Recalling “The 50 Worst Films of all Time”
By Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss. Somewhere in the piles or boxes of books around here I have a dog eared copy of The Golden Turkey Book Awards. I remember […]
Fielding a Championship Team
Like any sport there’s always a movie out there from the past or even one in current production built around it because sports movies offer up plenty of drama and […]
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Brainey Baxter, Oxford Charlie, Sam the Surgeon, Straight Flush Tony, Moose Moran and The Lemon Drop Kid. Names like these are music to my ears when watching a Damon Runyon […]
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Director George Marshall directed films ranging from classics like Destry Rides Again to The Blue Dahlia to The Railroad segment of How The West Was Won would end his movie […]
The Deadly Bees (1966)
Known more for their anthology films like Vault of Horror and The House That Dripped Blood, Amicus Films produced this feature length terror directed by genre stalwart, Freddie Francis. At […]
Now Playing July 1st 1967 on Canada’s 100th Birthday
Talk about a celebration! Not only was my beloved Canada celebrating it’s 100th year but theaters in Toronto, Ontario had an amazing line up of movies for everyone to choose […]
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Long before producer Gary Marshall put Robin Williams squarely in front of television audiences as that alien from another planet paying us a visit in a weekly sitcom, comedic legend […]
Destry (1954)
If Alfred Hitchcock can famously remake his own The Man Who Knew Too Much than what’s to prevent Raoul Walsh from redoing High Sierra as a western called Colorado Territory […]
Now Playing February 15th, 1952
Looking through this newspaper once again has me wishing time travel was possible. Not only to see the amazing collection of films playing in Toronto theaters but to con my […]
Out Shopping Today…… For Movie Posters!
Today was a day to indulge in seeing if I could afford to add a few titles to the vault here at Mike’s Take. While I did score a trio […]
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
This Frank Tashlin script starring Lucille Ball can best be described in a couple ways. Firstly it’s like a Jerry Lewis movie minus Jerry in the lead role. I say […]
Gone With the Pope (1976/2010)
Horror film buff that I was growing up when it came to the classic monster movies and the actors that populated them, I knew of the film called Bela Lugosi Meets […]
Jerry Lewis Posters Keep Us Smiling
Upon hearing today of Jerry’s passing, I felt it appropriate to reach back and repost this earlier tribute I had done to spotlight the posters of Jerry Lewis movies. With […]
The King of Comedy (1982)
“Better to be King for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Just when you think you know which Martin Scorsese film is his greatest, you’re reminded of another and […]
Bank Shot (1974)
Sporting perhaps the bushiest set of eyebrows worn by what I would call one of the more macho actors of his generation, George C. Scott lands above the title billing for the lead role […]
Jerry Lewis Posters Keep Us Smiling
With Jerry Lewis returning to the screen in Max Rose, it’s time to stop and recall the laughs he gave me during my childhood. Jerry’s films were always welcome in […]
