Patrick McGoohan

BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org *"The Waiting Room" (U.S.; Peter Nicks, 2012) Shot over five months in an Oakland public hospital, "The Waiting Room" explores the state of medical care for the nation's...

Mad scientists and mechanical men, space cowboys and time travelers,  man-monsters and man-eating aliens — clearly this is our kind ......

The late, great Ernest Borgnine will receive a 24-hour marathon salute from TCM on July 26. Borgnine died Sunday at age 95. He may be best remembered for the sitcom “McHale's Navy.” Starting at 7 a.m. ET Sunday, Antenna TV will offer the &#...

I once did a list of the best holiday movie villains. You’d be surprised what an awesome group this was. The top four were Mr. Potter, Scrooge, Hans Gruber and Mr. Sawyer. Actually, Gruber might be my favorite movie villain......

Comic actor and author Gene Wilder, of the Harpo-esque hair and large liquid eyes, is a resident of Stamford and a patron of the Avon; he'll be on hand for Q&A and to present one of the biggest box office successes of his career, a film that paired him...

Clive Donner, who was part of the British new wave of directors in the 1960s with films such as "What's New Pussycat?" and "Nothing But the Best," has died. He was 84. Donner, who had Alzheimer's disease, died Tuesday in London, according to British news...

In a recent interview, Christopher Nolan admitted to similarities between his new “Inception� and Alain Resnais' 1961 art-house classic “Last Year at Marienbad� (which he hadn't watched before writing the screenplay). If he sees sim...

Christopher Nolan is the latest helmer to circle the long-gestating big-screen adaptation of "The Prisoner." According to Variety, Universal Pictures is close to a deal to attach the "Memento" director to the classic ITV property, which will be written...

AMC is coming on board to co-producer a remake of the seminal paranoid thriller series "The Prisoner" with Sky One and Granada International. Details on how the companies plan to update or alter the "Prisoner" formula are scarce, but the property is...

Friday June 7, 1996      The Ghost Who Walks. The Oath of the Skull. The Skull Cave. Devil the loyal wolf and Hero the spirited white stallion. Everything about "The Phantom" is pleasantly old-fashioned, the opposite of avant-garde and cutting edge....

Wednesday May 24, 1995      In "Braveheart," Mel Gibson plays 13th-Century Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace, and, boy, is his heart ever brave. So are his eyes, his mane, his pecs, his knuckles. But he's not just brave--he's smart too. As the...