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Watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory does a better job of identifying one’s personality than reading a horoscope. As a kid, you could tell the types of people you wanted to know (or not know) based on which child they connected with. Let’s face it, no one wanted to be the Charl read more

Hello, all! Sorry it's been crickets from me for the past few weeks -- this semester has been stressful and being on winter break was a huge relief, so much so that I wanted to step away from my laptop for a bit and just focus on my family and non-computer related interests. The downside of that is read more

It’s hard to believe that another year has passed us by, but here we are, at the start of 2016 — time for TMP’s annual Year in Review viewing wrap-up! (Say that ten times fast.) In last year’s review, I mentioned that I had been tracking my viewing for five years, s read more

Jan 2 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron start the New Year as members of CriterionCast, and jump into the world of Merchant Ivory. With such a lavish, large production with quite an ensemble of characters, there is a lot to say. We discuss the social constraints placed upon the characters, and how read more

Jan 2 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron start the New Year as members of CriterionCast, and jump into the world of Merchant Ivory. With such a lavish, large production with quite an ensemble of characters, there is a lot to say. We discuss the social constraints placed upon the characters, and how read more

Jan 2 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron start the New Year as members of CriterionCast, and jump into the world of Merchant Ivory. With such a lavish, large production with quite an ensemble of characters, there is a lot to say. We discuss the social constraints placed upon the characters, and how read more

Chinatown...a bit of a revelation!  (Addendum: The Two Jakes) 1/1/2016 2 Comments   I have to say that I don't like to review,  generally speaking,  films that have this much fame attached to them.  read more

“That’s in every contract, that’s what you call a sanity clause.” – Groucho “You can’t a fool a me there ain’t no sanity clause” – Chico The Marx Brothers had a set formula, where everyone else played the drama straight and they did whateve read more

“That’s in every contract, that’s what you call a sanity clause.” – Groucho “You can’t a fool a me there ain’t no sanity clause” – Chico The Marx Brothers had a set formula, where everyone else played the drama straight and they did whateve read more

Chinatown...a bit of a revelation! 12/29/2015 0 Comments   I have to say that I don't like to review,  generally speaking,  films that have this much fame attached to them.  I figure that they've us read more

Is “bumper” too small a word for this collection of goodies? Whatever the case, click anywhere on the list to be whisked off into the alternative universe of Todd’s Sweet Freedom site, where you’ll find the individual links. *     Allan Fish: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) read more

Dec 27 Posted by aaronwest This is a special Christmas episode as we discuss some end of the year Criterion news along with Arnaud Desplechin’s 2008 A Christmas Tale, released on The Criterion Collection in 2009. Rather than a pleasant family Christmas film that fills all with glee, we have a read more

Dec 27 Posted by aaronwest This is a special Christmas episode as we discuss some end of the year Criterion news along with Arnaud Desplechin’s 2008 A Christmas Tale, released on The Criterion Collection in 2009. Rather than a pleasant family Christmas film that fills all with glee, we have a read more

Dec 27 Posted by aaronwest This is a special Christmas episode as we discuss some end of the year Criterion news along with Arnaud Desplechin’s 2008 A Christmas Tale, released on The Criterion Collection in 2009. Rather than a pleasant family Christmas film that fills all with glee, we have a read more

I hope that all of you are enjoying a merry Christmas or whatever holiday you may be celebrating or just having a good day. Anyway, I just wanted to let y’all know that for the next week or so you probably won’t be seeing much posting here, but I will be back once the New Year has begun read more

A while ago, Joey from Wolffian Classics Movies Digest had the kindness of nominating me for a third Liebster Award! Having been pretty busy, I haven’t even had time to thank him properly and answer all the questions, an nominate other blogs (you know, the procedure!). So, that’s what read more

  About two years ago, I wrote a Vertigo analysis for school, got a 96% and was very proud of it. Today, I’ve decided to translate it and publish it on my blog so I could share it with you. Of course, this is only my own interpretation of the film and we can all find a different meaning in it. read more

Last summer, I visited the beautiful city of San Francisco. I called it a “Hitchcock trip”, because you can find many locations from his films in this amazing city: Family Plot, The Birds and, of course, Vertigo. I saw so many places where this film was shot and decided to share my pictu read more

Almost every Christmas for the past four years, I try to film a special Christmas video for the readers and supporters of Comet Over Hollywood. This year — as my gift to you — my mother and I re-enacted one of my favorite Christmas scenes from a classic film. I hope you enjoy it as much as I loved read more

This early Paramount still of Carole Lombard was taken in New York during the summer of 1930, while she was in town filming "Fast and Loose" at its Astoria, Queens studio. At about that time, a friend of hers also was filming there, like Lombard playing a key supporting role, this in the Nancy Carro read more