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I’m proud to say I’m finally crossing off some of my TCM Top Twelve picks which would sound more impressive if I wasn’t looking at my picks for May.  Back in my TCM Top 12 in May I’d listed this as the first movie I wanted to see.  Sullivan’s Travels has an entry in read more

I can’t believe we’re already towards the end of Week 5.  Honestly…I’m kind of ready to get down to the final weeks of this just to figure out who is the true leading man.  We’ve got the decades down sure, but once all the finalists are all assembled all best are off! read more

This is my contribution to Round 2 of the Future Classic Movies Blogathon.  To see the rest of the entries check out Paula’s Cinematic Club here. Films fans the world over say they have films that define them or that came at a seminal time in their lives.  For me, that honor goes to the 2000 read more

In the Mouth of Madness was recommended to me by a close friend with the assumption being that I enjoy smart horror films and therefore I should enjoy this.  I had no knowledge of this movie before turning it on short of it was an homage to H.P. Lovecraft, starred Sam Neill post-Jurassic Park, and read more

I’m slowly working my way through the films Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn made together.  It’s going slowly because I’m finding the movies in various places because I lack the money to buy the Tracy/Hepburn box set!  I’ve seen Adam’s Rib and Guess Who’s Comi read more

The first update of Week 5 and we have a tie!  It seems these ties happen within the first few days, the question is whether they’ll hold till the end.  Last week had a tie which quickly settled into a comfortable lead for Paul Newman so we might see similar results.  On to the numbers as they read more

My only experience with actress Sandra Dee‘s film career was Rizzo singing “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” in Grease.  I’ve read a few books about Dee’s life, specifically with her marriage to Bobby Darrin, and I figured now was a good time to actually see Sandra Dee read more

This is part update/part what I’m hoping to accomplish over the rest of the summer and beyond and gather my thoughts.  Either way it gives you guys a second post to compliment my review of Gidget.  Not to mention I can kindly nudge you towards voting in this week’s Leading Man poll (if read more

We’re entering the 1970s and the more modern actors that everyone should know (although the current generation only knows them as “those old guys”).  I’ve probably mentioned this with all the other weeks but we have a fairly diverse range of actors here who encompassed all so read more

Another straight forward series of events happened with this week’s men.  Only 38 votes this go-round (continuing our dwindle) but my fingers are crossed there’s enough moment to get us to the end!  Once our winner gained his lead things stayed pretty quite till the end.  I do appreciate read more

Going a bit more contemporary over the next few days; a brief respite from the world of classic cinema but that doesn’t mean that the movies here aren’t classic in their own way.  I’m a huge fan of the Criterion collection of DVDs (what film fan isn’t?) and I’ve easily read more

 All film buffs worth their salt know that 1939 is a crucial year for film; some would even say it was the best year for film as can be proven by the ten films nominated for Best Picture.  From the Wizard of Oz to Gone With the Wind and Wuthering Heights, 1939 is a pretty great year to love movies. read more

Updates, updates, get your updates! Remember when I did update posts all the time to fill space?  This has certainly been a productive summer.  Just a few quick blurbs I didn’t want to include at the end of today’s review or in our poll update.  It’s so short I won’t even read more

The final numbers for this week’s leading man tournament!  With that comes a question that I need some input on.  Considering that the numbers of voters seems to be dwindling, should I devote another four weeks and go up to the 2010s or cap this at the 80s or 90s?  Let me know in the comments. read more

So back story into why I sought out Young Man With a Horn to today’s review.  I reviewed a documentary called The Celluloid Closet a few months back that discussed this film in regards to a character (played by Lauren Bacall) being a lesbian.  I adore Ms. Bacall and seeing an iconic actress read more

I’m attempting to see all of director Billy Wilder‘s works who (alongside Elia Kazan) I cite as one of my favorite directors.  One of Wilder’s most prominent films is the 1945 film The Lost Weekend.  It’s a frequent problem for me in watching “classic” films like read more

We’re moving into week four of the Leading Man Tournament and with it comes our first poll update.  The numbers seem to have a nice stagger to them with no ties (for now) and a comfortable lead for our current first-placer.  Let’s look at the numbers! Mr. Gregory Peck is currently in read more

I mentioned reviewing The Moon is Blue when I did my first ever blogathon (The Gone Too Soon Blogathon) and discussed star Maggie McNamara.  It was recently on TCM (and I had NO idea TCM actually sold DVD copies of this…gotta buy one) and figured now’s as good a time as any to review it read more

Thanks to all who voted in this one-day tie-breaker poll!  Considering that both Gene Kelly and John Wayne were tied before, they certainly weren’t in competition with each other when narrowed down.  There were 10 votes cast and by a 7-3 win Gene Kelly has been declared our winner! Kelly had read more

To start, I don’t know what happened but the blog exploded yesterday (in a good way).  There were over 915 unique hits setting a new blog record (the last being 300 back in November).  I don’t know if my TCM book review did something but thanks to everyone who just discovered the blog read more