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The Stranger brought together a triumvirate of stellar pre-war Hollywood actors. Edward G. Robinson gained fame as Rico in the movie Little Caesar. So famous was this movie and Robinson’s performance that the authors of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act purposely made the title read RICO in reference to the character Robinson portrayed. Robinson, a man with a great career is known to most people today for his last movie, Soylent Green, which is better forgotten.

Loretta Young was lovely, but not in a “bombshell” manner. She was a competent actress with a great fashion sense that kept her forever in work and allowed a successful transition to television.

Occasionally, I come across a movie I want to love even before I see it. Tom Naughton’s Fat Head is one of those. As a gourmand, it is certain that a movie that says you can eat all you want of what you like will be watched with fervor by those of us seeking justification for our love of meat in quantity.

In the second installment, Jones delves a little deeper into a culture that was in some ways far more advanced than — and therefore hated by — those in the Roman Empire.
“The Brainy Barbarians” covers a civilization we in the Western World usually put on par with Rome, the Greeks. Even though the Greeks, as a culture, were older than the Romans, master of architecture and art and literature, they were barbaric…because they were different.

If you were looking for a strong woman from the Twentieth Century, Hedy Lamarr was your gal. Held prisoner by her spouse in a castle, she escaped husband and native Austria by convincing him to allow her to attend a party with all of her valuable jewelry. With the help of the maid, her husband was drugged and she escaped the country with some assets, not the least of which was her mind.

Based on surname alone, Terry Jones and I have one thing in common — we’re both of Welsh ancestry. That means that, deep down, we’re both still a little upset by what the English did to our homeland and by what the Romans did to all of Britain before that.
I believe that’s the reasoning behind Jones’ documentary undertaking, “The Barbarians.” Since history is usually dictated by the victor, everyone outside the Roman empire, both before and during the modern era, has been viewed as unwashed, stupid and mean.

It’s amazing that Emmanuel Jal can empathize with the youth growing up in inner-city Washington, D.C. These kids lead harsh lives, facing drugs, violence, poverty and bigotry on a daily basis. It’s amazing that Jal can empathize with them because to many, it would seem that his childhood was much, much worse.

Filmed on location in 1970 at some of the most legendary rock clubs of the day, Groupies promises a wild ride through the lively underworld of late sixties and early seventies rock’n roll ass-grabbing. Unfortunately, it delivers little more than a vapid taste of an historical era that can never be recaptured.