TCM in September: Highlights

September already? Wasn't it just August 1st?! I always wish for just one more month of summer, but the fall schedule insists on getti...

Tonight's Movie: Fly-By-Night (1942)

I first read about FLY-BY-NIGHT, directed by Robert Siodmak , in a program I bought at the Noir City Film Festival in Hollywood last April....

Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... ... POSSESSED: THE LIFE OF JOAN CRAWFORD , written by Donald Spoto, wil...

TCM at the Symphony: Celebrating 20th Century Fox at the Hollywood Bowl

Next weekend the TCM at the Symphony series comes to the Hollywood Bowl. On Sunday evening, September 5th, Turner Classic Movies host extra...

L.A. Times Visits Grace Kelly Exhibit at V&A

Susan Carpenter of the Los Angeles Times has visited the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum and wr...

Tonight's Movie: Julia Misbehaves (1948)

JULIA MISBEHAVES is an amusing, glossy MGM comedy featuring a stellar cast. Julia (Greer Garson) is an actress who's struggling financia...

Quick Preview of TCM in December

It's only been three weeks since Turner Classic Movies posted the November schedule online, and the December schedule is already availa...

Hollywood Walk of Fame Apps for iTouch

Another day , another new iTouch (and iPhone/iPad) app: earlier this week the Los Angeles Times launched an app designed to use when touri...

Tonight's Movie: Love With the Proper Stranger (1963)

An erratically employed musician learns that a Macy's salesgirl he doesn't remember is expecting his baby. The couple get to know o...

Netflix for iTouch

Thanks to Missy for alerting me to the news that there's now a Netflix app for the iTouch. I can't imagine I'd use it much, b...

Tonight's Movie: Adventure in Baltimore (1949)

Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) is a minister's daughter with a knack for innocently ending up in awkward situations in ADVENTURE IN BALT...

New Book: Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille

Scott Eyman, one of the finest biographers of legendary Hollywood filmmakers, has a new book due out on September 7th: EMPIRE OF DREAMS: THE...

Criterion DVDs Leaving Netflix Instant Play

Just a heads up for Netflix users...according to The Criterion Cast , 66 Criterion films will no longer be available on Netflix "Watch ...

Coming to DVD: Falcon Crest Season 2

This is kind of an interesting development, given the unpredictable DVD market of the last 18 months or so. Season 1 of FALCON CREST was j...

Tonight's Movie: Midway (1976)

One of my all-time favorite nonfiction books, which I first read around the age of 11, is Walter Lord's INCREDIBLE VICTORY (1967), abou...

Tonight's Movie: Lured (1947)

LURED is a terrific Douglas Sirk thriller starring Lucille Ball, George Sanders, and a deep supporting cast. Sandra Carpenter (Ball) is an ...

Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... ...I'm considering purchasing my first DVD recorder in the next six...

Dodgers Announcer Vin Scully To Return for 62nd Season

Dodger fans far and wide are celebrating today: Vin Scully has announced he will return next year for his 62nd season calling Dodger games...

Nancy Freedman, Co-Author of Mrs. Mike, Dies at 90

Nancy Freedman, who cowrote one of my favorite novels, MRS. MIKE , has passed away . MRS. MIKE was cowritten with Nancy's husband, Bene...

Tonight's Movie: Horizons West (1952)

HORIZONS WEST is a colorful Universal Western directed by Budd Boetticher , starring Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, and Julia (Julie) Adams, plus...