Sally Field had one of the most memorable speeches in Academy Award history, when she won the Best Actress Oscar for Places in the Heart. Her speech is often misquoted as “You like me, you really really like me”, when … Continue reading Memorable Oscar Moment – Sally Field
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 George Cukor film about Tracy Lord, played by Katharine Hepburn, a divorcee and member of a upperclass socialite family and her wedding to George Kittredge (John Howard), a man of the people. Sidney Kidd (Henry … Continue reading The Philadelphia Story; I Never Knew Such A Man
Hollywood can be seen as leaders in social change, and with that comes new firsts. This is just a few of the first people to win in their respective categories. Hattie McDaniel – First Black Supporting Actress Academy Award Recipient … Continue reading Memorable Oscars Moment -Minority Firsts
Wayne’s World, the classic film about two slackers based on a Saturday Night Live skit is turning twenty five on the 14th of February! Wayne’s World was one of those movies that I grew up on, I love it. It’s … Continue reading Party On; Wayne’s World is 25 Years Old
The Thin Man is a 1934 film, directed by WS Van Dyke, based on the detective book by Dashiell Hammett by the same name. The movie is centred around Nick Charles, played by William Powell, a retired private detective and … Continue reading The Thin Man, They Never Got Near My Tabloids
Airplane! is a 1980 parody of disaster films that were popular in the 1970s. It stars Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Adbul Jabbar and Lorna Patterson. Robert Hays, a former pilot in … Continue reading Airplane! Surely You Can’t Be Serious?
Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in her first comedic role. Cary Grant plays David Huxley, an uptight professor who is to be married the next day, the same day … Continue reading Bringing Up Baby; I’ve Got My Head, I’ve Lost my Leopard!
The Producers is a 1968 Mel Brooks (and his directorial debut) classic comedy film (number 11 on 100 Years, 100 Laughs), starring Zero Mostel as a crooked theatre producer called Max Bialystock who sleeps with elderly women for funding, and … Continue reading The Producers; You are the audience, I am the author, I outrank you
The hardest part of a trivia night is coming up with a funny name for your team. If you’re struggling to come up with one, I have listed some options below by category. Movies Les Quizarables The Quizzard of … Continue reading The Best Trivia Names
Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the first movie I watched on the AFI 100 Years 100 Laughs list that I didn’t like. I found it to be dull and unfunny. I … Continue reading Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Turn off a Movie I Didn’t Like
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