Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds made seven films together. I loved Smokey & The Bandit, I think Hooper is really well done, Cannonball Run is just goofy fun. And Stroker Ace? There was potential for sure, but even in 1983 some of the humor was rough, and in today’s world a lot of the jokes…
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955) – Nicholas Ray
The next film that I dove into for DK Canada’s The Movie Book is the James Dean classic, Rebel Without a Cause, from 1955. Dean is brilliantly vulnerable as the teen Jim Stark, who is growing up in a troubled home, clashing with his parents, Frank (Jim Backus) and Carol (Ann Doran), and also dealing…
Hot Docs 2014: Super Duper Alice Cooper (Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen & Sam Dunn)
In case you’ve missed it at it’s two amazing screenings already, this doc-opera screens one last time this morning at 11 at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. My first introduction to Alice Copper came early in life, through his appearance on (surprise, surprise) The Muppets. I liked the music I heard, but didn’t get a…
