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I’ve had The Women recorded for a while; more specifically it was on my TCM Top Twelve in June.  After finally watching it I’m left puzzled.  It’s good, but it doesn’t withstand the test of time in my opinion.  The eponymous women are all fairly despicable, with the exception read more

Today’s book is not a biography as the author would claim.  Writer Margaret Talbot‘s biography/Hollywood history book The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father’s Twentieth Century is a fantastic blend of biography and Hollywood history with an eye towards illustrating the chang read more

I’ve been planning on renaming my Hall of Fame for a while.  It’s not that it doesn’t accurately describe what I’m trying to do, but I wanted to personalize it to this site.  Therefore, starting this month every new entry into my Hall of Fame will now be winning a Veronica. read more

Golden Age on the Silver Screen returns and not a moment too soon it seems.  As the year progresses there’s a veritable slew of made-for-television biopics (and just biopics in general) that will make good installments in this series.  The first is the highly advertised HBO film The Girl.  A read more

With the mad rush of Halloween I’m behind on putting out my TCM Top Twelve for November.  Thankfully, I only had to drop one movie that’s already run.  The twelve assembled are a mix of iconic films and some that just sound interesting.  None of the documentaries playing this month struc read more

Halloween has come and gone and we’re back on our weekend schedule; starting with a return to the Disney Vault!  We last left Disney at Bambi (although I did post up the Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad early for Halloween).  We’re entering into Disney’s period of short “pa read more

It was beyond ambitious of me to review 31 films in 31 days but I persevered and only dropped two films from the rotation, and this review was only two days behind schedule.  Our final film is, appropriately enough, the little seen Trick ‘r Treat.  I followed this film through its convoluted read more

Wow was October ambitious.  I vowed to watch 31 films for Halloween and I got through 29 (sorry, The Pit and House will have to be on hold).  The schedule I put up appeared to be non-existent by the end but hey, I got through it.  I watched far more than last month and I did hold over eight films read more

Carnival of Souls is the touchstone from which directors like George Romero made their best works.  I cite Romero especially because watching Carnival of Souls will easily make you think of Night of the Living Dead as both have a similar aesthetic in their black and white composition and the depicti read more

So far this feature has focused on books devoted to classic film but I just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to read and review Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery.  Bewitched is up next to I Love Lucy as being one of my favorite shows and I always found El read more

It was always decided that I’d include I Married a Witch during my Halloween festivities.  After all, it was the film that brought Veronica Lake into my life.  To give some context, Sullivan’s Travels cemented my love for Veronica, but I Married a Witch was the first film I ever saw with read more

I had originally planned to review the TCM/Fathom events double feature of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein but ended up missing out on it.  In the interest of time I figured best just to review the film I hadn’t already seen, The Bride of Frankenstein.  I really have no good excuse read more

Oh exploitation films, how you pain me sometimes.  It’s Alive is a total product of the 1970s focused on abortion and the increasing fear of harsh chemicals and their tendency to produce birth defects.  Heady subject matter for a B-level horror movie like this and in some instances it could read more

Fiend Without a Face is cheese at its finest.  The plot is meandering and ridiculous but boy is the final minutes of it hilarious!  If anything I recommend watching the last ten minutes of this film and laugh heartily.  The acting is sitcom bad and again the plot is boring but thankfully the short read more

It might appear that I’m a broke record of late and honestly, I don’t know what’s up with that.  All I can say is I seem to be seeing a lot of movies this month that aren’t anything spectacular.  Take today’s film for example.  I’ve watched The Innocents twice read more

Figured I’d break from horror films today with my contribution to the Letter to the Stars Blogathon being hosted by the fine ladies of Best of the Past, Frankly My Dear, and In the Mood.  You can check out any of these blogs and find the rest of the blogathon’s contributors.  The rules read more

For some reason I appear to be out of sync with the films I’ve picked for Halloween and it always pains me when I simply say “eh it was okay” about a film in general.  Angel Heart came highly recommended to me from friends who said “You love Faust-like movies, you’ll lo read more

The second film in our William Castle Weekend is House on Haunted Hill from 1959.  I could have done these in order and put this before 13 Ghosts but I consider this to be the superior film and the best is saved for last (of the weekend).  House on Haunted Hill is the go-to haunted house film second read more

Got another review for you today and another from the Universal classic monsters series.  A bit of back story before we begin: I love the remake of The Mummy, hell I like The Mummy 2 (and I stop there ignoring 3).  I didn’t realize until several years after the remakes that they were actually read more

13 Ghosts is the first of two films I’m running for William Castle Weekend.  I did intentionally plan this unlike my dueling Val Lewton films I reviewed earlier in the month.  13 Ghosts is one of the lesser Castle films and doesn’t have the clout or acclaim as something like House on Hau read more