moments have had us flying into an impotent rage more than any others.

Martin Balsam: Oscar winner has ‘Summer Under the Stars’ Day on Turner Classic Movies Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner Martin Balsam (A Thousand Clowns) is Turner Classic Movies’ unusual (and welcome) "Summer Under the Stars" featured player today, August 27, 2013. Right now, TCM is showing Sidney Lumet’s The Anderson Tapes (1971), a box-office flop starring Sean Connery in his (just about) post-James Bond, pre-movie legend days. (Photo: Martin Balsam ca. early ’60s.) Next, is Joseph Sargent’s thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). Written by Peter Stone (Father Goose, Arabesque) from John Godey’s novel, the film revolves around the hijacking of a subway car in New York City. Passengers are held for ransom while police lieutenant Walter Matthau tries to handle the situation. Now considered a classic (just about every pre-1999 movie is considered a "classic" these days), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three was...

Impact Wrestling – Feb 15th 2012

Bobby Roode retained successfully at Against All Odds so he rightfully was the main focus of the show this week. Although you have to question why he made Christy introduce him twice, he must be a glutton for punishment. He also rightfully pointed out that it’s Sting’s own fault he is still champion. The “Insane Icon” didn’t like this and so hit the ring and put him in a No Dq, No Time Limit match against Jeff Hardy in the first match. Is anyone still drug testing Jeff? Only someone on drugs could devise such terrible entrances and face paint every week. Either way, they had a decent opening match which even had a few spots around the stage and ramp. Hardy was all over Roode for the majority, and only lost when Kurt Angle made a return and threw Jeff into the steps.

This latest episode of Ring Of Honor Wrestling was recorded from Loiusville, Kentucky, and right off the bat we get treated to a little sample of how Roh’s new show is slowly adding to its presentation style. We see commentators Nigel McGuinnes and Kevin Kelly on screen broadcasting together for the first time. It’s a nice touch, giving Roh a little more legitimacy as a contender in the broadcast stakes, and also charmingly reminiscent of Joey Style’s old backstage area in Ecw. There’s even a chain link fence in the background. They tell us that the show’s main event will be Jay Lethal’s first defence of his Television Championship against Mike Bennet. I have to say, its really cool that there is a title match each week, it gives it a real big fight feel every week.

In our first interview segments we are...

Fred Steiner, a veteran composer of television and movie scores has died at the age of 88. He had previously suffered a stroke and died at his home in Mexico of natural causes.

In addition to contributing to such films as Time Limit (1957), First to Fight (1967), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), and The Color Purple (1985), Steiner left a big mark on classic television shows. He wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Perry Mason, and The Bullwinkle Show.

Steiner also composed the music for dozens of episodes of TV shows like Have Gun – Will Travel, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Hogan's Heroes, Lost in Space, The Wild Wild West, Mannix, Hawaii 5-0, Dynasty, Rawhide, Tiny Toon Adventures, and many others.

As TrekMovie notes, Steiner left an indelible mark on the Star...

Lindsay Lohan -- No Time Limit for Rehab

Lindsay Lohan will definitely be in rehab at least until her court appearance later this month -- but how long she stays after that will probably be determined by the judge.

Sources tell us ... the plan is for Lindsay to stay in rehab at least until her October 22 court appearance before Judge Elden Fox. As for how much longer she stays ... we're told by the time of the hearing, Judge Fox will have docs from the doctors at Betty Ford, evaluating Lindsay's problems and progress.

If the judge determines Lindsay would be better served with rehab than jail, it's all but certain her stay will be extended.

As for the October 22 court appearance, Lindsay does not have to show, because in misdemeanor cases lawyers can appear on behalf of the client. But ... Judge Fox clearly thought Lindsay would be present since he...

This week on Nintendo DSiWare sees a whole host of games to surprise and delight. Show off your musical talents with your very own pocket guitar on Music on: Acoustic Guitar. Whether you’re an amateur or a pro, there are over 900 chords to keep you occupied. The search continues for the elusive Wally in his magical worlds with Where’s Wally? Travel Pack 3.

Also on Nintendo DSiWare, budding astronauts can explore the mysteries of outer space in Trailblaze: Puzzle Incinerator and test their talents with its mind-boggling missions. Another instalment in the popular series is also available to download – myNotebook: Tan, sure to satisfy even the most exacting of organisers. Doodle, sketch or keep tabs on important tasks, all at once.

On WiiWare this week there’s excitement aplenty in the watery depths of My Aquarium 2. Racers’ Island – Crazy Racers challenges players to become their very own TV personality,...

Being a true film buff himself, Martin Scorsese inspired cast and crew with a series of nighttime screenings of films that called forth the themes and styles used in "Shutter Island."

Some of the films are classics, some are obscure, but they're definitely worth a look to see what movies inspired the greatest living American director while making "Shutter Island" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Here's the list of films according to the movie's production notes:

Otto Preminger'S "Laura" -- How love can be the most dangerous thing to ever happened to a woman.

Jacques Tourneur'S "Out Of The Past" -- the film's tagline says "A Man - Trying to run away from his past... A Woman - Trying to escape her future!"

Edward Dmytryk'S "Crossfire" -- "Shutter Island's" paranoia theme involving DiCaprio's wartime hero mirrors this film's sentiments.

Nicholas Ray'S "On Dangerous Ground" -- this is...

In part two of Herb Shadrak's tribute to actor Richard Basehart, his Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea co-star David Hedison reflects on working with Basehart on the popular Irwin Allen TV series.

By Herb Shadrak

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Veteran actor David Hedison is best known for three roles: the ill-fated scientist Andre Delambre who switches heads with The Fly (1958), CIA agent Felix Leiter in two James Bond films – Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989) [in which he loses his leg to a shark] – and Captain Lee Crane, who, along with Admiral Harriman Nelson (Richard Basehart), commanded the high-tech submarine Seaview on the hit TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968), which the Boston Globe’s TV critic said was “like Star Trek with fish.” In this exclusive interview for Cinema Retro, Hedison recalls his admiration for Basehart and the highlights of working with him on the fondly remembered science-fiction action-adventure series.

Karl Malden, who vaulted to movie prominence by winning an Academy Award for best supporting actor in "A Streetcar Named Desire" but who is perhaps best known for his lead role on 1970s TV series "The Streets of San Francisco," died Wednesday of natural causes at home in Brentwood. He was 97.

With his craggy face and bulbous nose -- he liked to say he had "an open-hearth face" -- Malden didn't possess matinee-idol looks, but he projected a familiarity and a fire that made him identifiable as an average guy who could rise to the occasion. Audiences respected him for his down-to-earth, lunchpail style.

His collaborations with Marlon Brando and director Elia Kazan, both lifelong friends, resulted in his "Streetcar" Oscar for playing Brando's pal Mitch and a supporting actor nomination three years later for his portrayal of Father Barry, who counsels Brando's character to stand up to the dock racketeers in "On the Waterfront.

There's no need to focus all your attention on new releases, particularly not when spring is studded with enough fantastic repertory scheduling to fill your every evening. Here's a look at what's been planned in New York and L.A.

New York:

Anthology Film Archives

Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra returns to the Anthology Film Archives from Feb. 25-March 3 to present his latest film, "Birdsong," an atmospheric retelling of biblical Three Wise Men story with an eye towards the desert landscape they were traveling [pictured left], in addition to Mark Peranson's experimental making-of "Birdsong" doc, "Waiting for Sancho," which will show on Feb. 28 and March 1... On March 4, '60s underground filmmaker Jose Rodriguez Soltero will get a double feature of two newly restored prints of his 1965 exploration of narcissism, "Jerovi," and the 1966 celebration of Mexican Hollywood star Lupe Velez, "Lupe."... From March 5 through 15, one of America's finest character actors gets a retrospective...

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Richard Widmark, who won a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his first movie role in the 1947 gangster film "Kiss of Death," has died. He was 93.

Widmark's wife, Susan Blanchard, said the actor died Monday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. She would not provide details of his illness and said funeral arrangements are private.

Widmark, who often played heavies, received his Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a laughing psychopathic murderer who pushed a crippled old woman down a flight of stairs. Usually associated with villainous roles, he played another heavy in the film noir "Road House" the following year. Yet he made his mark as the cynical hero of Samuel Fuller's "Pickup on South Street" in 1953. His gritty persona also suited him well for Westerns, playing...