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I once presented you top 10 favourite actors. But, of course, I have much more than only 10 favourite actors, even more than 100 favourite actors. But I’ll keep that to this number as it is a beautiful number, no? Of course this list contains my own personal choices. I don’t say that an read more

In the world of movies, we can find many types of characters: good, bad, anti-heroes, people who “don’t give a damn” and so on. To celebrate the world of movie villains, Kristina from Speakeasy, Ruth from Silver Screening and Shadow and Satin are once again back with the Great Vil read more

Joseph Cotten with an “E”. Today, that man (and highly underrated actor) would have been 111 years old. As he is a favourite of mine, it’s my duty to honour him on this day. Joseph Cotten, born on May 15th, 1905, started his acting career on Broadway, but this one really started w read more

For this week’s top list, I reveal to you what are my 15 personal favourite movie openings. The magic of these scenes is that they make you want to watch the rest of the film. So, if there are some films here you haven’t seen, these few clips will be a good introduction to you. Here I do read more

War is hell. We all agree on that. But the real hell doesn’t only happen during the conflict, but also when this one is over. Cities are destroyed, have to be rebuilt, countries are poor, families have lost relatives, and, the soldiers that are still alive are, for the most, mentally affected and read more

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I invite you once again to share your personal tastes with me by voting for your favourite article on The Wonderful World of Cinema. Of course, you might have no read all the articles and that’s perfectly normal. You can read them all if you have time, but, otherwise, just vote for your favour read more

There’s no real objective with this pool, except knowing your personal tastes. It is of course important for me to know what people think of my blog. So, I simly invite you to vote for your personal favourite blogathon hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema. That’s a total of four. Of read more

This week’s top is similar to last week’s one, but this time we’ll take a look at the Oscar Winning Performance by male performers. I couldn’t made up my mind on only 15 performances, so I went with 20 instead. Remember, this is a top list for the actors who DID won an Oscar. read more

I had so much fun last year when I hosted my very first blogathon: The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon in honour of her centenary. As it was a success (and as I love Ingrid so much), I couldn’t resist hosting it again this year. After all, 101 is a beautiful number too! The celebrations we read more

Are you ready for a new top list? I know you are! I’ve promised myself to come back with a new one every week and, so far, I haven’t really kept my promise… But I’m working on it! So, today, I present you my top 15 favourite Oscar winning performances by an actress (to those read more

I bet you were wondering what was happening with this competition. Well, let me first apologize for keeping the secret so long! As we had several problems with the final poll on All Good Things, we finally decided that both Doris Day and Greer Garson would be the winner(s). If you want more informa read more

We have to admit that, despite the fact that we admire movie masterpieces that are visually stunning and that make our neurones work hard, we can’t say no to some “easy watching” films, those films we just watch for our own enjoyment, those “Friday night” films we can read more

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I was so impatient for this event to finally start! But after almost 3 months of patience, it’s finally here! The Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration is the occasion for us, bloggers, to honour this wonderful actor who would have been 98 on April 17, 2016. The events starts tod read more

I feel wonderfuly blessed as I’ve been honoured with a 4th Liebster Award by my friend Anna from Defiant Success! So, of course I want to thank her for nominating me! When you receive a Liebster Award, you have to answer the 11 questions asked by the blog who nominated you and then say 11 thi read more

After a month of competition, we finally have our winner for the 50’s era! I name the wonderful DORIS DAY! She defeated Deborah Kerr with 194 votes agains 63 for Deborah Kerr. Of course this is not over! Doris will now represent the 50s era for the next matches including the winner of each e read more

Last Wednesday, on April 5, we celebrated the birthday of some legends of the silver screen such as Gregory Peck (his centennial), Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis. Unfortunately, due to school duties, I didn’t have time to write a tribute for any of them as I usually like to. But this doesnR read more

Doris Day and Deborah Kerr are two of the 8 actresses left in this competition. Congrats to them! So, the final match for the 50s’ era is finally here! You have until Saturday April 9 at 1 pm to vote for your favourite actress. The finalist will then compete against the other era’s fina read more