Alfred Hitchcock

Talk about a bad case
of crows' feet ...I consider myself as manly as the next guy. Sure, I like Hello Kitty and all, but who doesn't?

I've always drawn the line at Barbie. I refuse to play with Barbie dolls. But, now Mattel is testing my will. They've just introduced a Barbie doll based on Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels, the heroine from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds."

She retails for $40, but I imagine she'll command much higher prices on eBay, eventually. As Barbie Collector notes, this bird-bait Barbie is "dressed in a re-creation of the stylish green skirt-suit worn by the film’s ill-fated heroine in an iconic scene."

Jimmy Stewart sez: Well, golly, I'll be darned I can spot Hitch's cameo in 'Rope!'As a longtime fan of Alfred Hitchcock, I've always wanted something exactly like this: It's a list of every cameo Hitchcock made in his films, courtesy of VideoETA.

VideoETA's list tells you where to spot his cameos and gives you the time code, even. Hot diggity.

Alfred Hitchcock: One weird fellaIf Alfred Hitchcock were alive today, he'd be celebrating his 109th birthday. Ordinarily I would write a mini-tribute to Hitch, but it seems almost like a futile exercise.

"The Master of Suspense" was one of the most influential forces in cinema and countless others have analyzed his films and his career in microscopic detail.

I don't know how much more I can add, other than this rather odd piece of trivia. Hitchcock once confessed that he was frightened by eggs.

Roman Polanski's 1965 thriller, “Repulsion,” will soon get a new-and-improved DVD treatment.

Joey deVilla is a genius.

If she were alive today, the lovely and talented Ingrid Bergman would be celebrating her 92nd birthday.