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**Another contribution to this month’s Summer Under the Stars Blogathon! All past and upcoming posts can be found at ScribeHard on Film or at Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence.** I’ve seen … Continue Reading Summer Under the Stars: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Here’s the new Month in Review banner! I should give credit where credit is due because I loved the Month in Review banner over at In the Mood (a … Continue Reading The Month in Film: July 2012
**This is my contribution to The Great Recasting Blogathon hosted by In the Mood and Frankly My Dear. I highly encourage you to check out the other contributions by going … Continue Reading Recasting Sixteen Candles
I’m reviewing all five films in the Forbidden Hollywood volume two box set: Review of Night Nurse Thou Shalt Not is a 2008 TCM documentary and DVD supplement on the … Continue Reading Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
The Pleasure Seekers was a last second record simply because it has the beautiful Ann-Margaret in it. Ann-Margaret is an actress I love solely due to one film, the musical … Continue Reading The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
Having recently watched and reviewed Sullivan’s Travels I mentioned going out and watching the rest of director Preston Sturges‘ work. Christmas in July, Sturges’ second film and the first to … Continue Reading Christmas in July (1940)
Any film buff, either classic or contemporary, knows the adage: Too many movies, too little money (I might have coined that myself just now). With that I’ve decided to share … Continue Reading My Movie Wishlist: Part One
Another month and another TCM Top Twelve (if you’re keeping track I’ve reviewed two films that made my Top Twelve in May and one from my Twelve in June…that’s not … Continue Reading The TCM Top Twelve for July
I mentioned during my Gidget review that I was set to watch Beach Blanket Bingo in an effort to compare the two seminal “beach” movies. If you haven’t read my … Continue Reading Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
I’m slowly working my way through the films Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn made together. It’s going slowly because I’m finding the movies in various places because I lack the … Continue Reading Desk Set (1957)
I mentioned reviewing The Moon is Blue when I did my first ever blogathon (The Gone Too Soon Blogathon) and discussed star Maggie McNamara. It was recently on TCM (and … Continue Reading The Moon is Blue (1953)
How about that spiffy logo I came up for this? Anyway, another month and a new TCM Top 12. In terms of the twelve I mentioned watching for May, I … Continue Reading The TCM Top Twelve for June
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 … Continue Reading Mid-Day Poll Update (With Pictures)
A movie review, are you shocked? No…didn’t think so. Today’s film seems to be entrenched in the mode of “The Thin Man was a great success, what else do we … Continue Reading The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
Here’s that new segment I was talking about (having gone under some heavy revisions in 24 hours. I’m working on a banner for this and I’m open to suggestion. I … Continue Reading The TCM Top Twelve in May
As a female, I generally find the latest output of romantic comedies to be utter crap. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to make love and pratfalls appealing to the masses so … Continue Reading The Decoy Bride (2011)
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