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News From the Lake for March 13th, 2014
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 12, 2014
A very brief news segment this week with only one DVD update for you, a big announcement, and the results of the Classic Movie Actress Tournament. You probably don’t have a ton of time so let’s zoom through the news. I’ve reported on the various celebrities and screenings planne read more
Mad as Hell: The Making of ‘Network’ and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 10, 2014
It’s rare to read a book that enhances your appreciation of a movie. I reviewed Network awhile back and my review was cold overall. I enjoyed the movie, but failed to fawn all over it like I expected to. That’s why we need Dave Itzkoff’s book, Mad as Hell: The Making of Network read more
Classic Movie Actress Tournament: Part 2 Results and Round 3
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 9, 2014
I’m quickly going to run down who moved to the next round in Pint-Sized Cuties and European Enchantresses, while opening up round three where the winners of Pint-Sized Cuties will play against the winners of the Femme Fatale section. Voting is open now and runs through Wednesday evening. Ple read more
Burton and Taylor (2013)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 8, 2014
In 2012, I wrote a scathing review (just one in a sea of negative reviews) of Lindsay Lohan’s turn as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick. If you’re interested in reading my pain you can do so here. After its premiere, the BBC announced plans to tell the a continuation on the Liz & read more
Classic Movie Actress Tournament Round 2
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 6, 2014
And we’re back with round two of the Classic Movie Actress Tournament. This week’s females are either in the pint-sized cuties category (i.e. child or teenage actresses at the time) or in the European Enchantresses category. Voting is open now and closes Sunday. Pint Sized Cuties Shirl read more
News From the Lake for March 5th, 2014
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 5, 2014
It’s Wednesday, so it must be news time. In this week’s installment, TCM rules the roost with several news items and a video. We’re also looking at what’s upcoming in the glorious worlds of DVD and Blu-ray. We’ve got a few upcoming events for those in the Los Angele read more
Classic Movie Actress Tourney: 1st Round Winners Declared
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 5, 2014
A whopping 75 voters came together to cast their vote for part 1 in the Classic Movie Actress Tournament co-hosted by myself, Monty of All Good Things, Desire of Roz Russell and John of Mythical Monkey. Click below to find out which ladies are moving forward. Part two kicks off with new voting tom read more
The Devil Is a Woman (1935) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 5, 2014
We’re studying pre-Codes in my film class, and this week’s movie was a double-feature of this and Trouble in Paradise. It turns out this movie still isn’t a favorite, and the class was generally in agreement. I’ll be reviewing Trouble in Paradise next week. After two good read more
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 4, 2014
After devoting over a year and a half to reviewing every Disney animated film, I was ready to put Disney behind me, for awhile. I recently became one-half of the Walt Sent Me podcast (available to listen to now) and our first featured film was The Reluctant Dragon. The Reluctant Dragon isn’t read more
S.O.B. (1981)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 3, 2014
What movie gives you Julie Andrews topless and Robert Vaughn rocking lingerie and high heels? That would be Blake Edwards’ S.O.B. and it’s as far from the delightful Victor/Victoria as can be. S.O.B. came about after Edwards – who’d previously created a string of successes read more
Classic Movie Actress Tournament: Part 1
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 2, 2014
March madness is upon us, but while you’re betting on basketball teams us classic film fans are betting on classic film actresses. It’s been great to participate in Monty of All Good Things’ Classic Movie Actress Tournament, and despite covering the 1930s last year I was able to read more
The Lake Update for March 2014
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 2, 2014
Not much new to report around the Journeys in Classic Film office this month, but I’ll fill you in on what to expect nonetheless. Since announcing my immersion with Awards Circuit, you’ll notice nothing’s truly changed. We’re still working out the kinks on a transition plan read more
The Cat’s Meow (2001)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 1, 2014
Director Peter Bogdanovich is the man behind a few of my favorites movies, and it makes sense as his work subscribes to a particular classic film aesthetic, even if the plots aren’t film related. Earlier works like The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon (which is showing at this year’s TC read more
The TCM Top Ten for March 2014
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 28, 2014
I contemplated a few weeks back about knocking off two TCM picks and rebranding this column The TCM Top Ten. I’m going to give it a try for a few months, mostly just to keep things fresh and prevent me from picking titles just to fill a quota. 31 Days of Oscar wraps up in March, and so the read more
2nd Annual Blind Oscar Predictions with Special Guest Robert James
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 28, 2014
Last year, Robert James, the fantastic author of the Who Won?!? series of books decided to go toe-to-toe with me predicting the Academy Award nominations. The difference between us is that I’ve watched all the current nominees for this year and Robert hasn’t, instead relying on past pre read more
News From the Lake for February 26th, 2014
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 27, 2014
One day I’ll get back on schedule with the news, I promise! However, all we can do is process the dearth of news items currently casing the interwebs including a new biopic in the works, details on this weekend’s Oscar telecast, a heap of TCM content and more! How many biopics are we read more
Life With Father (1947)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 27, 2014
Maybe I wasn’t in the right mindset to watch Life With Father; I watched it right after To Kill a Mockingbird, so I had the bar set pretty high. Or maybe it’s because I love Meet Me in St. Louis, which also deals with a turn-of-the-century family. Regardless, I found Life With Father read more
The Sign of the Cross (1932) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 26, 2014
Movies about the persecution of oppressed peoples cover all ethnicities and religions since time immemorial, and with Christianity at an all-time high in the 1920s/1930s it’s easy to figure out why Hollywood filmed The Sign of the Cross. Unfortunately, time isn’t kind and The Sign of th read more
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 24, 2014
I’m a little late to the party; I hadn’t seen To Kill a Mockingbird before. I read the book in high school, but missed the day we watched the film in class. Honestly, I’m the world’s biggest idiot because I was missing out on a beautiful, tear-jerking piece of cinematic exc read more
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 20, 2014
The 1950s saw an uptick in movies located in China; I’m unsure as to the historical context behind this trend, so feel free to elucidate in the comments. With truncated historical background and outdated, borderline racist stereotypes, I always get nervous before popping in a classic film dea read more