Welcome to BlogHub: the Best in Veteran and Emerging Classic Movie Blogs
You can rate and share your favorite classic movie posts here.
You can rate and share your favorite classic movie posts here.
Interview on CMBA Site
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 15, 2017
One of my favorite bloggers interviewed me for the Classic Movie Blog Association‘s profile. Check it out here. Such an honor. I feel like this:
For fantastic reading, view the author’s site, Silver Screenings. Her support, and that of other awesome veteran bloggers (such as Caftan Woma read more
Interview on CMBA Site
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 15, 2017
One of my favorite bloggers interviewed me for the Classic Movie Blog Association‘s profile. Check it out here. Such an honor. I feel like this:
For fantastic reading, view the author’s site, Silver Screenings. Her support, and that of other awesome veteran bloggers (such as Caftan Woma read more
Fred and Ginger Fans, Watch La La Land
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 12, 2017
Sometimes when I’m watching Gene Kelly, I’ve had to resist my urge to reach through the screen and push him into one of the puddles he’s leaping around. I want to enjoy his joyful movements, his talent, but for me, the acting just kills it. His characters seem so smug, so sentimen read more
Fred and Ginger Fans, Watch La La Land
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 12, 2017
Sometimes when I’m watching Gene Kelly, I’ve had to resist my urge to reach through the screen and push him into one of the puddles he’s leaping around. I want to enjoy his joyful movements, his talent, but for me, the acting just kills it. His characters seem so smug, so sen read more
The Odd Stew of Designing Woman
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 16, 2016
It’s surprising the screenplay for Designing Woman (1957) won George Wells an Oscar, given its strange stew of marital conflict, mob threats, brain damage, fashion, and acrobatic fight moves. But there is a cleverness to it, and some insights about marriage one doesn’t usually get in a read more
The Odd Stew of Designing Woman
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 16, 2016
It’ surprising the screenplay for Designing Woman (1957) won George Wells an Oscar, given its strange stew of marital conflict, mob threats, brain damage, fashion, and acrobatic fight moves. But there is a cleverness to it, and some insights about marriage one doesn’t usually get in a c read more
Goin’ to Town: Feel-Good Classic
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 10, 2016
How do you explain the joy of Mae West after a long hiatus? I’ve saved Goin’ to Town for a rough day, and it had the hoped-for effect. I may not get everything in my life right, but I have an instinct for good medicine: Mae had me grinning within seconds. Cleo (West) first appears in an read more
Goin’ to Town: Feel-Good Classic
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 10, 2016
How do you explain the joy of Mae West after a long hiatus? I’ve saved Goin’ to Town for a rough day, and it had the hoped-for effect. I may not get everything in my life right, but I have an instinct for good medicine: Mae had me grinning within seconds. Cleo (West) first appears in an read more
Defeat Future Trumps: Teach Humor
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 16, 2016
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” —Mark Twain When Trump clinched the nomination in Indiana, I felt betrayed not by my fellow citizens, but by my art. I teach humor, write humor, believe in humor. And I couldn’t deny it: Trump’s skill with a joke was exactly read more
Defeat Future Trumps: Teach Humor
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 16, 2016
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” —Mark Twain When Trump clinched the nomination in Indiana, I felt betrayed not by my fellow citizens, but by my art. I teach humor, write humor, believe in humor. And I couldn’t deny it: Trump’s skill with a joke was exactly read more
The Lure of the Selfish Genius
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 19, 2016
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) presents that classic question: what are you willing to put up with, to be under the direction of a genius? Whiplash (2014) did the same just a couple years ago, conductor Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) compelling his protégé drummer to dangerous extremes for his art. The read more
The Lure of the Selfish Genius
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 19, 2016
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) presents that classic question: what are you willing to put up with, to be under the direction of a genius? Whiplash (2014) did the same just a couple years ago, conductor Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) compelling his protégé drummer to dangerous extremes for his art. The read more
Meg Ryan’s Fate Foretold in Joe Versus the Volcano
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 1, 2016
Meg Ryan has had a peculiar career: America’s darling after When Harry Met Sally (1989), she has struggled to avoid typecasting as the perky cute girl ever since, and largely failed, settling for a saccharine portrayal in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), and veering into downright parody of her p read more
Meg Ryan’s Fate Foretold in Joe Versus the Volcano
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 1, 2016
Meg Ryan has had a peculiar career: America’s darling after When Harry Met Sally (1989), she has struggled to avoid typecasting as the perky cute girl ever since, and largely failed, settling for a saccharine portrayal in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), and veering into downright parody of her p read more
In Defense of Netflix: Jessica Jones & OITNB
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 18, 2016
I’ve been flirting with dumping Netflix for some time: That terrible customer service debacle a few years back. The fact that despite their extensive classic movie DVD library, their classic movie streaming choices are tired, and frequently movie-of-the-week bad. The prices I have to pay to wa read more
In Defense of Netflix: Jessica Jones & OITNB
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 18, 2016
I’ve been flirting with dumping Netflix for some time: That terrible customer service debacle a few years back. The fact that despite their extensive classic movie DVD library, their classic movie streaming choices are tired, and frequently movie-of-the-week bad. The prices I have to pay to wa read more
Mae West’s Lessons for Groundbreakers
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 7, 2016
A woman approaches a building, greets men outside, enters. A common occurrence. But when that walk is Mae West’s, the arrival of Maudie into Night after Night is transgressive. West’s entrance into film guaranteed the influence she’d already build on the stage would reverberate far beyond the read more
Mae West’s Lessons for Groundbreakers
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 7, 2016
A woman approaches a building, greets men outside, enters. A common occurrence. But when that walk is Mae West’s, the arrival of Maudie into Night after Night is transgressive. West’s entrance into film guaranteed the influence she’d already built on the stage would reverberate far beyond the read more
The Good Stuff: What’s to Love about Fights in Film
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 8, 2016
Talented poet and screenwriter, martial artist, and classics enthusiast Brian Wilkins agreed to guest post for me as part of The Sword and Sandal blogathon, hosted by Moon in Gemini. Check out his wonderful tribute to fight scenes below. Sometime in 1998, I sit on the floor in my living room watchi read more
The Good Stuff: What’s to Love about Fights in Film
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 8, 2016
Talented poet and screenwriter, martial artist, and classics enthusiast Brian Wilkins agreed to guest post for me as part of The Sword and Sandal blogathon, hosted by Moon in Gemini. Check out his wonderful tribute to fight scenes below. Sometime in 1998, I sit on the floor in my living r read more