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Oz the Great and Powerful: Pay No Attention …
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Mar 13, 2013
I’m inclined to think that Victor Fleming‘s The Wizard of Oz (1939) is the most beloved film of all time. It’s every bit as good as other classics, but it enjoys certain advantages – it isn’t as long as Gone With the Wind, it isn’t as moody as Casablanca, it has read more
Jack the Giant Slayer: The Bigger They Are …
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Mar 2, 2013
In 1995, director Bryan Singer and screenwriter Chistopher McQuarrie burst onto the scene with an incredibly crafted film called The Usual Suspects. The intricate story is one of crime, love, death, and double-cross, with dialogue that crackles and direction that keeps the viewer not only interest read more
Life of Pi: Lessons Learned
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 11, 2013
Damn. You. Studios. The release of films in 3D, and the 3D-conversion of films shot in the traditional 2D format, have been all the rage these last couple of years. I have been resistant to embrace the move to this format for several reasons, all of which I wrote about in my Sunday Morning on read more
Beasts of the Southern Wild: This Levee is Dry
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Feb 10, 2013
One of the challenges of watching a film that has received as many accolades as Benh Zeitlin‘s Beasts of the Southern Wild has received is that the film comes with high expectations. Since winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, Beasts of the Southern Wild read more
Silver Linings Playbook: Crazy In Love
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 15, 2013
I’ve always thought that the mark of a good film that is based in reality (and by that, I mean your typical comedy/drama, not some superhero movie of sci-fi blockbuster), or the mark of a good actor playing a reality-based character, is that something in the film and/or its characters are no read more
Zero Dark Thirty: Where the History Channel Meets Lifetime
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 12, 2013
Director Kathryn Bigelow does two very smart things in her latest directorial effort, Zero Dark Thirty. She does the first smart thing in the first two minutes of the film. The screen is black, and the only audio that we hear is a collection of harrowing 911 calls made from the World Trade Center read more
Looper: A New Way To Look In An Old Mirror
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 9, 2013
I’m a sucker for time-travel stories. This interest dates back to 1981/1982, when I was an 8th grader at Holy Rosary Catholic Grade School in Claymont, Delaware. For reasons that left my memory long ago, our class was treated to a reel-to-reel screening of the best episode of Star Trek ever read more
Lincoln: Honest, Abe’s Film is Great
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Jan 2, 2013
According to IMDb, Abraham Lincoln has been portrayed in movies and television shows over 300 times, by everyone from Henry Fonda (1939′s Young Mr. Lincoln) to Louis C.K. (the 2012 season of Saturday Night Live). Add to that the countless number of less-than-professional portrayals of the read more
Les Misérables: I Dreamed A Dream, But This Wasn’t It
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Dec 27, 2012
Prior to seeing Tom Hooper‘s Les Misérables, my knowledge of the source material could be written on a piece of paper the size fortune cookie fortune … and in cursive … with a crayon. That’s no exaggeration: Victor Hugo novel; big stage hit; France. (As a slave to pop cultu read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 31: James Caan
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 31, 2012
Um … this is it. Day 31. The last day. My thoughts on all of this will come over the weekend. Until then James Caan … Leading the day is Sean from The Joy and Agony of Movies with his take on Michael Mann’s Thief. Tony Dayoub from Cinema Viewfinder also takes a look at Caan&# read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 30: Warren William
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 30, 2012
Two. Two days left. One. One star: Warren William. Leading off is R.D. Finch from The Movie Projector with a look at Lady for a Day. Next, Kristen from Journeys in Classic Film lights it up with Three on a Match. And ending his amazing blogathon run is Cliff with Immortal Ephemera, read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 29: Ingrid Bergman
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 29, 2012
On Day 29, one of Hollywood’s most legendary beauties, Ingrid Bergman. Leading off is Joel, from Joel’s Classic Film Passion, with a look at Ingrid Bergman and Italian Neorealism. Next up is Ruth at Silver Screenings, who looks at Bergman in Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman Goes Insane. My read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 28: Ava Gardner
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 28, 2012
The beautiful Ava Gardner brings us one step closer to the end of a memorable summer. Over at Spoilers you can read about Ava and John Huston and Night of the Iguana. Interested in Ava Gardner collectibles? Cliff with Immortal Ephemera has what you need! CHECK BACK FOR MORE GREAT POSTS! read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 27: Jeanette MacDonald
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 27, 2012
And then there were five. Day 27 offers Jeanette MacDonald. Leading of is Margaret Perry of The Great Katharine Hepburn, who takes a look at MacDonald in San Francisco. Next up is Kay with Movie Star Makeover and her look at … Jeanette MacDiva. Cliff at Immortal Ephemera gives us a glimpse read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 26: Gary Cooper
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 26, 2012
Today we have the pleasure of watching one of Classic Hollywood’s timeless everyman, Gary Cooper. First up is Margaret Perry of The Great Katharine Hepburn with her take on Cooper in a wonderful comedy, Ball of Fire. Next, Sean from The Joy and Agony of Movies offers a his own take on Cooper read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 25: Tyrone Power
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 25, 2012
Tyrone Power kicks off Day 25 … the first day of the last week of the blogathon. Sigh. Blogathon mainstay Cliff with Immortal Ephemera is back with two great Power entries. First, Cliff tells us (like a boss) the 11 Tyrone Powers movies HE would have programmed for TCM today. Second, Clif read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 24: Irene Dunne
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 24, 2012
It’s time to give the boys a rest and let a lady shine. What better way than to turn it over to Irene Dunne. The ever-stylish Kay from Movie Star Makeover leads off with a bio on Dunne. Aurora from Once Upon A Screen takes a blogathon bow with the formidable assertion that Dunne was “ read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 23: Gene Kelly
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 23, 2012
How do you follow up Jack Lemmon? Gene Kelly, of course. It’s an embarrassment of programming riches, really. Guess who’s back … back again … Cliff is back … tell a friend. Cliff is back … Cliff is back … Cliff is back. 8 ) Cliff reports, as always, read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 22: Jack Lemmon
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 22, 2012
There’s no cute opening needed today. Ladies and gentlemen, Jack Lemmon. Leading off is Aurora of Once Upon a Screen with a beautiful piece entitled The Magic of Lemmon. Next, Kellee at Outspoken and Freckled offers her view of Lemmon in The Great Race. Now, over at Jess in a Yellow Dress, read more
2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 21: Kay Francis
ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on Aug 21, 2012
Today’s Summer Under the Stars spotlight is a quintessential Pre-Code dame – Kay Francis. Like style? Then you’ll love what Kimberly from GlamAmor has to offer, as she looks at Francis’ trendsetting 1930s style. And the blogathon welcomes Danny Reid from Can’t Stop read more