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Here is our contribution to The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon, a celebration of all the wonderful classic films that us movie bloggers wish were made but never were. For today and tomorrow, classic movie fans will be writing fantasy reviews to movies that exist only in their imaginations. Be sure t read more

Get your popcorn ready! Now playing at the Silver Scenes Theatre is a variety of great posts starring some of the most talented and amusing film writers in the blogasphere. Pauline Kael step aside!  We had a great audience yesterday and today we have people standing in line to see the greatest read more

Here is our contribution to The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon, a celebration of all the wonderful classic films that us movie bloggers wish were made but never were. For today and tomorrow, classic movie fans will be writing fantasy reviews to movies that exist only in their imaginations. Be sure t read more

Thinking about what could have been is apparently a great pastime of mine. You may remember that last year I shared a couple of books that I wish would be made into films, including classic and modern “dream casts” for each. Now I’ve gone and cooked up more dream casts, this time w read more

Five Roles Katharine Hepburn Never Played: Imaginary Film Blogathon We all indulge in a little wishful thinking at some times. "I wish political leaders wouldn't use chemical weapons on their own people." "I wish Congress would NOT shut down the entire US government." "I wish Katharine Hepbu read more

I suppose you could say that back in the day when one-reelers were the standard, most films were “short films”. After all, when you’re limited to around eight minutes per reel, you really have to make all of them count. So I thought that today we’d take a look at one of those read more

Five Roles Katharine Hepburn Never Played: Imaginary Film Blogathon Labels: blogathon, Imaginary Film Blogathon We all indulge in a little wishful thinking at some times. "I wish political leaders wouldn't use chemical weapons on their own people." "I wish Congress would NOT shut d read more

Get your popcorn ready! Now playing at the Silver Scenes Theatre is a variety of great posts starring some of the most talented and amusing film writers in the blogasphere. Pauline Kael step aside!  We had a great audience yesterday and today we have people standing in line to see the greatest read more

Here is our contribution to The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon, a celebration of all the wonderful classic films that us movie bloggers wish were made but never were. For today and tomorrow, classic movie fans will be writing fantasy reviews to movies that exist only in their imaginations. Be sure t read more

Get your popcorn ready! Now playing at the Silver Scenes Theatre is a variety of great posts starring some of the most talented and amusing film writers in the blogasphere. Pauline Kael step aside!  We had a great audience yesterday and today we have people standing in line to see the greatest read more

We all indulge in a little wishful thinking at some times. “I wish political leaders wouldn’t use chemical weapons on their own people.” “I wish Congress would NOT shut down the entire US government.” “I wish Katharine Hepburn had made a film about Amelia Earhart. read more

Get your popcorn ready! Now playing at the Silver Scenes Theatre is a variety of great posts starring some of the most talented and amusing film writers in the blogasphere. Pauline Kael step aside!  We had a great audience yesterday and today we have people standing in line to see the greatest read more

Here is our contribution to The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon, a celebration of all the wonderful classic films that us movie bloggers wish were made but never were. For today and tomorrow, classic movie fans will be writing fantasy reviews to movies that exist only in their imaginations. Be sure t read more

The TCM Classic Film Festival may be more than half a year away, but the promotion is already in full swing. Today, Turner Classic Movies posted the first promo for the fifth annual event, scheduled to kick off on April 10, 2014. The 60-second “sizzle” piece opens with dramatic establish read more

The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon hosted by Diana and Connie, the Metzinger Sisters, at Silver Scenes is underway.  Classic film bloggers will never be accused of not having great imaginations!  Check out the amazing movies that never were yet should have been. CHARLIE CHAN IN HOLLYW read more

This is my contribution to the Great Imaginary Film Blogathon. Be sure to read the other posts for this event! You know that I love silent films. What you may not know, though, is that I have an enormous weakness for the BIG films of the sixties. Lawrence of Arabia, Zulu, you know the kind. I also read more

The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon is an absolutely magnificent idea. Every film buff in the world has always wanted to "create" their own classic film using on-screen and off-screen talent from the past. Being the monster movie geek that I am, I decided to bring together Hammer Films, the ma read more

The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon is an absolutely magnificent idea. Every film buff in the world has always wanted to "create" their own classic film using on-screen and off-screen talent from the past. Being the monster movie geek that I am, I decided to bring together Hammer Films, the ma read more

Step Right Up! Step Right Up!  Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls...come one, come all to see the amazing, the mysterious, the fantasmagorical, and the most imaginative films that were never made! That's right folks, it is only here that you can              read more

As we’re all told from an early age, stories always have three distinct parts – a beginning, a middle and an end. All play a huge part in the overall success of a film, but a bland opening can lose an audience immediately. Here’s a list of five films with opening scenes that grab read more