Hello there... Dwayne Johnson's time as The Rock is so far back it's pretty easy to memory hole it, but all of a sudden the guy was an actor instead of a WWF fighter, and one of the first instances of this was when he played the Scorpion King in the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies. In … Continue reading Spin Off With the Scorpion King
Who Is Robbie Going Out With?
Hello, Mr. Spelling... Who remembers 7th Heaven? This show ran from 1996 until 2007 and follows the lives of minister Eric Camden, his wife, Annie, and their seven children in Glenoak, California, and today we'll be looking at the "V-Day" episode, which was, appropriately enough, the fourteenth episode of Season Five and broadcast on February … Continue reading Who Is Robbie Going Out With?
Announcing the We Are Family Blogathon
Time for another blogathon! Yay. But first, a little story. The inspiration for this blogathon came about a couple of months ago when I was puttering around Amazon Prime and happened upon a 1934 movie called Lost In the Stratosphere. I couldn't figure out why the guy in the thumbnail looked so familiar until I … Continue reading Announcing the We Are Family Blogathon
Crooning Cowboys and Low-Cost Capers
Saddle up, everyone... Westerns are a notoriously cheap genre, and I don't mean that in a bad way. It's just that they always have a lot of the same design and story elements. Horses. Dusty streets. Weathered buildings with board sidewalks. Open spaces. Various firearms. A saloon. A bar brawl or a shootout, possibly both. Maybe … Continue reading Crooning Cowboys and Low-Cost Capers
The Norman Jewison Blogathon: Wrapup
We have come to the end of the blogathon, folks, and I hope everyone has enjoyed themselves! I'm working through all your posts and am looking forward to reading your thoughts on Mr. Norman Jewison. If anyone is just joining us, all our posts can be found here. Also, of course, if anyone has any … Continue reading The Norman Jewison Blogathon: Wrapup
Two Marriages, Two Divorces
Curtain... Norman Jewison's filmography is nothing if not diverse, and one of his early 2000s credits is 2001's Dinner With Friends, which was a TV movie for HBO. Based on the successful 1998 Donald Margulies play of the same name, the film follows two couples as infidelity and divorce become part of the conversation, and then … Continue reading Two Marriages, Two Divorces
The Norman Jewison Blogathon Has Arrived
We're here, all! It's time to celebrate that great director, Norman Jewison, on the weekend of what would have been his ninety-eighth birthday. You all are more than familiar with the usual procedure. Please send me your wonderful posts throughout the weekend and I'll post them here as soon as possible, and check back often … Continue reading The Norman Jewison Blogathon Has Arrived
One Week Until the Norman Jewison Blogathon
It's almost here, everyone, and I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting excited. Who else is ready to celebrate Norman Jewison? If anyone is just hearing about our upcoming fete and want to join us, well, you know what to do. The details can be found here, so let me know and I'll … Continue reading One Week Until the Norman Jewison Blogathon
One Month Until the Norman Jewison Blogathon
One month to go until we celebrate Norman Jewison, friends. Thanks so much to everyone who's signed up to celebrate this amazing, and in some ways, underrated director who has brought us so many classic films and TV shows and sadly passed a few months ago at the age of ninety-seven. Of course, if anyone … Continue reading One Month Until the Norman Jewison Blogathon
The Seventh Broadway Bound Blogathon: Curtain Call
We have come to the end of the blogathon, all, and while I haven't gotten to read everyone's entries yet, you all have made this a great event! Bows, applause, and bouquets for all! Thank you, everyone! That goes for anyone I may have forgotten to include. I knew this blogathon would coincide with the … Continue reading The Seventh Broadway Bound Blogathon: Curtain Call
Sniffing Out Moral Infection
House lights down... Heinrik Ibsen is a highly respected Norwegian playwright, and his most famous play is, no doubt, 1879's A Doll's House, a before-its-time story that made a huge sensation during the Victorian Era. It was not without controversy, as it presented some scandalous ideas for the time. Less known to the public, though, was … Continue reading Sniffing Out Moral Infection
The Seventh Broadway Bound Blogathon Has Arrived
The curtain is rising, all, and it's time for our seventh trip down Broadway. Hope you're ready, and if you're not quite there yet, no big deal. We've got a great weekend ahead with wonderful bloggers regaling us with all things Great White Way. So yeah, it's the usual thing: Please send me your posts … Continue reading The Seventh Broadway Bound Blogathon Has Arrived
Judy’s Last MGM Movie
Miss Judy is back... It's no secret that Judy's life got difficult towards the end of her time at MGM, which was an endless push-pull between her trying to take control of her health and well-being and the studio wanting her back at work. Judy was fired from two movies in 1949--Annie Get Your Gun and The … Continue reading Judy’s Last MGM Movie
One Week Until the Seventh Broadway Bound Blogathon
It's almost here, y'all. Almost time to go down the Great White Way for the seventh consecutive year. Are you ready? I know I am. Thanks to everyone who's signed up so far--that's awesome! And of course, if anyone else would like to join us, please feel free to check out the details here. All … Continue reading One Week Until the Seventh Broadway Bound Blogathon
Bing and Bob’s Bumpy Road To Bali
It's Der Bingel and Der Bob... As all us classic film fans know, something Bob Hope and Bing Crosby were most famous for were the seven "Road" pictures they made between 1940 and 1962. Number six in the lineup was Road To Bali, a 1952 jaunt that was not without its charms but not with a … Continue reading Bing and Bob’s Bumpy Road To Bali
The Neighbors Blogathon: Wrapup
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! We have come to the end of the blogathon, people, and I hope everyone's enjoying all our lovely bloggers' great posts. As usual, if anyone has any late posts to send Quiggy and I, and there are a couple of you, please feel free to do so and we'll add them … Continue reading The Neighbors Blogathon: Wrapup
Thirty, Flirty, and Thriving
Hi there, neighbor, going my way... Who doesn't remember when Jennifer Garner was best-known for starring on Alias? That's one of the reasons 2004's 13 Going On 30 made such a splash with the public--we got to see Jennifer smile and enjoy herself. Well, that and 13 is a cute, fun movie on the line of Big. It's hard … Continue reading Thirty, Flirty, and Thriving
Taking Up Room 