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What? No Beach Party movies and no Gidget? We excluded the Beach Party films from this list for two reasons: (1) they have already been covered extensively at the Cafe; (2) they would dominate this list and we wanted to promote some of the other "spring break movies." As for Gidget, while it ma read more

When James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson come to Marfa, Texas to film the movie Giant in 1955, it’s the chance of a lifetime for teenaged James Dean fan Mona (Sandy Dennis).  Mona lives in McCarthy, Texas, not too far from Marfa, and is the head of the Disciples of James Dean, the lo read more

Ronald Colman was certainly one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, being equally at home in romances, swashbucklers, comedies, and dramas. He even played a murderer once, though villainous roles were not really his forté. He is also one of my favorite actors and that made culling his impressive read more

Here's my list of the best home video releases of 2013. Just remember, I'm picking only from the discs that I bought in the last year....and even I can't buy everything. It seems now that most of the big movie home video news concerns product being upgraded to Blu-ray. Very little product now is b read more

Here's my list of the best home video releases of 2013. Just remember, I'm picking only from the discs that I bought in the last year....and even I can't buy everything. It seems now that most of the big movie home video news concerns product being upgraded to Blu-ray. Very little product now is b read more

Christmas is almost upon us again, and to many it is a joyous time to eat drink and constantly be merry. But for every Christmas loving person out there, there’s also a pre-nightmarish-ghost-epiphany Scrooge type bah-humbugging away at all the schmaltz now intoxicating the tv schedules. So fo read more

It’s that time of year again where all the potential award films start creeping their way into cinemas, and one that’s attracted a particularly large amount of buzz is traumatic space disaster movie Gravity. In honour of this, here are five of the best moments from films directed by it& read more

It’s that time of year again where all the potential award films start creeping their way into cinemas, and one that’s attracted a particularly large amount of buzz is traumatic space disaster movie Gravity. In honour of this, here are five of the best moments from films directed by it& read more

Herewith, another installment of Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions, because why not? This time around, it is the 1955 film "Five Against ..." well, see for yourself: This is not a sequel to "Six Against the Sea," "Seven Against the Sea," "Nine Against the River" or read more

Herewith, another installment of Motion Pictures Told Through Still Pictures with Goofy Captions, because why not? This time around, it is the 1955 film "Five Against ..." well, see for yourself: This is not a sequel to "Six Against the Sea," "Seven Against the Sea," "Nine Against the River" or read more

For those of you who don’t know, Warner Archive is in the business of releasing older, obscure and cult films on DVD-R. What does this mean? Films that may not have been popular enough to enjoy a pressed DVD release can be purchased legally by the general public. Hurrah! And the silent films read more

What's Halloween without a post on classic fright films? This year, we are paying homage to the best horror films made specifically for television. And since this is a classic movie blog, all of our choices were broadcast no later than the 1980s. Hey, that's the classic era for made-for-TV movi read more

After watching the far superior A Bay of Blood (produced the year after), Mario Bava was seeing what works and what doesn’t with Five Dolls for an August Moon, aka Island of Terror.  All the basic elements within A Bay of Blood are present: a convoluted mystery peppered with gore.  However, read more

Nightmare Alley to Make Its TCM Premiere Nightmare Alley Tyrone Power was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood from the late 1930s through the late 1950s and he was 20th Century Fox's most famous star until Marilyn Monroe came along. Turner Classic Movies hasn't traditionally aired as many fi read more

Nightmare Alley to Make Its TCM Premiere Nightmare Alley Tyrone Power was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood from the late 1930s through the late 1950s and he was 20th Century Fox's most famous star until Marilyn Monroe came along. Turner Classic Movies hasn't traditionally aired as many fi read more

Nightmare Alley to Make Its TCM Premiere Nightmare Alley Tyrone Power was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood from the late 1930s through the late 1950s and he was 20th Century Fox's most famous star until Marilyn Monroe came along. Turner Classic Movies hasn't traditionally aired as many fi 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

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

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

In trying to come up with the "five best" classic TV detectives, I used the following criteria: quality; longevity; and iconic status. And, of course, to be considered classic TV, the detective's series must have originated no later than the 1980s. Thus, it was with heavy heart that I omitted l read more