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1. White Heat (1949) – The last of the classic gangster pictures is also one of the best. Virginia Mayo gives the performance of her career, Edmond O’ Brien is sturdy as ever, and the script is a masterpiece of

Match me, Sidney. 8pm PST – Sweet Smell Of Success (1957) – A crooked press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist break up his sister’s romance. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner Dir:

9:45pm – Night Of The Hunter, The (1955) – A bogus preacher marries an outlaw’s widow in search of the man’s hidden loot. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason Dir: Charles Laughton BW-93 mins, TV-PG Absolutely brilliant

A five “best” list of Lemmon films would look a little different than this, especially 4 & 5, but “favorite” is more fun. Besides, no one has a corner on taste. 1. The Days of Wine and Roses (1962) –

1:00am PST – Clock, The (1945) – A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City. Cast: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn Dir: Vincente Minnelli BW-90 mins, TV-PG

7pm PST – Prisoner of Second Avenue, The (1975) – A suddenly unemployed executive and his understanding wife must adapt to their new life. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Elizabeth Wilson, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks Dir: Melvin Frank BW-98 mins, TV-PG TCM’s

Produced for television in 1997 and just released on DVD, director John Frankenheimer‘s three-hour docudrama on the adult life of Alabama governor George Wallace (Gary Sinise), plays like a quality theatrical film, and not just because of impressive production values.

Friday was a list of films you were wrong about. Here are five I am wrong about. As a matter of fact, I’m so sure I’m wrong in not liking them, they each sit in my DVD collection and have

3pm PST – Trial, The (1963) – In this adaptation of Kafka’s classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Elsa Martinelli Dir: Orson Welles BW-120 mins, TV-14

11:30am PST – Fugitive, The (1947) – A revolutionary priest flees a Central American dictatorship. Cast: Henry Fonda, Pedro Armendariz, J. Carrol Naish, Leo Carrillo Dir: John Ford BW-100 mins, TV-PG The star of John Ford’s most personal film is

[youtube rGOyycNqiWA nolink] 5am PST – Show Boat (1951) – Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along “Old Man River.” Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown Dir: George Sidney C-108 mins, TV-G

Easily the best of the five films nominated for Best Picture this year (which isn’t saying a whole lot), “Slumdog Millionaire” can be summed up with the term, “highly original.” The story, how it unfolds, the cinematography, editing, score, end

Here are my five every-which-way-awesome films that get nowhere near the love they deserve. Those who haven’t seen them should. Those who have and didn’t like them were doing something wrong. 1. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) – Pure masterpiece.

6:45am PST – Big Heat, The (1953) – A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster’s moll to bring down a powerful gangster. Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby Dir:

2am PST – Hollywood Without Make-Up (1966) – In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood’s greatest stars. Cast: Ken Murray BW-50 mins, TV-G Not a movie this time, but a delightful 1966

Only in a political vacuum would anyone be surprised “The Dark Knight” was all but snubbed by Academy voters this morning. The defense will be that it’s a comic book movie, as though “Frost/Nixon” isn’t. What happened to all the

[youtube 2br6yrT5tHM nolink] This clip is from the finale of “Babes In Arms,” the first of four extremely entertaining, black and white, “Let’s put on a show” musicals Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland made over just a few years. The

6:45pm PST – A Star Is Born (1937) – A fading matinee idol marries the young beginner he’s shepherded to stardom. Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson Dir: William A. Wellman C-111 mins, TV-G While few films

8:45am PST – The Human Comedy (1943) – A small-town telegraph boy deals with the strains of growing up during World War II. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt Dir: Clarence Brown BW-117 mins, TV-PG The camera

7:15 am PST – Notorious (1946) – A U.S. agent recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil. Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern Dir: Alfred Hitchcock BW-101 mins, TV-PG Not only is

Frost/Nixon is a full on respectable, accomplished and intelligent retelling of the now famous series of interviews English television personality David Frost conducted with disgraced former President Nixon in 1977, just a few years after Nixon’s resignation. No one can

Peter Falk (1961) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) – A good-hearted gangster turns an old apple seller into a society matron so she can impress her daughter. Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O’Connell Dir: Frank Capra C-137 mins,

A military plane out on standard patrol flies over a small, coastal fishing village. Everything appears normal except … the wrong flag flies. A radio alert brings a cautious patrol of foot soldiers. Wary, and with rifles drawn, they approach.

7pm PST – War Wagon, The (1967) – A rancher and a hired gun join forces to take on the criminal who betrayed them both. Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr. Dir: Burt Kennedy C-101 mins,