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Ticklish Biz is taking the holidays off and sharing with you some special gifts as we prepare for our special Christmas show on Holiday Affair. In the meantime, I’m sharing with … Continue Reading Ticklish Business – Based on a True Podcast: Hollywoodland (2006)
I’ve probably said this about Lifetime biopics before: attacking them is like picking low-hanging fruit. As Lifetime becomes the de facto biopic factory, they’ve certainly injected an added air of quality … Continue Reading Biopic Theatre: Grace of Monaco (2014)
Look up infamy in the dictionary and you’ll probably see a picture of Errol Flynn. The actor was never shy about admitting his “wicked, wicked ways” that, ultimately, led him … Continue Reading Biopic Theatre: The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
While not quite as prolific as Marilyn Monroe, Howard Hughes’ life has yielded a few biopics over time. I gave my thoughts on Tommy Lee Jones’ portrayal in The Amazing … Continue Reading The Aviator (2004)
The 20th anniversary of Turner Classic Movies deserved a more bombastic celebration than it got. Anyone lucky to attend the TCM Classic Film Festival this year had the opportunity to … Continue Reading TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014)
Our final tribute to Nick and Nora Charles is a pair of documentaries included with the Complete Thin Man box set. (I assumed the final disc, Alias Nick and Nora, … Continue Reading Alias Nick and Nora (1991/2005)
Biopic Theater makes its triumphant return with a TV movie doomed to irrelevancy after next year (barring release dates don’t change). If you read my News From the Lake post from … Continue Reading Blonde (2001)
Regulars to the site know of my tendency to discuss the roles of women in cinema, and the classic film era simultaneously marginalized and provided opportunities for women in Hollywood. … Continue Reading Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)
In 2012, I wrote a scathing review (just one in a sea of negative reviews) of Lindsay Lohan’s turn as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick. If you’re interested in … Continue Reading Burton and Taylor (2013)
Director Peter Bogdanovich is the man behind a few of my favorites movies, and it makes sense as his work subscribes to a particular classic film aesthetic, even if the … Continue Reading The Cat’s Meow (2001)
To introduce TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar a documentary directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman was commissioned showcasing the history of the Academy Awards. And the Oscar Goes To… … Continue Reading And the Oscar Goes To… (2014)
Biopic Theater returns and I didn’t intend for it’s resurrection to start somberly. As the classic film community knows, the loss of several iconic stars is torture on our souls. … Continue Reading Hollywoodland (2006)
TCM is set to celebrate their 20th anniversary and their Private Screenings series, hosted by TCM’s resident historian/host/granddad/awesome person ever, Robert Osborne has run for about as long as the … Continue Reading Private Screenings: Robert Osborne (2014)
This review originally ran Christmas Eve 2011. I finally purchased this on DVD this year and it’s become a staple in my household. Its multilingual story is still relateable today … Continue Reading 25 Days of Christmas: Joyeux Noel (2005)
Sorry for the delay with our last Journeys in the Disney Vault review, but Disney (and myself) saved the best for last. After my lukewarm reception to the last few … Continue Reading Frozen (2013)
Originally published December 17th, 2011 As I try to catch up on these final days of Christmas we get to a fork in the road with Ron Howard‘s 2000 … Continue Reading 25 Days of Christmas: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
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