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“Anne Bancroft: A Life” Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our “Anne Bancroft: A Life”  Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky. read more

TCM is airing a night of movies starring screwball queen Carole Lombard on Friday. TCM is airing a an evening of films from actor Carole Lombard this Friday that includes some of her best screwball comedies. There's also a great daytime lineup of movies about lost loves and an evening of films fr read more

A Mulher de Branco / The Woman in White (1948) “A Mulher de Branco” me lembra de vários filmes da década de 1940. Pode ser um tema em comum, um personagem, uma situação, um cenário. Como eu fui capaz de fazer tantas conexões, foi com curiosidade e surpresa que descobri que read more

After taking a short break from classic films and stars, I am back with an all new tourney, this time all about film noir. 12 films as chosen by 12 friends will compete to earn the title of favorite film noir. Round 1 begins now and runs through Tuesday evening at 6pm. Film Noir Tourney Rd 1: read more

TCM is airing a Labor-Day tribute to comedian, actor and director Jerry Lewis. TCM is airing a Labor-Day tribute to Jerry Lewis that includes some of his best films as an actor, director and with  Dean Martin. Lewis passed away on Aug. 20, at age 91. There's also a great daytime lineup of mo read more

Another weekend, another episode of my podcast, The Incredible Inman's Pop Culture Potluck. This week: "A Short History of Ridiculous Sponsor Interference." For almost as long as there has been broadcasting, there has been commercial sponsorship. But from the 1930s through the 1960s sponsors had an read more

Another weekend, another episode of my podcast, The Incredible Inman's Pop Culture Potluck. This week: "A Short History of Ridiculous Sponsor Interference." For almost as long as there has been broadcasting, there has been commercial sponsorship. But from the 1930s through the 1960s sponsors had an read more

It's a time when we could use some laughs, and thanks to BBC Culture, we're getting some. With assistance from Carole Lombard.The British site recently asked 253 critics from 52 countries to list their 10 favorite comedies, and we're pleased to say two of Carole's movies made the list -- "To Be Or N read more

Why this title to my new article? Well, do you remember that almost, almost, three years ago, in 2014, I started this blog and that one of the first reviews I published was one of Charles Walters’s Three Guys Named MikeThree Guys Named Mike? Well, as this review was very short, I thought that read more

“Anne Bancroft: A Life” Book Giveaway via Twitter Time for our next book giveaway! This time, CMH will be giving away FIVE COPIES of “Anne Bancroft: A Life” by Douglass K. Daniel, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky, from Aug 28 through Sept 30. (plus ONE more copy via Facebook read more

Noir City Chicago Opens with screening of “L.A. Confidential” at Music Box August 25, 2017 Noir City Chicago returned to the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., tonight with the  screening of Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential (1997). The theme at this year’s read more

TCM is airing 24 hours of George Sanders films this week. TCM's August lineup is devoted to its annual Summer Under the Stars film festival, which offers 24 hours of films from a different actor for 31 days. This week's lineup kicks off with cowboy star Slim Pickens on Monday followed by the un read more

I’m working hell-for-leather to get the current book completed for Publisher A by the end of the month, Publisher B wants a couple of book proposals out of me as soon as I’ve delivered Publisher A’s book, and a couple of days ago Publisher C turned up out of the blue wanting me to read more

Thanks to my friend Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood, The Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon is back for a third consecutive year! This is the occasion for us to celebrate this notorious family of actors who developed its talent on more than one generation. My choice for this year read more

After a somewhat linear, pratical first act, FM begins to meander through a series of vingettes. Occasionally these end in a fade to black, usually when there’s supposed to be some deep meaning to the scene, but occasionally just when it’s time to move an interminate period into the fut read more

So, even though the title is A Nipponese Trap, there’s no trap in the chapter. Unless it’s when the bad guys bail out Lewis Wilson–in his thug disguise–so they can run him over. Except Douglas Croft and William Austin have already bailed him out, yet they don’t go to pick him up. The bad guys read more

TCM is airing 24 hours of Cary Grant films this week. TCM's August lineup is devoted to its annual Summer Under the Stars film festival, which offers 24 hours of films from a different actor for 31 days. This week's lineup kicks off with thespian Vanessa Redgrave on Monday followed by Latino star read more

Released in 1950--the same year as Winchester '73--Henry King's The Gunfighter helped usher in the "adult Western" genre. From its simple title to star Gregory Peck's authentic mustache, this character study works hard to differentiate itself from conventional oaters. Peck plays Jimmy Ringo, read more

Released in 1950--the same year as Winchester '73--Henry King's The Gunfighter helped usher in the "adult Western" genre. From its simple title to star Gregory Peck's authentic mustache, this character study works hard to differentiate itself from conventional oaters. Peck plays Jimmy Ringo, read more

George Sanders as The Falcon. A Date With the Falcon (1942) is a direct sequel to the series' first film, The Gay Falcon, with Wendy Barrie returning as Gay Lawrence's fiancée. She wants to whisk the Falcon away to get married. Instead, the debonair adventurer gets involved with an invest read more