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The Unpopular Opinions of a Film Addict

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jul 8, 2020

This type of content is very popular (!) on YouTube channels, and I thought I would take it on WordPress for a (hopefully) fun article. Hey, I’m not claiming that I’m reinventing the wheel and that nobody has ever done that on their blog before (actually, I’m sure tons of people h read more

The Confession Killer: Exploring the Complicated Case of Henry Lee Lucas

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jul 1, 2020

Aside from posting an announcement for the 5th Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon (*wink wink!*), I haven’t written a lot of my blog since I came back to Montreal. For this new blog article, I wanted to share with you one of the series I’ve discovered recently (I’m more in a serie read more

Announcing the 5th Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon!

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jun 12, 2020

Hello everybody! The last time I published something on this blog, it was in mid-April… So I think it’s time for me to be back. Now that I have completed my master degree and that I have more free time on my hands, I have no excuse not to write about the wonderful world of classic films read more

Media People Solve Murders Again: ‘While the City Sleeps’ (Fritz Lang, 1956)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Apr 18, 2020

When Gill from Real Weegie Midget Reviews announced that she was co-hosting a blogathon with Cinematic Catharsis honouring the one and only Vincent Price, I first went through his filmography to see which film I could write about. My attention was dragged to Fritz Lang before-last American film: Wh read more

Top of the World: 20 William Holden Films

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Apr 17, 2020

Today marks what would have been the 102nd birthday of my second most favourite actor, the one and only Golden Boy; William Holden! As you know, I’ve hosted a blogathon in his honour for four consecutive years. Sadly, I am not able to make it this year due to being  very busy with my master t read more

Greer Garson’s Elegant Entrance: ‘Goodbye, Mr. Chips’ (Sam Wood, 1939)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Apr 11, 2020

1939 was an important year for Hollywood’s film industry. Indeed, a ton of A-quality films was released and gave place to an impressive range of Oscar nominees (films and people). If we think 1939, the films that will most likely come to people’s mind are, without a doubt, Gone With the read more

An Afternoon Tea with Doris Day: Tea For Two (David Butler, 1950)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Apr 3, 2020

As I start writing this article, it is currently March 6. I’m sitting in a café in Södermalm, the in neighbourhood where I’m living in Stockholm. I’ve never been there before (I like discovering new places to broaden my options). I don’t feel it’s the best place in ter read more

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: ‘See the Monkey Dance’ (Joseph Newman, 1964)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Mar 20, 2020

Not a long time ago I shared with you my thoughts on two great Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes starring Claire Trevor. I felt like discussing Hitchcock TV stuff again but, this time, with its anthology series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The principle is pretty much the same as Alfred Hitchcock Pre read more

David Bowie on Screen: The Linguini Incident (Richard Shepard, 1991)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Mar 11, 2020

Unless you are a newbie here, it probably won’t be a mystery to know that, aside from classic films, my other great passion is a wonderful individual named David Bowie. People first know him as the music icon who wrote and sang Ziggy Stardust and inspired Fashion with his many transformations read more

The High Hopes of Buster Keaton in ‘Day Dreams’ (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Mar 9, 2020

It’s that time of the year again! One of my very favourite blogging events, The Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon is back for the 6th time! Hosted by the Lea over at Silent-Ology, this is the occasion for Keaton fans like me to share all kind of thoughts about this genius and his prolific on-scr read more

The 110 Years of Claire Trevor Blogathon is here!

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Mar 8, 2020

I was super impatient to celebrate with you this golden, powerful, multi-talented actress that Claire Trevor was! When Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood approached me to co-host a blogathon in her honour, I didn’t hesitate a second as I knew she (Claire) deserved her own read more

Claire Trevor on Televison: ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Mar 8, 2020

I’m happy to be back today for a contribution to my own blogathon, The 110 Years of Claire Trevor Blogathon, that I’m co-hosting with Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood! As a subject, I wanted to do something else than reviewing a film (don’t get me wrong, I ha read more

No need to be a Christian to appreciate Jesus of Montreal (Denys Arcand, 1989)!

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Mar 6, 2020

It seems like it’s been ages since I’ve written anything for a blogathon! Luckily, March is a month that has a lot of them in reserve, the perfect way for me to get back in business. And one of these blogathons is one of my very favourites; the O Canada Blogathon hosted by two amazing l read more

Top of the World: Celebrating John Williams With 15 Soundtracks

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Feb 8, 2020

Today, the prolific film music composer John Williams turns 88. To celebrate him, I’ve decided to share with you my 15 most favourite film scores composed by him. I believe that even if you aren’t into films, you are surely familiar with at least one of his compositions. Some of his the read more

Short Film Review: Meet the Author by Steve Blackwood (2018)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Feb 6, 2020

A few months ago, actor Steve Blackwood (Days of Our Lives, In the Light of the Moon) contacted me via The Wonderful World of Cinema‘s Facebook page to talk to me about his short film Meet the Author (2018). He directed it, wrote the screenplay and plays the main role. I felt highly honoured w read more

The Carry On Blog Series: My Conclusion

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Feb 2, 2020

I started it on October 1st and completed it on January 30. The Carry On blog series has been the first “long term” project at The Wonderful World of Cinema, one that lasted much longer than I would have thought! Do I wish I would have been completed it sooner? Not necessarily, because read more

Carry On #31: Carry On Columbus

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jan 30, 2020

That’s it, folks! We have finally reached the LAST review for the Carry On blog series! I must now get used to the fact that I will soon have to move to something else. Unfortunately, among the few bad Carry Ons, Carry On Columbus is, in my humble opinion, probably the worst. What a sad way t read more

Announcing the 110 Years of Claire Trevor Blogathon!

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jan 28, 2020

I feel like it’s been ages since I’ve participated in a blogathon (sorry about that!) or hosted one, but, I’m soon going to be back in business, and I’m very happy about it! Not long before Christmas, my friend Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood contacted read more

Carry On #30: Carry On Emmannuelle

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jan 24, 2020

Believe it or not, this is the 30th entry of this blog series meaning that it’s the before-last one (well, not considering the eventual recap)! It feels quite weird that this fun blogging task is about to come to an end. More importantly, the film I am reviewing today, Carry On Emmannuelle (G read more

Carry On #29: That’s Carry On!

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jan 22, 2020

Today’s Carry On review is gonna be fairly short as the 29th entry of the series has the particularity of being a re-cap of what the team had produced since 1958 when Carry On Sergeant introduced the series. That’s Carry On!, as it is called, was released in 1977 in a time where the pro read more
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