Tonight's Movie: Millions Like Us (1943)

Tonight it was a return to World War II films with MILLIONS LIKE US, a British homefront drama with documentary overtones, from the writing/...

Tonight's Movie: Take Me To Town (1953)

TAKE ME TO TOWN is a thoroughly delightful piece of Americana starring Ann Sheridan and Sterling Hayden, directed by Douglas Sirk . I just ...

Unscheduled Semi-Intermission

I've been having major computer issues over the past couple days, hence the light posting. I do have access to another computer, which ...

Tonight's Movie: Little Man, What Now? (1934)

Having recently watched several films set in WWII Germany, it seemd like the perfect time to watch Frank Borzage 's LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW...

Tonight's Movie: Two O'Clock Courage (1945)

TWO O'CLOCK COURAGE is a fast-paced, engaging "B" movie whodunit directed by Anthony Mann , starring Tom Conway and Ann Ruther...

An Interview with Kim Novak

Susan King of the Los Angeles Times has interviewed Kim Novak, who will be appearing this Friday at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Info...

Tonight's Movie: Above Suspicion (1943)

Much of my recent viewing has, by chance, centered around World War II espionage stories, such as NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (1940), BERLIN COR...

This and That

Some random topics... ...Having grown up at a time when ordering a book or record album by mail from England was a process that could take a...

Tonight's Movie: The San Francisco Story (1952)

Fans of Joel McCrea and Yvonne DeCarlo will want to see THE SAN FRANCISCO STORY, a moderately entertaining Western set during the California...

In Disney News...

Here's some of the interesting Disney-related news of the past few days... ...Disneyland has closed its Alice in Wonderland ride to ad...

Tonight's Movie: Berlin Correspondent (1942)

BERLIN CORRESPONDENT is a sort of poor man's FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940), with Dana Andrews starring as an American journalist involve...

Tonight's Movie: Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

DANCE, GIRL, DANCE is an interesting little RKO musical-drama starring a young Maureen O'Hara and Lucille Ball. It has the distinction ...

Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... ...Class act: My husband and daughters, the "sci-fi geeks" in...

Tonight's Movie: Stage Fright (1950)

STAGE FRIGHT might be a relatively lesser film from director Alfred Hitchcock , but even a fairly unknown Hitchcock movie still provides som...

Tonight's Movie: The Conspirators (1944)

THE CONSPIRATORS is a murky yet stylish tale of WWII intrigue set in Lisbon. The film, which reunites some of the cast of CASABLANCA (1942)...

Tonight's Movie: Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

The familiar booming voice of narrator Reed Hadley quickly identifies WALK A CROOKED MILE as an FBI "procedural" film in the styl...

Coming to DVD: My Favorite Spy (1951) and More

The new company Olive Films will be releasing the Bob Hope-Hedy Lamarr comedy MY FAVORITE SPY (1951) to DVD on September 28, 2010. I review...

New Book: Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood

Here's an interesting title due out September 3: WARREN WILLIAM: MAGNIFICENT SCOUNDREL OF PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD . The author is John Stang...

Coming to DVD: Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection

Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection, a 13-disc, 24-film DVD set, will be released on October 5, 2010. Home Theater Forum has extensi...

New Disneyland Books

I spotted two attractive new books on our visit to Disneyland last Friday. Both books were published by Disney Editions in April and are by...

Book Review: Film Noir: The Encyclopedia (4th Edition)

One of the books I spent considerable time perusing on my recent vacation was the 4th Edition of FILM NOIR: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA , edited by Al...

Next Disneyland MouseAdventure Announced

MousePlanet announced their next West Coast MouseAdventure today. MouseAdventure Holiday: Trick or Treat will take place at Disneyland on O...