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My Wicked, Wicked Ways is the bastard cousin of Gable and Lombard, if Gable and Lombard was a TV movie instead of a big-screen presentation.  (Let’s all think about the fact Gable and Lombard was released to theaters at all.)  I compare the two because My Wicked, Wicked Ways, loosely based on read more

The first of (hopefully) several articles exploring the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival simultaneously marks the return of the Mint in the Box review.  If you missed my inaugural post exploring the Sound of Music Collector’s box set, check it out!  I received the Wizard of Oz Collector̵ read more

There’s an anti-war film for every conflict America’s engaged in, but none more so than the anti-war movies created during the Vietnam era.  The Americanization of Emily is mixture of genres, blending and lampooning 1940s romance films through comedy, as well as presenting a harsh critiq read more

What’s up in this update?  News on a classic film, true-crime documentary that needs your help; some news to know for next week’s kick-off of the TCM Classic Film Festival, and what’s new from Warner Archive. Classic Hollywood documentaries are rare nowadays, especially ones with read more

One of my first reviews gets a reprint due to Film Class Wednesdays.  This review doesn’t do it justice, but my thoughts never wavered. Libeled Lady is of my favorite movies in recent years, and cements my affection for William Powell.  They don’t make screwball comedies like this, and read more

Another month and another update on how your favorite (or at least top five) classic film blog is doing.  It’s a pretty quite month if you take into account I’ll be at the TCM Classic Film Festival NEXT WEEK!  To say I’m excited is a vast understatement and I’m going to do read more

President Ronald Reagan is the only standing president who made an earlier career off being a Hollywood actor, and yet the Hollywood career of his two wives remains in the shadows…until now.  Author Bernard K. Dick’s written extensively about Hollywood stars, predominately for University read more

They were the greatest partners that ever partnered, partner.  No, I haven’t lost the ability to write, I’m simply repeating the word repeated ad nauseam in the 1978 television biopic, Bud and Lou.  I avoided watching/reviewing this for a while, predominately because I know absolutely read more

With the lead-up to the TCM Classic Film Festival approaching it’s a pretty slow news week.  I almost contemplated waiting a week for news but figured I’d hate to fall behind.  It’s all DVD/Blu-ray news this week, so here’s hoping you haven’t maxed out your Amazon credi read more

And we’re back with another Film Class Wednesday review.  I believed, for quite a while, that I’d previously reviewed My Man Godfrey; I mean, it’s a beloved classic and I’ve watched it several times.  Looks like I was wrong, and now I get to review it for you fine people!  read more

A fellow classic film enthusiast lent me her copy of The More the Merrier which I found awesome and coincidental because it was on my TCM Top 12 way back in November.  The More the Merrier is another housing shortage film and I can’t seem to get enough of them.  Much like Apartment for Peggy, read more

The final four ladies are about to go head-to-head, leaving us with two and then one to go to the finals over at All Good Things.  Each actress won her respective category (Olivia De Havilland representing European Enchantresses, Bette Davis for Heavy Hitters, Teresa Wright in Pint-Sized Cuties, and read more

It’s safe to say I know a lot about Hollywood; whether it’s reviewing movies or, by extension, reviewing movies about the art of making movies there’s no escaping the glittering pool of the silver screen.  It could explain the proliferation of behind-the-curtain features I watch.  read more

Have you ever watched something so glittering, so opulent, and so mind-boggling you’re simultaneously dazzled and repulsed?  That’s how I’d describe my experience watching Ken Russell’s Valentino.  Its grandiosity covers up the flaws of its storytelling and acting despite top read more

Film Class Wednesday commences continuing with an exploration of screwball comedy.  Reviewing It Happened One Night was a long time in coming, but as I always say, what more can be said about a movie universally praised?  I love It Happened One Night, but my praise isn’t effusive.  However, read more

In this week’s News From the Lake: Another classic Hollywood icon is set for the biopic treatment, Club TCM’s schedule is announced along with a hand and footprint ceremony, and a mess of DVDs and Blu-rays to announce. It was only a matter of time before Ryan Gosling’s name showe read more

All four categories finally join together with only one actress in each category progressing onto the final rounds.  Voting starts now and runs through Sunday night.  After the jump I’ll introduce our final contestants with voting at the bottom. Heavy-Hitters Bette Davis VS. Judy Garland Femm read more

Journey for Margaret is a movie interpreted in different ways from 1942 to today.  For 1940s audiences, the movie is a rousing call to arms for the nuclear family to band together; a condemnation against isolationism and the need for compassion for our British allies as embodied by two orphaned chil read more

The Classic Movie Actress Tournament is narrowing the field.  The 32-32 tie between Teresa Wright and Shirley Temple was solved with a 7-1 vote in favor of Wright’s film, Mrs. Miniver.  With that, Teresa moves on and a new group of gals comes forward.  This next round of polling goes through read more

It’s Film Class Wednesday, folks.  (A regular title is still in the planning phase.)  The next few weeks see us exploring screwball comedy starting with Trouble in Paradise.  My excitement for watching this was high as I’ve heard only amazing things about it and it’s eluded me for read more