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New TV Show on Bette Davis and Joan Crawford!!
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 6, 2016
FX is bringing classic movie buffs’ favorite sparring partners, Bette and Joan, to the screen. And the leads for the pair? Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange. How lucky are we? The show, aptly titled Feud, will also feature some amazing costars. The only downside? We have to wait until 2017. Jo read more
Top 4 Lazy Evening Films on Netflix
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 1, 2016
So you feel like doing nothing tonight, just want a film to make you smile? Here are four movies now on Netflix that I dare you to watch without grinning. 4. Bowfinger (1999)
Steve Martin, a conniving producer/con man down on his luck, forces paranoid action megastar Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) into h read more
Top 4 Lazy Evening Films on Netflix
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 1, 2016
So you feel like doing nothing tonight, just want a film to make you smile? Here are four movies now on Netflix that I dare you to watch without grinning. 4. Bowfinger (1999)
Steve Martin, a conniving producer/con man down on his luck, forces paranoid action megastar Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) into h read more
Remaking Hitchcock
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2016
This week I’ve been lucky enough to convince author Michael Gutierrez into guest posting. Check out his wonderful book, The Trench Angel (which deserves cinematic treatment of its own). Back in the early 90s, during a time when there were a spate of remakes of classic films, my grandfather posited: read more
Remaking Hitchcock
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2016
This week I’ve been lucky enough to convince author Michael Gutierrez into guest posting. Check out his wonderful book, The Trench Angel (which deserves cinematic treatment of its own). Back in the early 90s, during a time when there were a spate of remakes of classic films, my grandfather posited: read more
Surreal Reproduction: When Bette Met Mae (2014)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2016
On November 13, 1973 Wes Wheadon was the bartender for a party that joined superstars Mae West (Victoria Mills) and Bette Davis (Karen Teliha) for the first time. He captured their encounter on audio tape, and then reenacted the event with lip-syncing actors, producing it more than 40 years later. read more
Surreal Reproduction: When Bette Met Mae (2014)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2016
On November 13, 1973 Wes Wheadon was the bartender for a party that joined superstars Mae West (Victoria Mills) and Bette Davis (Karen Teliha) for the first time. He captured their encounter on audio tape, and then reenacted the event with lip-syncing actors, producing it more than 40 years later. read more
1946’s The Razor’s Edge: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 13, 2016
This is my contribution to the Classic Movie Blog Association‘s Words! Words! Words! blogathon. Some of the entries have been collected into an eBook, which is free on Smashwords or .99 on Amazon, with all proceeds going to the National Film Preservation Fund. I hope you’ll get the book read more
1946’s The Razor’s Edge: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 13, 2016
This is my contribution to the Classic Movie Blog Association‘s Words! Words! Words! blogathon. Some of the entries have been collected into an eBook, which is free on Smashwords or .99 on Amazon, with all proceeds going to the National Film Preservation Fund. I hope you’ll get the book read more
Hitchcock Didn’t Get Jamaica Inn; Vince Gilligan Would
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 10, 2016
**Warning: Some spoilers (though I don’t reveal the mastermind in the novel; Hitchcock alters the story enough for it still to be a mystery). I just finished watching Breaking Bad, and was struck by the thematic similarities between it and Jamaica Inn, one of my favorite novels as a teen. Bot read more
Hitchcock Didn’t Get Jamaica Inn; Vince Gilligan Would
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 10, 2016
**Warning: Some spoilers (though I don’t reveal the mastermind in the novel; Hitchcock alters the story enough for it still to be a mystery). I just finished watching Breaking Bad, and was struck by the thematic similarities between it and Jamaica Inn, one of my favorite novels as a teen. Bot read more
Creepy Antihero: He Walked by Night (1948)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 2, 2016
**Minor spoilers only** There’s much to appreciate about the police procedural noir, He Walked by Night, in which a crafty thief (Richard Basehart) kills an LA cop and then eludes the force aligned against him, altering his targets and appearance to outwit his pursuers. The focus moves back read more
Creepy Antihero: He Walked by Night (1948)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 2, 2016
**Minor spoilers only** There’s much to appreciate about the police procedural noir, He Walked by Night, in which a crafty thief (Richard Basehart) kills an LA cop and then eludes the force aligned against him, altering his targets and appearance to outwit his pursuers. The focus moves back read more
Schoolboy Fantasies: The Mannequin in Film
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 26, 2016
One Touch of Venus (1948) is a combination of myth and the classic Pygmalion tale: What if a window dresser kissed a statue of the love goddess, and instead of getting institutionalized, became an object of the suddenly warm-bodied immortal’s affection?
The execution of the film is as silly read more
Schoolboy Fantasies: The Mannequin in Film
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 26, 2016
One Touch of Venus (1948) is a combination of myth and the classic Pygmalion tale: What if a window dresser kissed a statue of the love goddess, and instead of getting institutionalized, became an object of the suddenly warm-bodied immortal’s affection?
The execution of the film is as silly read more
Kate Beckinsale: A Lousy Ava Gardner
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 19, 2016
Thanks to the stunning turns of Leonard DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, and Alan Alda, The Aviator (2004) was nominated for a SAG award, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Unfortunately, this meant Razzie-nominated Kate Beckinsale was included in the honor for portraying read more
Kate Beckinsale: A Lousy Ava Gardner
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 19, 2016
Thanks to the stunning turns of Leonard DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, and Alan Alda, The Aviator (2004) was nominated for a SAG award, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Unfortunately, this meant Razzie-nominated Kate Beckinsale was included in the honor for portraying read more
Which Will Rogers Clip Should Poli Sci Fans See?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 12, 2016
I keep thinking of one of Will Rogers’ famous lines as I observe the loopholes the GOP leadership is exploring to oust Trump: “If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out?” (Don’t you think Lindsey Graham, with his recent political zingers, and clear fu read more
Which Will Rogers Clip Should Poli Sci Fans See?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 12, 2016
I keep thinking of one of Will Rogers’ famous lines as I observe the loopholes the GOP leadership is exploring to oust Trump: “If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out?” (Don’t you think Lindsey Graham, with his recent political zingers, and clear fu read more
Mae West’s Klondike Rebellion
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 6, 2016
There’s something terribly wrong and terribly right about Klondike Annie’s (1936) odd musical tribute to Asian sensuality. It’s one of the few moments of the film when Mae West seems somewhat genuine. Elsewhere, she can’t sell the censored treatment of her material, so she d read more