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Publishing July’s Lake Update a little early to get better prepared for what’s coming.  Work and school reading are continuing to push the schedule in all sorts of different directions, and I continue to get a handle on things, especially since the July Five is starting.  Speaking of, read more

I always get a bit leery doing this posts because they remind me how quickly the year is going by. It seems like I just did the TCM Top Ten for January a few weeks back and now we’re in July! Anyway, we have quite the ten assembled as TCM gears up for dog days of summer and Summer Under the St read more

A jam-packed news week with two sad passings, TCM and getTV announcements, and plenty of upcoming DVD and Blu-ray news. It seems I forgot to mention Ruby Dee’s passing two weeks ago.  TCM’s recently announced an upcoming double-feature to commemorate her this Saturday, showing the dram read more

John Huston loved pairing two differing personalities and filming the results, and six years before Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison hit theaters Huston placed two titans of the Golden Era, Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, in The African Queen. The African Queen is a worthwhile film (although not my read more

Wow, another week of eclectic viewing from you readers. As I did last week, I encourage everyone to leave me a comment and tell me what inspired you to read a certain review. Let’s look at what y’all were reading this week! 10. Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 Carol read more

Anything defined as “loosely adapted” implies so much poetic license in the story it might as well be original. This week’s biopic, Star Dust, is supposedly loosely based on the discovery of Linda Darnell, and if that’s the case Darnell’s discovery wasn’t anything read more

**This post is written in participation with the 1967 in Film Blogathon hosted by Silver Screenings.** “Was it real?  Was I there?”  Dionne Warwick and I appear to be asking the same question watching  viewing Valley of the Dolls.  Based on the best-selling novel of 1966 by Jacqueline read more

A quiet news column this week with upcoming TCM programming and what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray. TCM continues focusing on the movies and guest you might have missed at the TCM Classic Film Festival. After Gene Wilder’s recent hosting gig, the network’s tapping composer Quincy Jone read more

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and in the decade or so after the release of Gone With the Wind, we saw a slew of epic-scale Hollywood attempts to cash in, and, hopefully recreate the magic, of that immortal classic. Forever Amber was 20th Century Fox’s GWTW with a dose of Jezebel read more

You readers were reading all sorts of reviews and posts this week. I’m actually intrigued to hear whether you read any of these posts and what inspired you to. Feel free to leave your comments in the comments section below. 10. Good Morning, Miss Dove One of three reviews in my series focuse read more

Dante’s Inferno isn’t exactly light reading, and a true interpretation of the text for theaters is a long way off. It explains why this Fox feature borrows its name, but never seeks to tell the story proper.  Instead, we’re left with a routine story of absolute power corrupting abs read more

Another week of News From the Lake with the usual smattering of news and DVD/Blu-ray releases. Some sad news to start the news with.  Oscar-nominated actress Martha Hyer passed away, May 31st at the age of 89.  She was best remembered as Gwen French in Vincente Minnelli’s Some Came Running, read more

  My final Film Class Wednesday movie is the fantastic Wizard of Oz.  This is a movie reviewed to death, so read my repost where I present a rather humorous take on the movie.  Something to note, this was also the closing-night film during this year’s TCM Film Festival. It’s difficu read more

The term “bachelor flat” implies a den of wanton hedonism, but there’s nothing hedonistic visiting director Frank Tashlin’s Bachelor Flat. I’ve yet to experience Tashlin’s other gems, several starring Jayne Mansfield (who’s name-dropped here), but if they read more

The last time two people were inducted into the Veronicas Hall of Fame was back in November.  For fear of overloading on leading lady winners, I decided to wait till I had both an actor and actress to induct.  It took a few months, but I’m happy to award two people with Veronicas! Ginger Rog read more

Unabashed sentimentality isn’t a negative where a movie’s concerned.  So often, it’s the sincerity and earnest belief in a happy ending that separates the Golden Era of films from the movies of today.  The problem is turning said sentimentality into a film worth watching.  Despite read more

A diverse mix of choices for this week’s top articles.  Let’s see what you all were reading on the site in the last seven days. 10. Saturday Night Fever After being the top ten for the last three weeks, Saturday Night Fever is slowly moving further and further out of the ten.  Who know read more

We’ve come to the end of my individual reviews from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Collection on Blu-ray, now it’s time to bring it on home.  In this wrap-up, I’ll finalize my thoughts on the individual movies, their bonus content, and the value of the set as a whole. The Movies My read more

On the agenda for this afternoon: DVD/Blu-ray releases galore, and how you can help save a piece of Hollywood history. John Wayne’s greatest achievement, and biggest regret, was directing 1960′s The Alamo. After a lengthy shoot, the movie was significantly cut down to please studios an read more

School is over for the summer, but Journeys in Classic Film is still getting back on its feet.  Part of this stems from my preparation for my Masters Exam in November, so I’ve been reading a lot of fat books which take up a large portion of my day.  I also got a job!  A job working with classi read more