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Journeys in the Disney Vault kicks off with the film that started it all: the 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  Snow White, as it will be referred to from here on out, was a seminal film not just in the animation world but in film in general.  It was the first, full-length, narrative read more

Week 1 is done and on to Week 2!  The 1930s was a roller-coaster but I think the 1940s have just more hidden up their sleeves.  The five men here represent different genres, and they were all quite the ladies men.  I know one person (coughMontycough) whose Leading Man is in this section so let the read more

Note to self: Never try to type up a blog post on an iPad…it’s not easy and never works out as you planned.  On the flipside, if you do read the blog on an iPad it’s pretty cool.  Anyway, you came for results! I asked that the tie between Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart be broken and read more

I know I mentioned on Thursday that there wouldn’t be another update but we’ve come to another tie right before the close of Week 1!  If the tie isn’t broken by Sunday I’ll take the two that are tied and be the deciding vote but I’m hoping to not do that.  Last time we read more

To start, the tie in the Leading Man Tourney for this week has been broken (for now)…hopefully the last few days of Week 1 don’t see a tie-breaker right off the bat.  Anyway, today’s film!  Midnight Mary is a 1933 pre-Code with star Loretta Young in one of her most out-of-character read more

Have I mentioned I love watching movie related documentaries?  You should already know this as I’ve reviewed more than a few already.  Well today’s film is no different, it’s the 2005 documentary Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream.  The major problem I seemed to read more

One final Leading Man poll update for the week!  The results of Week 1 will be revealed Sunday along with the introduction of Week 2.  The numbers are insane so far, I can’t imagine how fans will respond to the actors of the 1940s!  Anyway in this post I’ll be discussing what the numbers read more

Reblogged from The Movie Brothers: Hi all you readers in the interwebs, I’m Kristen, founder of the Journeys in Classic Film blog and I’m hear to discuss a film that holds a place in my heart, whether I like it or not. I was honored and humbled when I was contacted by the eponymous The Movie Brother read more

I love the revisionist trend that’s coming in books.  Books that take a smaller character and showcases a plot around their lives or involvement in a story are some of my favorites.  Christopher Moore wrote an amazing book about King Lear told from the Fool’s perspective that I set as read more

I really need to come up with a logo for the general mid-day posts.  I’ve recently become an expert at crafting these so best get to work.  Anyway, hopefully you’re reading this after you’ve read today’s book review which leads me perfectly into my first point…televisio read more

The Client You all voted for a mix of old and new reviews so here’s a more contemporary film for you, the 1994 Joel Schumacher directed adaptation of John Grisham‘s novel The Client.  I’d seen bits and pieces of this film before, and I do enjoy Schumacher’s other film with Br read more

Updates, updates, get your updates! Today’s mid-day post is all about polls!  There’s two polls I wanted to comment on so let’s start with the one everyone seems to have forgotten about.  We got 19 votes for the latest Reader Request poll and boy was that a dogfight.  Here are the read more

***This should have been up earlier but I’m nursing one of the worst sunburns on my face so my head is killing me.  Apologies! It’s finally here, the first (hopefully becoming a yearly thing) Journeys in Classic Film Leading Man Tournament.  This week we’ll be determining who is read more

The leading man tournament starts tomorrow with the five leading men of the 1930s.  To make your voice heard just vote in the poll on the sidebar at the start of every week (Sunday) and share the poll with as many people as possible.  By the end of the summer a leading man will be proclaimed!  To read more

A winner has been declared in the first (of many I hope) Journeys in Classic Film contests.  I would like to thank all those who sent in entries (and I apologize for the few I had to turn down due to shipping problems).  The winner, who will be getting a copy of Bernard F. Dick’s Hollywood Mad read more

Peter Bart‘s Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob (and Sex) I’m a huge fan of books written on particular decades in film history.  The work of Peter Biskind immediately comes to mind as he’s pretty much tackled every major decade in film with his books.  Peter Bart, former read more

I like the two post format we’ve got going on here so I figured I’d devote a second post to the poll that’s on-going.  It continues to be a close race so be sure to vote before Sunday on what the next Reader Request movie is going to be.  Here are the nominees (as well as acknowled read more

The Night of the Hunter In my defense this review was written two days ago and my computer decided it didn’t want to look for pictures and kept crashing.  Profuse apologies!  The Night of the Hunter was on the last Reader Request poll and if the results were anything to go off of, people love read more

Want to win a copy? This is the last call in our book contest.  To reiterate, I’m giving away one copy of Bernard F. Dick’s book Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young.  All you have to do to be entered is email me at kristen@cc2konline.com with the subject Loretta Young Giveaway and your name read more

Cult classics are hard to review, especially if you expected one thing and totally got another.  I have vague recollections of seeing the 1986 musical version of Little Shop of Horrors, and I don’t recall enjoying it.  I’ve heard great things about the 1960, Roger Corman original, and read more