Movie catholic (a.k.a., Nick's Movie Blog)

In his day, Billy Wilder was Mr. Cynic. His singular take on the American character and its psyche was more in tune with today's anythin...

One hundred years ago this month, on February 8, 1915, director D.W. Griffith unleashed his epic, The Birth of a Nation , ont...

I have a terrible weakness for movies about movies. When Hollywood - or Europe, for that matter - turns its cameras on the movie business, I...

The only Road movie added to the National Film Registry. In 1940, Paramount Pictures paired crooner Bing Crosby with rising comedian Bob...

Alan Ladd in the title role of 1953's great western, Shane, saying goodbye to Brandon deWilde's Joey Alan Ladd is not a name m...

Lauren Bacall, who passed away today at 89, was the real deal - a genuine glamor girl who could give as good as she got. Whether asking B...

He had many good roles in several good movies, and my guess is this one wouldn't crack most people's top five, but I have loved Th...