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Five Favorite Directors: Classic Horror

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 18, 2021

Even people who don't care for classic horror movies have probably heard of Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Vincent Price, but behind every horror classic there's also a director asking for heavier fog, more menacing closeups, and louder screams. Alfred Hitchcock, although not primarily a horror dir read more

Five Favorite Films: Halloween Treats

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Oct 8, 2021

Halloween is my favorite holiday, even though I'm too old for trick-or-treating and don't have a little one now to take around the neighborhood. It's an especially good time of year to revisit the movie monsters and film phantoms of Golden Age Hollywood, but there's a lot more to enjoy than the obvi read more

Five Favorite Films: Bette Davis

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 20, 2021

It's really difficult for me to pick only five films for Bette Davis. She's one of my favorite stars, and her career spanned decades, with juicy, memorable roles from her early years right up to her death in 1989 at the age of 81. She was nominated for 11 Best Actress Oscars and won twice, first for read more

Five Favorite Films: Val Lewton

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 16, 2021

I wouldn't normally think about making a five favorite films list for a producer, but Val Lewton is special. Born Vladimir Leventon in what is now Ukraine, Lewton headed the horror unit for RKO in the 1940s and made brilliant, moody horror pictures on shoestring budgets. He eschewed gimmicks and gor read more

Five Favorite Films: Leslie Howard

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 9, 2021

English actor Leslie Howard is best remembered today for his role as Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind (1939), but Howard himself was not a fan of the part or his own casting in it. He said of the role, "I hate the damn part. I'm not nearly beautiful or young enough for Ashley, and it makes me sic read more

The Five Best Inspirational Sports Movies

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 25, 2021

As you peruse our list, note that these are our picks for the five best inspirational sports movies. There are many other fine movies about sports (A League of Their Own), sports figures (Brian's Song, The Pride of the Yankees), and sports-related stories (Field of Dreams). The aim of the movie read more

The Five Best Episodes of "Banacek"

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 4, 2021

Banacek with his trademark cigar.George Peppard starred as free-lance, Boston-based insurance investigator Thomas Banacek in a pilot movie and 16 episodes of Banacek. The series aired as part of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie in 1972-74. He was assisted in each episode by his friend, bookstore read more

My Top Five Blu-rays Of 2020

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 30, 2020

 There's no need for me to tell you that this year sucked. But this was a great year for home video product (that is, if you still had enough money to buy any of this stuff). Thankfully, I'm still working regularly, so, as usual, I spent plenty of money on Blu-rays and DVDs. And I still do read more

Noir Nook: Five Things I Love About Martha Ivers

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on Dec 10, 2020

Noir Nook: Five Things I Love About Martha Ivers When you think about femme fatales in film noir, who are the first dames to come to mind? Phyllis Dietrichson from Double Indemnity, certainly, and Kathie Moffat from Out of the Past? Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice? Kitty from The Kil read more

Five Unmissable Marlene Dietrich Films

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Pamela Hutchinson on Dec 2, 2020

Five Unmissable Marlene Dietrich Films The joy of programming a season of Marlene Dietrich films is that she’s wonderful in everything – she had such electric charisma. But I had to whittle my list of favorite Dietrich performances down to just a few key films for the season. Because while you’ll read more

Exclusive Interview with Claude Jarman Jr. Part Five: The Sun Comes Up – AND Special Autographed Book Offer

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Nov 30, 2020

Claude Jarman Jr. Child Star of The YearlingTalks about his film The Sun Comes Up (1949)AND offers Autographed Copies of His Book“My Life and the Final Days of Hollywood” for Purchase In our 5th interview with Charles Jarman Jr, he talks about starring in the family drama The Sun Come read more

Five Hommes Fatale in Film Noir

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on Nov 3, 2020

Five Hommes Fatale in Film Noir On November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized The Femme Fatale is one of the most iconic tropes in film noir, but what about their male counterparts? Granted, the very creation of the femme fatale is d read more

TCM Summer Under the Stars: Day Five — Ann Miller

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Aug 4, 2020

Every inch a star. Ann Miller was a dancer, a singer, and an actress, but to me, she was always more than that. She always seemed to be a little bit larger than life, an iconic product of the Golden Age of Hollywood. A star. In the Beginning: Miller was born Johnnie Lucille Ann Collier in Chireno, T read more

Upload (2020) s01e02 – Five Stars

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 30, 2020

The best part about “Upload” this episode is Cigarette Smoking Man William B. Davis as one of the “Choak” brothers, who has died and is now living his reward after ruining American society for decades. Because Davis is good. No qualifications, no asterisks, he’s just good. Everything else read more

The Five Best Greer Garson Performances

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick on Jun 25, 2020

As Paula in Random Harvest. 1. Random Harvest - At the end of World War I, an entertainer named Paula (Greer Gardson) falls in love with a amnesiac known only as Smithy (Ronald Colman). They marry, have a child, and live blissfully in the English countryside. Then one day, Smithy journeys read more

REMAKE AVENUE: Five Star Final, 1931 and Two Against the World, 1936

Caftan Woman Posted by on Jun 22, 2020

Mythologized, demonized, revered, and lampooned, the gentlemen of the press make for good copy. From real-life crusader Nellie Bly who became as famous as her exposes to the fictional Charles Foster Kane who thought it would be fun to run a newspaper, audiences are as fascinated with the purveyors o read more

Book Review: An Mexican Immigrant Becomes a Movie Star in The Five Acts of Diego León

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 10, 2020

The Five Acts of Diego León Alex Espinoza LARB Libros, 2019 (originally published 2013) I’m a fan of fiction set in the classic age of Hollywood, and The Five Acts of Diego León, a 2013 novel which was recently re-released in paperback somewhat scratches that itch. This story of a Mexican imm read more

Classics for Comfort - Five Favorite Comfort Films

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 20, 2020

Comfort Films was the chosen theme for this year's Classic Movie Blog Association spring blogathon and what a perfect choice it is! With most people confined to their homes because of Covid-19, we are turning to our favorite old films for some comfort.  A whole bunch of titles popped into my m read more

The Five Best Walter Matthau Performances

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 13, 2020

1.  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) - Four men hijack a New York subway and hold the passengers for ransom, demanding that $1 million be delivered within an hour. One passenger will be executed for every minute that the money is late. As the unlikely hero of this tense suspense f read more

Legends of Tomorrow (2016) s06e01 – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five

The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 17, 2020

Given how much work these Arrowverse crossover events make for the show’s creative teams—just imagine if they had to bother with good writing, better direction (though this episode isn’t too bad), and good guest stars—you’d think they wouldn’t have wasted twenty-percent of Crisis on Infinite read more
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