One day, er, one week more. It's coming quick, everyone. Are you ready? And if anyone wants to join us, there's plenty of room onstage and lots of topics to choose from. For more info and suggestions, please check here. Thanks to everyone who's signed up, and see you next week...
Announcing the Wizard of Oz Blogathon!
This idea might be a wee bit ambitious, because how often do blogathons focus on a single film? Pretty much never. Then again, it's not often that an iconic film turns eighty, either. It's said that more people have seen The Wizard of Oz than any other movie. Baum's novel has been translated into forty … Continue reading Announcing the Wizard of Oz Blogathon!
My Five Favorite 50s Films
Happy National Classic Movie Day! Every year, Rick of Rick's Film and TV Cafe poses a question to the blogging world, and it's always a good surprise. Usually, but not exclusively, the number five figures into things somewhere, and this is one of those times. This year, Rick wants to know which films of the … Continue reading My Five Favorite 50s Films
The Second Annual Broadway Bound Blogathon Is One Month Away
It's one month until curtain, and no doubt our participants are zealously rehearsing their parts in the Second Annual Broadway Bound Blogathon. Scripts memorized. Stages blocked. Kicklines formed, for those who are into that sort of thing. It's all coming together. I'm so glad to see people are enthusiastic about the blogging world's return engagement … Continue reading The Second Annual Broadway Bound Blogathon Is One Month Away
The Trouble With Joe Gillis
Mr. Holden is back, and he's going to a familiar place... Sunset Boulevard is well-trod territory for film buffs, film students, and film lovers in general. It's quoted, imitated, and referenced constantly. Who hasn't heard, "I'm ready for my closeup." at least once? The 1950 film is not only important to movie aficionados, but for William … Continue reading The Trouble With Joe Gillis
Bette’s Secret Win
Welcome back, Ms. Davis... 1939 is deservedly called the single greatest year in motion picture history, because more classics were produced in that period than in any other. The juggernaut was, of course, Gone With the Wind, but there were many, many movies that stood out more quietly. One of these was Dark Victory. It was an unusual subject … Continue reading Bette’s Secret Win
In Love and War
Hello, Ms. Day... I'll admit, up until a few days ago the first and only time I saw The Pajama Game was my freshman year of high school, when it was our spring musical. Back then, I thought it was fun and different--I had been used to musicals like Fiddler On the Roof and Annie, so "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway" … Continue reading In Love and War
On the Sidelines
And off we go... So we're here to discuss M. Emmet Walsh, namely, his role in 1997's My Best Friend's Wedding. Walsh's part is microscopic, but he still makes a fine contribution to a classic rom-com. Julianne (Julia Roberts) is a food critic on the line of James Beard. When she eats at a restaurant, the staff … Continue reading On the Sidelines
The Purrfect Crime
Meow... I always like working more silent movies into my film-watching experience, and while I wish I could be more deliberate about it, the silent films I do get to see are generally surprises. One of the nicest ones so far is 1927's The Cat and the Canary. Based on the successful John Willard play of the … Continue reading The Purrfect Crime
Bela Lugosi Versus the Vampire
Film fest time... Bela Lugosi is best-known for playing Dracula in the 1931 Universal film. He played the role on Broadway as well, and he originated what we immediately think of when vampires come to mind (Not looking at you, Twilight.). Hauntingly slow speech. Clawed hands. A sweep of a cape. Bela Lugosi did it all first. Lugosi … Continue reading Bela Lugosi Versus the Vampire
Announcing the Second Annual Broadway Bound Blogathon!
It's back! When the Broadway Bound Blogathon made its debut last year, more than one person approached me about making it an annual thing, and you know what? I agree with them. We need a little Broadway in our lives. Since we only scratched the surface of the Great White Way last year, we're going … Continue reading Announcing the Second Annual Broadway Bound Blogathon!
So Bad It’s Good: Wrapup and A Little Housekeeping
Wow, all, it's been a weird, wonderful weekend full of some lovably terrible (or just terrible) movies. I've read through about half of all our contributions, and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest. Here are Day One, Day Two, and Day Three for those who are catching up, or who maybe want to revisit … Continue reading So Bad It’s Good: Wrapup and A Little Housekeeping
A Bigger, Healthier Tomato
We've seen a Guilty Pleasure Movie. We've seen a Plain Old Bad Movie. Now, for my third post, we're going to see a "How the Heck Did THIS Get Greenlighted?" Movie. So not kidding. Buckle up, everyone. As you all know, the seventies were a notoriously dicey decade for cinema. They've been well represented this … Continue reading A Bigger, Healthier Tomato
So Bad It’s Good: Day the Third
We have come to the last day of the So Bad It's Good Blogathon, and we've got some great entries about some truly awful movies. No, really. They're bad. Here are Day One and Day Two if anyone missed them. And without further suspense, let's get right to it. 😉 For The Midnite Drive-In's third … Continue reading So Bad It’s Good: Day the Third
So Bad It’s Good: Day the Second
Ready to cringe? You've come to the right place. We had some great entries yesterday, and here's another assortment of film turkeys. Spit-takes are optional, although possibly not advisable. However, to each their own. 🙂 Let's proceed, shall we? The Midnite Drive-In comes back for Round Two with 1953's Glen or Glenda. It probably comes as no … Continue reading So Bad It’s Good: Day the Second
Elle Goes to the Hill
Yesterday we looked at a Guilty Pleasure. Today's film, however, is just bad. Four words: Good. Grief. Charlie. Brown. When we last left Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), she was valedictorian of her class at Harvard Law School, with a promising career ahead of her. Yeahhhh, that was 2001. In 2003, Elle got a sequel: Legally Blonde … Continue reading Elle Goes to the Hill
The So Bad It’s Good Blogathon Has Arrived!
Time to behold the worst of the worst, guys! Several of you hit the ground running and sent your posts in early, so kudos and thanks muchly. I'm looking forward to see what everyone else has got for us too, so here's to three days of pulled faces, guffaws, and belly groans. Without further ado... … Continue reading The So Bad It’s Good Blogathon Has Arrived!
Taking Up Room 