One of the most chilling last lines in movie history sounds more like someone inviting a friend into their study for a glass of sherry: “Alex, will you come in, please? I wish to talk to you.” Yet every time I see the scene, it gives me goose bumps. It’s terrifying in a way that Norman Bates crashing Janet Leigh’s shower isn’t. It’s more menacing than a flock of crows silently assembling on a jungle gym behind Tippi Hedren as she smokes a cigarette, blissfully unaware of impe

Ever since MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer established the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927, fans and show biz...

In the 1930s, two of the most powerful antidotes to the Great Depression were a race horse named Seabiscuit and a little girl named...

Let’s bust two Cary Grant myths and confirm another, shall we? He never said “Judy, Judy, Judy” on screen. He didn’t respond to a...

They called her “The Perfect Wife.” Best known for playing William Powell’s partner in crime-busting in the classic Thin Man movies,...

Let me admit upfront that this Cary Grant comedy isn’t Philadelphia Story-great, nor did it launch a Thin Man-like franchise for Grant...