Ray Milland as Captain Bulldog Drummond. Image: IMDb Here's a strange thing we noticed about Welsh actor Ray Milland. You may know Milland as the cold, calculating villain in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954), or as the alcoholic writer on a bender in The Lost Weekend (1945). Milland is not as well known…

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11.04.2025

America Declares a Cold War on Canada in “Canadian Bacon” (1995) | Silver Screenings

Rhea Perlman and John Candy: American Agents. Image: IMDb Well, we never thought relations between Canada and the United States would ever be as testy as they are during the current trade disputes. This bickering is new in our lifetime. There have been disputes between these two nations before, the War of 1812 notwithstanding, but…

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26.04.2025

Why You Need to See Alfred Hitchcock’s “Blackmail” (1929) | Silver Screenings

When you know you're making a bad decision. Image: IMDb Dear Reader, this post is an apology to Alfred Hitchcock. When we decided to watch the early Hitchcock thriller, Blackmail (1929), we fully intended to mock it. Blackmail is a British film made at the end of the silent era, and was initially conceived as…

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02.05.2025

Captain Kidd: The Pirate You Hate to Love | Silver Screenings

Charles Laughton as the clever and greedy Captain Kidd. Image: Daily Motion In may ways, it must have been difficult to star in a movie with Charles Laughton. The Oscar-winning British actor probably didn't mean to steal every scene he was in, but it happened anyway. Look at the seafaring adventure Captain Kidd (1945) starring…

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