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My contribution to The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently (@MoviesSilently), Silver Screenings (@925screenings) and Once Upon a Screen… (@CitizenScreen) As I began to research the year in film for 1922 (with the gracious help of @MoviesSilently, one of the host read more

Advertisement for the 1939 Christmas Eve broadcast of “A Christmas Carol” Part of the first Christmas Movie Blogathon hosted by Family Friendly Reviews, Friday, December 20 to Sunday, December 22, 2013. Advertisement for the 1939 Christmas Eve broadcast of “A Christmas Carol” read more

“What’s to-day, my fine fellow?” said Scrooge. “To-day!” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Day 3 of the Christmas Movie Blogathon.” “It’s Day 3 of the Christmas Movie Blogathon!” said Scrooge to himself. “I haven’t missed it. The bloggers have done it all in one weekend. They read more

Day 2 of the first Christmas Movie Blogathon includes Muppets, musicals, more Scrooges and even a western! I hope you enjoy these and continue to enjoy the third and final day of the Christmas Movie Blogathon tomorrow. “You have never seen the like of these blog posts before!” Too many read more

The Monkees: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Davy Jones Part of the first Christmas Movie Blogathon hosted by Family Friendly Reviews, Friday, December 20 to Sunday, December 22, 2013. The Monkees: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Davy Jones This is my unannounced “s read more

by Barbara (@Barb127Barbara), guest blogger at Family Friendly Reviews Part of the first Christmas Movie Blogathon hosted by Family Friendly Reviews, Friday, December 20 to Sunday, December 22, 2013. Coming from the older generation, my favorites will be the ones I remember seeing as a youngster or read more

Day 1 of the first Christmas Movie Blogathon starts off with familiar classics like “A Christmas Carol” (1935 and 1951), “A Christmas Story” (1983) and “It’s A Wonderful Life” (1946) (on the 67th anniversary of its release on December 20, 1946) as well as s read more

Where can you see (or hear) the #ChristmasMovieBlogathon Movies, Radio or TV specials? Here is when and where #ChristmasMovieBlogathon titles will be airing on television for the 2013 season or where you can see them online right now: The Year Without A Santa Claus @ABCFamily: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10 read more

There have been many different versions of Charles Dickens’ classic story and I haven’t even included the silent or radio versions here but thought it might be fun to ask about your favorite one. Let me know if you think I’ve missed one! I’m curious to see how many of you read more

“Highly Recommended” music that the entire family can enjoy without fear of objectionable lyrics with rare exception that I won’t start to discuss. In keeping with the blog’s main purpose, to point out “family friendly” media that I think you should consider and read more

Thelma Ritter and James Stewart in “Rear Window” (1954)A bit about Thelma Ritter for the What a Character! Blogathon hosted by Kellee (@IrishJayHawk66) of Outspoken & Freckled, Paula (@Paula_Guthat) of Paula’s Cinema Club and Aurora (@CitizenScreen) of Once Upon a Screen. In w read more

Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Orson Welles and George Coulouris in “Citizen Kane” For the Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon hosted by Lindsay’s Movie Musings and Comet Over Hollywood I thought immediately of “Citizen Kane” and sent off a quick comment to the blo read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Avoidable” just for being boring and out-dated, but there are many who disagree with me. I had some memory of seeing Herbie The Love Bug at some point in my childhood and was looking forward to seeing this again. Maybe I went in with my expectations too high. read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” classic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock that all members of the family old enough to handle the adult themes can enjoy. The 1983 re-issue was given a PG rating and there is some mildly sexually suggestive moments but nothing graphic and this read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Avoidable”, not very entertaining adaptation of the popular cartoon with CGI ghosts and a whole lot of humans. It is rated PG for “mild language” and another vague MPAA descriptor: “thematic elements” (what makes a thematic element someth read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Avoidable” live-action comedy (I think?) with a CGI version of Garfield the cat, voiced by Bill Murray that is rated PG for “brief mild language”. The movie just isn’t funny and the wise-cracking jokes from the popular comic strip on which it read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” and funny comedy with Eddie Murphy and not to be confused with the first 1967 version of Doctor Dolittle that starred Rex Harrison. There are plenty of animals that kids will enjoy but this came very close to being rated “Avoidable” for t read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Avoidable” for the constant “rude humor” that pops up every few minutes or so, but I will admit that it is funny and mostly entertaining. This is the third installment of the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movies and so your children have probably already fou read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” classic story and perfect for the Fourth of July. You should be able to find this movie on TV somewhere during the holiday weekend and very likely airing today. There is no MPAA rating for this movie but it would easily earn a G rating as th read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” Disney classic for all ages. There is one potentially frightening scene near the end of the movie when Tramp fights a rat but there is otherwise nothing objectionable in the movie. The pace of the movie is considerably slower than most movies today read more