Category: Movie of the Week

Movies of the Week: William Hurt Triple-Feature

Jeff Mitchell

William Hurt sadly passed away on Sunday, March 13, at just 71 years young.  This Oscar-winning actor had classic good looks and a matching, magnetic panache, and one could easily see this Washington D.C. native choosing a career as a U.S. Senator or a television anchorman, which of course, he famously once played. AHFW wanted to feature a William Hurt film as our Movie of the Week, but we couldn’t decide, so we landed on three of our favorites…from one of our favorites. “Body Heat” (1981) – Writer/director Lawrence Kasdan…

‘This Is Spinal Tap’: The Top 11 Quotes

Jeff Mitchell

Rob Reiner just celebrated his 75th birthday on March 6, 2022, and prior to 1984, he was best known as Carl Reiner’s son and Michael ‘Meathead’ Stivic from Norman Lear’s all-time classic sitcom “All in the Family” (1971 – 1979). However, in 1984, Rob spread his comic-thespian wings, flew to the big screen, and directed his first theatrical film, “This Is Spinal Tap”, a fabulously funny and fake documentary about a fictional British heavy metal band and their disastrous U.S. tour.  Yes, Reiner created an all-time classic comedy of his…

Movie of the Week: ‘A Place in the Sun’

Jeff Mitchell

“A Place in the Sun” (1951) – In the words of Paul Simon, George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) is “a poor boy, empty as a pocket, empty as a pocket with nothing to lose.”  George doesn’t have an education or prospects, but through pure happenstance, he lands a job with his uncle’s company, begins at the bottom rung, and slowly – actually, not so slowly – ascends up the corporate ladder with knowhow and good old-fashioned elbow grease. Conversely, Angela Vickers (a 19-year-old Elizabeth Taylor) is “a rich girl.  She don’t…