‘RANDOM QUOTES’ – PT48

‘RANDOM QUOTES’ – PT48

September 17, 2021 Alan Royle 0

  AARON SORKIN: (1961 – )                                     [The man who wrote some of the best screenplays in movie and television history – A Few Good Men, The American President, Charlie Wilson’s War, The West […]

LONESOME DOVE – A Mini-Series Masterpiece.

LONESOME DOVE – A Mini-Series Masterpiece.

January 10, 2021 Alan Royle 2

LONESOME DOVE (1989) – A Mini-Series masterpiece. Larry McMurtry wrote Lonesome Dove in 1971 as a movie script. His intention was for John Wayne to play Woodrow Call, James Stewart to portray Gus McCrae, and Henry Fonda to hold down the Jake Spoon role. Hot director Peter Bogdanovich was to […]

MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES – PT6

November 22, 2018 Alan Royle 2

    Elsa Martinelli as ‘Dallas’ in Hatari! (1962) Hatari! (1962) is not a great movie but it does have its moments. Well, to be entirely truthful, it has one memorable moment. Being a sucker for beautiful women, I am forever grateful for the bevy of stunning actresses Italy has […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT25.

June 27, 2018 Alan Royle 0

           Jermy Brett in My Fair Lady (1964)        and as Audrey Hepburn’s brother in War and Peace (1956)   Bill Shirley & Mary Costa as Prince Phillip & Princess Aurora English actor Jeremy Brett was cast as Nicolai, the brother of Audrey Hepburn’s character (Natasha) in War and […]

Actors marrying other actors – Pt 10.

September 1, 2016 Alan Royle 2

  BROLIN, James                                SMITHERS, Jan                               1986 – 95 (div.)                                                                 STREISAND, Barbra                       1998 –   James Brolin […]

Feminine allure in the movies – 50 of the best

July 13, 2016 Alan Royle 4

  These days if a man mentions that a woman looks ‘hot’ or ‘desirable’, he runs a very good chance of being labeled a ‘sexist’ by that annoying, nameless bunch that take it upon themselves to decide for the rest of us what is politically correct and what is not. […]

My Top 10 screen beauties.

February 3, 2016 admin 7

        Of course, everyone’s idea of what constitutes real beauty varies. I guess that is why we have so many pretty girls walking about with tattoos and bolts through their noses; why a large portion of the male population shave their heads or prefer to go unshaven […]