Danny Kaye Is the Most Motley Fool Ever in ‘The Court Jester’
Danny Kaye was as equally adept with vine-swinging, dancing, and hypnotizing as he was with tongue-twisting patter, as seen in the 1956 comedy, The Court Jester.
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Robert Altman’s Quirky ‘Popeye’ Boasts a Can Full of Geniuses
Robert Altman's busy, mobile style perfectly captures and mirrors E.C. Segar's rowdy, rambunctious Popeye comic.
Audrey Hepburn + Rome = Grace, Class, and Beauty
William Wyler's Roman Holiday crosses the postcard genre with a hardy trope: Old World royalty seeks escape from stuffy, ritual-bound, lives for a fling with the modern world, especially with Americans.
‘Social Animals’ Focuses on the Highs and Lows of Instagram-Famous Teens
To say young people's identities are tied up in social media would be a failure to recognize that the digital is now intrinsically part of the real, as evidenced in the documentary, Social Animals.
Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Death of Stalin’ Is Both Expectedly Humorous and Chillingly Harrowing
The Death of Stalin is rarely out-and-out hilarious, but the performances are top-notch and the writing is thoroughly witty, entertaining, and thought-provoking.
The Erotic Tease in ‘Tiger by the Tail’ Turns into an Explosion of Fisticuffs
Whenever this movie threatens to get sexy or implies nudity, the story hastily goes back to two-fisted action.
Five ‘Mission: Impossible’ Films Are Made, Well, Possible
Paramount's release of this five-film set on Blu-ray hits all the highs and lows of this franchise.