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This is the second to last in Marilyn movie reviews (not counting my upcoming review of My Week with Marilyn).  I’m officially done with both my Marilyn Monroe box sets (I’ve only had them for over a year) and this movie cements Marilyn into the harsh world of 1960s.  She’d do one read more

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, 2011) Lately I've been catching up on films of 2011 and I recently reviewed Friends With Benefits claiming that it probably wasn't the best comedy of the year, well Crazy, Stupid, Love. is a great containder for this category at the time I am wr read more

This is an occasional series featuring my favorite movie books. Before TCM and the internet, the only way to satisfy my passion to know more about Classic Hollywood was through books, books and more books. I've cleared away the clutter over the years, but many remain permanent residents in my home. read more

It’s hard to classify today’s film, Love Nest, because it seems to suffer from the same problems of yesterday’s film As Young As You Feel.  Love Nest focuses on a small ensemble cast, several subplots, and in contrast to the other film is sickeningly sweet.  A product of the early read more

[We are] a lovely charming decadent hopeless couple. –Richard Burton I don’t want to be that much in love ever again. . .I didn’t reserve anything. I gave everything away. . .my soul, my being, everything. –Elizabeth Taylor I shall miss you with passion and wild regret. & read more

Sunset Boulevard is chock full of memorable moments.  But one moment that has always stood out to me isn’t one of the obvious ones.  As Norma Desmond is making her infamous trip down the stairs, there is a brief shot of Hedda Hopper watching with a look of absolute pity.  I’m obsessed read more

Bottom Line: Kubrick’s war satire is darkly funny, but not notable. Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Starring: George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden Stanley Kubrick’s odd, bizarre 1964 war comedy has a humorously surreal twist as well as a subtle message. Besides the characters n read more

Our film begins. I find it hard to believe that, as much as I love The Big Heat, and as many times as I’ve seen it this year alone, I’ve yet to write about it (except to fittingly include it in my list of top 10 films noir). This great movie aired again recently on Turner Classic Movies and, as read more

Baby Face (1933) is one of the first pre-Code movies that I saw after I learned what pre-Code was. And it turned out to be a perfect example of these wonderful, fascinating, oh-so-scandalous films. Starring Barbara Stanwyck (who, I believe, comes just after Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in my list read more

This month, the subject of the LAMB’s Acting School 101 is none other than Cary Grant. Naturally, we had to submit several of the entries we’ve written about the suave actor over the past year or so. Head on over the LAMB to see all of the submissions! It’s wuv. Twu wuv. read more

This is an occasional series featuring my favorite movie books. Before TCM and the internet, the only way to satisfy my passion to know more about classic Hollywood was through books, books and more books. I've cleared away the clutter over the years, but many remain permanent residents in read more

I find that I frequently write about this movie being one of my “favorite” noirs, or that line being my “favorite” quote, or this actress being among my “favorite” femme fatales. But don’t be too hard on me. There is so much to love about so many noirs – I simply can’t help myself. read more

Love on the Run (1936). Cast: Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, and Clark Gable. Love on the Run, is the seventh of eight cinematic collaborations between Crawford and Gable. The story begins when, London based American newspaper reporters Michael Anthony and Barnabas Pells, flip a coin to see who wi read more

Over the weekend, Turner Classic Movies celebrated Lucille Ball's 100th birthday with an entire day of her movies.  I awoke in the middle of the night to 1943's Du Barry was a Lady, blown away by how beautiful Lucy looked in this two-piece red gown by Irene.  She's simply stunning.  S read more

ALL TALKING  ALL SINGING  ALL DANCING . “The Broadway Melody” is a 1929 American musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. The film was the first musical released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was Hollywood’s first all-talking musical. It starr read more

I may be breaking some rules here by not doing a particular film, but I like the general approach. More importantly, I couldn’t choose a movie to feature and haven’t had the time (sad …) to rewatch any of them, as I would want to do before posting. Instead, I decided to just talk a read more

This is an occasional series featuring my favorite movie books. Before TCM and the internet, the only way to satisfy my passion to know more about classic Hollywood was through books, books and more books. I've cleared away the clutter over the years, but many remain permanent residents in read more

I could watch The Divorcee over and over again (and I do)! Starring three of my favorite Pre-Code performers – Norma Shearer, Chester Morris and Robert Montgomery – this film has it all. Great story, acting, set design, costumes, dialogue – I just love it. Here are some of the reasons why: Chester read more

I admit it - I love Tony Randall. Okay, not Cary Grant love, but love nonetheless! The minute Tony Randall walks onto a scene, the entire movie is elevated. He is a delight, a smile, the guy you are always happy to see. Come on - didn't he really deserve Doris much more than Rock? So, what is it abo read more

Writer’s block.  There are very few things that can really inspire the words to flow again, I suspect even fewer were easily accessible in the Elizabethan era, where just preparing a quill can be time consuming.  What we have here in John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love is a fictional portrait read more