The podcast devoted to Old Hollywood
Halloween ain’t over till someone does the Time Warp. I was fortunate to snag The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Blu-ray and it would be blasphemy not to review it … Continue Reading The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Summer Under the Stars has already seen a director in the spotlight (Otto Preminger and Laura which you can read here). For today, we’ll look at the directing duo of … Continue Reading The Red Shoes (1948)
The Return of the Vampire is an interesting, WWII-set take on the overdone vampire genre that gets point for having a female Van Helsing character. Sorry, I can’t say Van … Continue Reading The Return of the Vampire (1944)
As part of my Father’s Day Guide, I’m reviewing the entire Henry Fonda Collection box-set. In the interest of time, I will be combining reviews in twos or threes before … Continue Reading The Henry Fonda Collection: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) & Immortal Sergeant (1943) – Father’s Day Gift Guide
Yesterday was actor Peter Cushing‘s 100th birthday, and I wish I was able to schedule this to run earlier in celebration of it. Thankfully, I have something to bring to … Continue Reading Peter Cushing: A Life in Film
If I told you to list some of the staples of motion pictures what would you include: stars, a good script. Would you mention sex? Whether explicit or implied, the … Continue Reading Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema
Last year kicked off a wave of Hollywood biopics that don’t look to abate into 2013. Hitchcock was one of two films about the legendary director that arrived in 2012. … Continue Reading Hitchcock (2012)
Three hour movies possess something special in order to convince me to devote the time. Nicholas and Alexandra was just such a film, as it not only appeases my love … Continue Reading Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Winnie the Pooh can be placed alongside Mickey Mouse as one of the Disney company‘s enduring characters. In fact, you could consider the Winnie the Pooh gang to be just … Continue Reading The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
For 20 years I’ve been living a lie. Before today, I had believed I’d never seen Robin Hood all the way through. In my mind, I’d seen the first 20 … Continue Reading Robin Hood (1973)
Cast a Dark Shadow was on my TCM Top Twelve for January, and it’s a choice that turned out to be the right one. This dark noirish mystery is filled … Continue Reading Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
The AristoCats is an interesting animal (intentional pun), because, on the one hand, its story is deliberately lifted from past Disney features; but, on the other, it’s more adult and … Continue Reading The AristoCats (1970)
Sorry for the interruption in the Journeys in the Disney Vault schedule. Let’s just say siblings coming to stay for extended periods of time…bad idea. Anyway, we return to the … Continue Reading The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Better late than never, right? Over the next eleven weeks, we’ll be entering the Disney period where talking animals ruled the roost. You’ll see humans in several of these, but … Continue Reading 101 Dalmatians (1961)
It’s been a few weeks but Journeys in the Disney Vault makes its triumphant 2013 return! There are three more Disney films in the 1950s, and it’s hard for me … Continue Reading Peter Pan (1953)
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