Tonight's Movie: Thunder Birds (1942)

THUNDER BIRDS, subtitled SOLDIERS OF THE AIR, is one of 20th Century-Fox's wonderful morale building films of early WWII. THUNDER BIRDS...

Today at Disney's California Adventure: Springtime

After spending a few hours at Disneyland , we headed over to spend an hour at Disney's California Adventure and take in the latest chang...

Today at Disneyland: A Beautiful Day

We haven't been able to visit Disneyland for about six weeks, due to a hectic schedule, so we were very happy to be back in the park for...

New Book: Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real

May 18, 2010, is the release date for a book which is certain to be of interest to Disney park enthusiasts: WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING: A BEHI...

Tonight's Movie: I Was a Spy (1933)

It's been a great pleasure becoming more familiar with the work of British actress Madeleine Carroll over the last year or so. Earlier ...

Disney Announces New Toy Story Mania Game Coming in May

Fun news today from the Disney Parks Blog : a new game will be unveiled at California Adventure's popular Toy Story Midway Mania attrac...

New on DVD: The Barbara Stanwyck Collection

Just a reminder that the six-film Barbara Stanwyck Collection , part of the Universal Backlot series, went on sale today, April 27th. Full d...

Tonight's Movie: Stone Cold (2005)

My dad recently started watching Tom Selleck's JESSE STONE TV-movies, based on books by the late Robert B. Parker , and sent me the firs...

TCM Announces 2011 Film Festival

The first TCM Classic Film Festival concluded last evening, and today Turner Classic Movies announced its plans to hold a second festival i...

Guest Post at MovieFanFare

The MovieFanFare blog at the Movies Unlimited site recently asked to run my post on A YANK IN THE R.A.F. (1941) as a guest post. It was po...

Joel McCrea Ranch to Build Visitor Center, Open for Tours

The ranch owned by Joel McCrea and Frances Dee in Ventura County, California, which is on the National Register of Historic Places , announc...

Tonight's Movie: Cripple Creek (1952)

George Montgomery and Jerome Courtland are appealing as a pair of undercover Secret Service agents on the trail of gold smugglers in the old...

Tonight's Movie: The Saxon Charm (1948)

Matt Saxon (Robert Montgomery) is a giant of the Broadway theater. Saxon may be brilliant, but he also has a reputation for being self-cent...

Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... ...One of the latest releases from VCI is Raoul Walsh's SEA DEVILS...

Tonight's Movie: Yellow Canary (1943)

I was in the mood for a good spy yarn this Friday evening and pulled out YELLOW CANARY, a World War II story starring Anna Neagle and Richar...

Coming to DVD: Deanna Durbin Music and Romance Collection

Turner Classic Movies has announced a June 9th date for the DVD release of Deanna Durbin: The Music and Romance Collection . ( Update : The...

Tonight's Movie: A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

I had limited time to watch a movie tonight, so I chose A BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER, in which Joseph Cotten solves a murder mystery in a compact ...

Tonight's Movie: The Silver Cord (1933)

THE SILVER CORD is a highly engrossing tale about a warped mother (Laura Hope Crews) whose obsession with her sons threatens their relations...

Epicurious and Big Oven Cooking Apps

Cooks with an iPhone, iTouch, or even the new iPad may be interested in a very informative review of two cooking "apps" which was...