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13 articles from 2009
Esther Williams: Volume 2 - DVD Review
26 October 2009 9:25 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Growing up watching Esther Williams movies, first at the theater and then on television, many little girls were inspired by the beautiful swimmer turned actress. Her accomplishments and style are celebrated in this second collection of films presented by Turner Classic Movies and Warner Brothers DVDs. This is an excellent set to own, as each feature is teamed with short subjects and a classic cartoon making it suitable and fun for a family and friends movie night event. Pop some popcorn, or bake a pizza, sit back and enjoy the talented Miss Williams in a variety of colorful and entertaining adventures. This attractive set of six movies is housed in a fold out case, illustrated with stills from the »
- June L.
[DVD Review] TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams, Volume 2
8 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
TCM has put out some great vintage film collections in the last few years. The collections usually have a fair collection of winners and so-so contenders who need the better films to make them palatable and Esther Williams: Volume 2 is no exception. However, to the volume’s credit, it has a better ratio than most sets with 4 good to great films supporting 2 mediocre ones. The set could very well help reel in some younger viewers as the films in this volume have a surprisingly modern feel to them all. This one maybe good, but it might still qualify as “for collectors only”.
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman.
Co-starring Van Johnson and Henry Travers.
Summary: Two lovebirds get swept up in a whirlwind romance; one a girl looking for love and one a celebrated veteran, the two find their »
- Lex Walker
Brando & Kelly's Home Movies To Hit The Big Screen
7 October 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Rarely seen home movies shot by and featuring Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly and the late Natalie Wood are to be screened as part of a quirky one-day film festival in Hollywood.
The candid footage will screen during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ presentation of Hollywood Home Movies II: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive on 17 October at the Linwood Dunn Theater.
The event is already sold out.
A spokesperson for the Academy says, "The Academy Film Archive houses a wide variety of such films and will present a selection of excerpts including footage of Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Judy Garland, Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Alfred Hitchcock, Harpo Marx, Edward G. Robinson, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Stewart, Esther Williams and Loretta Young."
Hollywood Home Movies II is being presented in conjunction with Home Movie Day, an annual international celebration of amateur films and filmmaking. »
DVD Playhouse--August 2009
10 August 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—August 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
'More to Love' premiere recap: Throwing a 'curve' ball at the reality-dating game
29 July 2009 5:12 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
In much the same way that I can't resist dipping into the blasted bowl of candy that sits on my colleague Annie Barrett's desk, I'm also a sucker for a good, old-fashioned (non VH1) reality dating show. (Once upon a time, I even endured that primetime special where Dr. Phil tried to set up a lovelorn Paula Abdul.) So I knew resistance was futile the first time I saw a promo for Fox's More to Love and found myself tearing up shocked that a guy whose only six pack sits in his fridge was going to be the center of a reality show from Mike "The Bachelor" Fleiss. Tonight, we met our self-proclaimed man of stature, Luke Conley, who revealed not only his age, height and weight (26, 6'3″, 330 lbs), but also his profession (real-estate investor), salary ("six-figure") and favorite food/most effortless double entendre ("anything thick and juicy"). (Nice!) While »
- Michael Slezak
Leachman Set For Hollywood Honour
10 April 2009 12:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Oscar winner Cloris Leachman is to be honoured by Hollywood's top businessmen at a gala next week.
The Young Frankenstein star, 82, will be handed a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce at its 88th Annual Installation & Awards Luncheon next Friday.
Past recipients have included movie veterans Debbie Reynolds and Esther Williams. »
TCM Tribute to Ricardo Montalban
18 January 2009 9:59 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Ricardo Montalban passed away Wednesday, January 14, at the age of 88. Lorenza Muñoz has written a fine obituary and career overview for the L.A. Times, accompanied by a fantastic photo gallery. Claire Dederer and Bruce Weber have done the honors for the New York Times. Both obits acknowledge Montalban’s contributions to stage and screen, as well as the opportunities created for Latinos by way of his activism. His performance in the film noir classic Border Incident remains one of my all-time favorites as, of course, is his characterization of Khan Noonien Singh, arch nemesis to Star Trek‘s Captain Kirk.
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will dedicate the entire daytime lineup for Friday, January 23, 2009 to pay tribute to Montalban. The collection features musical pairings with Esther Williams in Fiesta (1947) and Neptune’s Daughter (1949), as well as dramatic roles in Border Incident (1949) and Battleground (1949).
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- Michael Guillen
Farewell Ricardo Montalban -- The host of Fantasy Island dies at age 88
15 January 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Actor Ricardo Montalban died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday at age 88. If the references "The Plane! The Plane!" and "Khaaannn!!!" escape you then his death is not news. If, however, you are a fan of either "Star Trek", bad 1970s dramas or fine Corinthian leather - his passing deserves a moment of reflection. A star in Mexican cinema, Montalban was brought to the Us in 1946 by MGM. He appeared in about a dozen films over the next 15 years – most notably with bathing beauty Esther Williams. In the 1960s he made appearances on some now classic TV shows, including the episode "Space Seed" of "Star Trek" … but more on that later. In 1978 Ricardo Montalban got to take the lead on his own series – ABC's "Fantasy Island". If you've never seen the show, Montalban played Mr. Roarke – the host of an island resort where "all your ... »
Ricardo Montalban: 1920 - 2009
14 January 2009 11:59 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Wednesday was a sad day; Ricardo Montalban passed away at the age of 88. To today's movie fan, he's best known as the tremendous Star Trek villain, Khan Noonien Singh, featured both on the original series and famously in the second and best Trek movie.
To others, he will be remembered as Mr. Roarke, the white-suited boss of Fantasy Island. But that show's consistent success in the late 1970s and early 1980s was a career rebirth for Montalban, who had been working in Hollywood for over 30 years by that point.
His first noteworthy performance was opposite Esther Williams in Fiesta released in 1947. He suffered a spinal injury while making Across the Wide Missouri with Clark Gable, which came back into Montalban's life around 15 years ago. It would ultimately confine the graceful actor to a wheelchair. »
- Colin Boyd
Star Trek II's Khan, Fantasy Island Star Ricardo Montalban, Is Dead at 88
14 January 2009 4:04 PM, PST | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Ricardo Montalban, a Mexican-born actor who starred in MGM films, and later in ABC's Fantasy Island, has died.
He was 88, and no cause of death was released, the Associated Press reports.
Montalban arrived in the U.S. in 1946, making a transition from Mexican cinema to Hollywood. His first stateside role was in Fiesta, opposite Esther Williams. He appeared with her again in On an Island with You in 1948 and Neptune's Daughter a year later.
It was in 1978, however, when Montalban became known as Island's magnanimous Mr. Rourke...
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- Anna Dimond
Actor Ricardo Montalban Dies at 88
14 January 2009 2:28 PM, PST | IMDb News
Ricardo Montalban, the dashing Mexican actor who gained fame for two iconic television roles -- that of the vengeful Khan in Star Trek and the mysterious Mr. Roark in Fantasy Island -- died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles; he was 88. No cause of death was given, though it was known that Montalban had suffered from complications after undergoing 9 1/2 hours of spinal surgery in 1993 to alleviate an injury he suffered in 1951 while filming the western Across the Wide Missouri. The surgery, however, did not resolve his medical problems, and he found himself primarily confined to a wheelchair. A career in Mexican films led to Hollywood and an MGM contract in 1946, and he was cast in a number of Esther Williams films (his American feature debut was in 1946's Fiesta opposite the swimming star) as well as westerns and dramas opposite such stars as Lana Turner and Jane Powell.
After leaving MGM in the mid-fifties, Montalban appeared on numerous television shows, though it was his singular turn as the villainous Khan Noonien Singh, one of a group of genetically engineered "supermen" in the "Space Seed" episode of Star Trek for which he became most remembered, and he reprised that role in the 1982 box office hit Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. By the time that film was released, Montalban had also become famous to a new generation of television viewers as the enigmatic Mr. Rourke, the host of the ABC Saturday night staple Fantasy Island (1978-1984), where he would preside over cautionary tales of those who wished to have their most desired fantasies fulfilled. (Around the same time, Montalban did a number of commercials for the Chrysler Cordoba, where his exhortations of the cars "rich Corinthian leather" would become an affectionate pop culture reference.)
After his role as Khan, Montalban continued to appear in television (most notably on the Dynasty spin-off The Colbys) and in film (as the villain of the comedy The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!) until his surgery curtailed his acting career. Montalban continued to work, however, appearing in all three of the Spy Kids films and doing voice work for the television shows Kim Possible and Family Guy. Montalban's wife, Georgiana Young (the younger sister of actress Loretta Young) died in 2007; the two had been married since 1944 and had four children. »
Ricardo Montalban, 1920-2009
14 January 2009 1:50 PM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban, best known to ComicMixers as Khan Noonien Singh or the enigmatic Mr. Roarke, died today at age 88.
According to the Associated Press, Montalban died this morning at his home in California. No cause of death was provided.
"The Ricardo Montalban Theatre in my Council District - where the next generations of performers participate in plays, musicals, and concerts - stands as a fitting tribute to this consummate performer," city council by president Eric Garcetti said in a written statement.
The flamboyant actor began his acting career in his native land before coming to Hollywood to become a star for MGM. He made his American debut opposite swimming star Esther Williams in 1946’s Fiesta.
As a working actor in the 1960s, Gene Roddenberry cast him as Khan, the Genetics War exile in the 1966 episode of Star Trek, “Space Seed”. Years later, director Nicholas Meyer was captivated by »
- Robert Greenberger
Rip: Ricardo Montalban and Patrick McGoohan
14 January 2009 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
The Associated Press reports that actors Ricardo Montalban and Patrick McGoohan have both passed away. Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's "Fantasy Island," died Wednesday morning at his home, a city councilman said. He was 88. Montalban had been a star in Mexican movies when MGM brought him to Hollywood in 1946. He was cast in the leading role opposite Esther Williams in Fiesta . He also starred with the swimming beauty in On an Island with You and Neptune's Daughter . A later generation knew Montalban as the faintly mysterious, white-suited Mr. Roarke, who presided over an island resort where visitors were able to fulfill their lifelong dreams. "Fantasy Island"... »
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