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(Image via impawards.com) The favorite film: The Holiday, a home-swapping 2006 romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers The synopsis: Iris Simpkins is a London writer who wants to get out of town when she finds out that the object of her unrequited affection, Jasper Bloom, is engaged. Me read more

The end of the year for any movie watcher typically puts you in scramble mode. Regardless of what kind of movies your trying to watch: new releases, classic cinema or Holiday-themed films. Therefore, rather than have both this month’s mini-review round-up run overly-long as well as next months read more

Jane making her wish list... read more

What is it about Christmas time? Even for a non-religious person like me, I'm incredibly sentimental and always the cheerleader of Christmas. As many of you may already know, my husband's twitter handle is @Santaisthinking ... yup, Mr. Kris Kringle himself. So, it is very fitting that I should be Mr read more

What is it about Christmas time? Even for a non-religious person like me, I'm incredibly sentimental and always the cheerleader of Christmas. As many of you may already know, my husband's twitter handle is @Santaisthinking ... yup, Mr. Kris Kringle himself. So, it is very fitting that I should be Mr read more

Happy Holidays from The Fence! It’s never been a better time to be a classic film fan. With numerous theatre screenings across the country, the TCM Film Festival, never before released and remastered films on DVD/Blu-ray– there’s an abundance of goodies for every fan. With only t read more

Holiday Update! Greetings all! I haven't been as diligent as I usually am in terms of filming and uploading new vlogs for the simple reason that I hate filming on my iMac. The quality isn't that great and the lighting in my room is terrible! I've been meaning to purchase a camera but until I h read more

So here it is, Pretty Clever FIlm’s Ultimate Movie Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide. Ask and ye shall receive, film fans! I asked all of you what’s on your holiday wish list and you responded in droves. Here are the highlights of what Pretty Clever Film’s readers are hoping to fin read more

So here it is, Pretty Clever FIlm’s Ultimate Movie Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide. Ask and ye shall receive, film fans! I asked all of you what’s on your holiday wish list and you responded in droves. Here are the highlights of what Pretty Clever Film’s readers are hoping to fin read more

Janet getting a head start on unwrapping some Christmas gifts..with some help read more

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn starred in two films together in 1938: they made Bringing Up Baby with Howard Hawks, of course, but they also made Holiday with George Cukor. The Hawks film is the more famous of the two today, but Holiday is a great movie, too, with a more serious undertone seasoni read more

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn starred in two films together in 1938: they made Bringing Up Baby with Howard Hawks, of course, but they also made Holiday with George Cukor. The Hawks film is the more famous of the two today, but Holiday is a great movie, too, with a more serious undertone seasoni read more

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn starred in two films together in 1938: they made Bringing Up Baby with Howard Hawks, of course, but they also made Holiday with George Cukor. The Hawks film is the more famous of the two today, but Holiday is a great movie, too, with a more serious undertone seasoni read more

HOLIDAY (1938) Yes, they did actually make this film. By the end of the 1930s it had appeared that Katharine Hepburn's star had already risen and fallen. Due to a string of commercial failures (BREAK OF HEARTS, SYLVIA SCARLETT, A WOMAN REBELS, QUALITY STREET, to name a few), the independent read more

HOLIDAY (1938) Labels: 1930s, box office poison, Bryn Mawr, Cary Grant, George Cukor, Holiday (1938), Hope Williams, Ludlow Ogden Smith, Mother Carey's Chickens, Philip Barry, RKO Radio Pictures, The Philadelphia Story (1940) Yes, they did actually make this film. By the end o read more

By the end of the 1930s it had appeared that Katharine Hepburn’s star had already risen and fallen. Due to a string of commercial failures (BREAK OF HEARTS, SYLVIA SCARLETT, A WOMAN REBELS, QUALITY STREET, to name a few), the independent movie theatres had labelled Hepburn “box office po read more

Some people like to go out to dinner with their sweethearts on February 14. Some like to wallow. Some simply don’t care. Me? I use the (usually uneventful) day to celebrate my favorite on-screen romances and watch them, schedule permitting. This year, the schedule does not permit. I won’ read more

You can't do much better than It's a Wonderful Life during the holidays.  After all, Frank Capra's movie--and this scene in particular--does such a good job of expressing what we all ought to remember at Christmas.  It's about the importance of love in your life and a reminder that everyon read more

Welcome to the holiday installment of Name that Movie Poster. Can you guess what movie the poster advertised despite my having concealed its title and key players’ names? If you cannot guess off the bat, tell me the quiz is too hard and I’ll give you a hint. For this one I have chosen a read more

Happy Holidays from Hollywood Boulevard 1946!  This is the same year that It's a Wonderful Life was released as well as film noir classics Gilda (below) and The Postman Always Rings Twice. read more