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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 16, 2013
Winnie the Pooh can be placed alongside Mickey Mouse as one of the Disney company‘s enduring characters. In fact, you could consider the Winnie the Pooh gang to be just as vaunted as the Fab Five, themselves. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is really a gathering of three Winnie the read more
Psycho (1960) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 15, 2013
I’m reposting my Psycho review from last year as it was the featured film this week in my American Horror class. I have edited it for clarity, and updated it. There are so many posts that end with “I’m an awful film buff” that I should give them their own tag. None worse read more
News From the Lake: TCM News, FOX DVD Releases and DVD Releases from Kino Lorber
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 14, 2013
A brief News From the Lake segment today, focusing on some TCM updates (including more TCM Classic Film Festival information), FOX is putting out some new DVDs, and what’s new from independent DVD company Kino Lorber. Let’s dive in! In the vein of TCM’s The Essentials, the netwo read more
Leading Lady Tournament: Semi-Finals Update
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 14, 2013
It has been a rollercoaster with the first part of the semi-finals! As soon as I update everyone about who’s on top, another vote comes in to tie or knock someone down. I would not be surprised to see a tie at the end of this. Let’s see where everyone is…for the minute! Remembe read more
Kim Novak: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival (2013)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 14, 2013
She “wasn’t cut out for a Hollywood life;” those are the words of screen legend Kim Novak, who sat down for an intimate interview with TCM host Robert Osborne. Kim Novak: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival is a fifty minute documentary, filmed last year at the fest, that read more
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 13, 2013
When the 2011 remake of The Thing hit theaters, I watched the two preceding takes on the material leading up to it. However, when I rewatched The Thing From Another World in film class on Thursday, I realized I must have paid little attention to it originally. It holds little in common with the read more
Classic Movie Actresses Tourney: 1950s Bracket (Part 3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 13, 2013
Okay, so after the whole survey debacle we’re back on track. Since I lost a bit of time, I’ll be presenting eight match-ups all at once, and you can vote all at once. Let’s look at where we are in the brackets. As always, you can go over to All Good Things to keep up on who̵ read more
Leading Lady Tournament: 2000s Results
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 12, 2013
The preliminary decade rounds come to an end. We’ve entered the semi-finals, as evidenced by the new Leading Lady poll below, and the winner of this decade will be squaring off in next week’s semi-final round. Will a winner from the 2000s steal the Leading Lady tournament as a read more
Golden Age on the Printed Page: I Do and I Don’t – A History of Marriage in the Movies
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 12, 2013
I can’t give you the exact numbers, but a vast amount of entertainment today revolves around marriage; whether it’s the act of getting married, detailing what happens while one is married, or how people are affected by the death of a marriage. Yet, there’s not a defined genre enti read more
Leading Lady Tournament: Semi-Finals Part 1
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 11, 2013
Oh yeah, we’re getting down and dirty now! I apologize for making that sound incredibly cheesy, but I’m excited for the final weeks of the tournament; not because it’s over, but because people are going to have to start killing their darlings. The four ladies here won their respe read more
When It Rains….
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 10, 2013
So, I was planning on giving you the final match-ups in Monty’s Classic Movie Actress Tournament. Turns out, that won’t be happening. The fantastic people at FreeSurveysOnline have decided to hold my results hostage unless I’m willing to shell out some money. So, Monty read more
Robin Hood (1973)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 9, 2013
For 20 years I’ve been living a lie. Before today, I had believed I’d never seen Robin Hood all the way through. In my mind, I’d seen the first 20 or so minutes, then gave up due to my general disinterest in movies with talking animals. No, that all changed today because apparen read more
News From the Lake: Ron Howard on Twitter, Voice Your Choice Winners, Drew Barrymore on the Essentials
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 8, 2013
Welcome back to another edition of News From the Lake. In this series of news, we’ll be discussing a special opportunity to converse with director Ron Howard, the winners of Fox’s Voice Your Choice series are revealed, and Drew Barrymore is all prepped for another round of The Essential read more
In Like Flint (1967)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 8, 2013
Before sitting down to watch In Like Flint, my only prior knowledge was its reference in one of the Austin Powers movies. It’s an appropriate connection as it becomes easy to discover where the latter film liberally stole several of its gags. I didn’t see the 1965 original, Our Man Fli read more
Golden Age on the Printed Page: Veronica Lake Paper Dolls
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 7, 2013
I remember giddily asking for paper dolls as a kid, and being denied at every turn. There was just something exciting about putting paper copies of clothes onto a paper copy of a doll that made for hours of entertainment (and I’m only 24 so please no jokes about playing with an abacus). Than read more
Leading Lady Week 8: Update
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 7, 2013
It’s been tournament central here, what with the Leading Lady Tournament winding down and Monty’s Classic Actress tournament starting. Figured I’d include an update on where the five ladies above stand, as of right now. Voting closes Monday, so if you haven’t voted already, read more
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 6, 2013
The next two weeks see us delving into horror/sci-fi hybrids in my American Horror class; starting off with the 1956 Don Siegel classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I’ve seen every incarnation of this story, and find this and the 1993 version (named Body Snatchers) to be the best. read more
Classic Movie Actresses Tourney: 1950s Bracket (Part 2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 6, 2013
Hopefully, you’ve been reading All Good Things for updates on who’s in the lead during Part 1 of the Actress tourney. Voting closed for part one (and the results are available at All Good Things), and we’re now going into part two. After this poll, we’ll be pairing off the read more
Leading Lady Tournament: 1990s Results
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 5, 2013
Wow, talk about a last-minute game-change. I didn’t close the poll till Monday morning, and in that time one actresses jumped from #2 to #1 with the highest amount of votes we’ve seen (actually she’s tied with Audrey Hepburn in the 1950s poll). 35 votes were counted, making this read more
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 5, 2013
Cast a Dark Shadow was on my TCM Top Twelve for January, and it’s a choice that turned out to be the right one. This dark noirish mystery is filled with Freudian symbolism enmeshed within a typical murder mystery. Add a dose of wifely murder, and Dirk Bogarde continuing to skirt the line of read more