“There is a difference between apples and men…really, there is…”

By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. In the '50s, beginning with Winchester ’73 (1950), director Anthony Mann and actor James Stewart embarked on a s...

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“I’m going to show you what yum-yum is…”

By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. One of the regrettable stigmas about Academy Awards is that they are more often than not handed out to serious perfo...

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"Careful! I might put your eye out."

By le0pard13 The year 1971 was a distinct one in film…at least for those of us around during that period. The bloody tally of the Vietnam W...

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The world's been shaved by a drunken barber

By Edward Copeland After a montage of workers in all walks of life set to tunes ranging from "Roll Out the Barrel" to "Take ...

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It's easy to make fun of somebody if you don't care how much you hurt them

By Edward Copeland In the early years of the Academy Awards, repeat winners happened not only frequently but often soon after previous wins...

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