Before I saw the trailers and the rave reviews, I was not too interested in Marty Supreme. I mean, who wants a two-and-a-half hour film about … Ping-Pong? Ah, but Marty Supreme doesn’t actually focus on that subject. In fact, this is such a far cry from your average “sports underdog” story that it’s really
Happy New Year! And welcome back to Webb’s Weird Words; we were on a multi-week hiatus while your local linguist labored on seasonal fare like Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life. And while we’re on the welcome wagon: a hearty “Woo-hoo!” for the exciting new update of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Released in November, the
“Never before has there been anyone like you. You are something that never existed before and will never exist again. Isn’t that wonderful?” Thus spoke director Frank Capra on “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which he considered the greatest of his own works. James Stewart also repeatedly called it his favorite among the roughly 80 films
Charles Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” has been around so long that early film versions are now closer to the author’s era than to our own. Yet unlike Scrooge’s grouchy side, this tale won’t be disappearing anytime soon. And the latest local version showed why. Presented by Williamsport’s Community Theatre League over the first two weekends in
After last week’s piece on It’s a Wonderful Life, two readers wrote with additional info on that Christmas classic. My friend Jeff Meadows pointed out that actor Carl Switzer — best known as Alfalfa from the Little Rascals — appears not only in Wonderful Life (annoying dance-partner and swimming-pool opener), but also, quite briefly, in
