Tony Curtis Dies at 85

Sad news this morning: Tony Curtis has passed away at the age of 85. Two Curtis films, THE BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH (1954) and OPERATION...

New Movie: The King's Speech (2010)

This looks interesting... This film about King George VI has a great cast, including Colin Firth, Helena Bonham-Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Micha...

Tonight's Movie: Embraceable You (1948)

EMBRACEABLE YOU, shown on TCM earlier today as part of an eight-film tribute to actor Dane Clark, was an unexpected treasure: a moving, roma...

Actress Gloria Stuart Dies at 100

Gloria Stuart , a leading lady of the '30s who famously made a career comeback decades later with an Oscar nomination for TITANIC (1997)...

Today at Disneyland: D23 Scavenger Hunt

Below is an early-morning photo of some of the 2000 contestants in Disneyland's first official Scavenger Hunt . The event kicked off wi...

Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... This is an abbreviated Destination D weekend edition. ...Good news fo...

Today at Destination D: Disneyland '55 (Day Two)

It was another great day today at Destination D: Disneyland '55 . The presentations included "Disneyland: Through the Eye of Televi...

Today at Destination D: Disneyland '55

Today we spent a marvelous first day at Destination D: Disneyland '55 . We met Mouseketeers... ...listened to stories from some of Disne...

Tonight's Movie: Cleopatra (1934) at the Egyptian Theatre

We drove up to Hollywood tonight for a wonderful evening at the Egyptian Theatre celebrating Cecil B. DeMille and CLEOPATRA (1934). Traff...

TCM Announces 2011 Film Festival Dates

Tonight Turner Classic Movies announced that its second TCM Classic Film Festival will be held next April 28-May 1, 2011 . The Festival wil...

Notable Passings

...Screenwriter Irving Ravetch has passed away at the age of 89. Ravetch wrote the screenplays for many classic films, including THE LONG...

Tonight's Movie: Guilty Hands (1931)

GUILTY HANDS is a fast-paced 69-minute drama with a great cast and interesting plot twists. Attorney Richard Grant (Lionel Barrymore) is dis...

Deep Discount Selling Columbia Classics DVD-Rs

Just spreading the word that the new Columbia Classics DVD-Rs , which are available at the Screen Classics By Request website, will be sold...

Tonight's Movie: That Certain Age (1938)

Deanna Durbin was 16 when she filmed THAT CERTAIN AGE, a film about a teenage make-believe romance which helped form a bridge from Deanna...

Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... ...Here's an interesting new book: CHARLIE CHAN: THE UNTOLD STORY O...

Notable Passings

...I grew up reading Hollywood columnist James Bacon's column in the long-defunct Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Bacon has passed away a...

Tonight's Movie: Skylark (1941)

SKYLARK is a bittersweet marital-divorce comedy which blends elegant wit with poignance, as a couple's marriage flounders after their fi...

Tonight's Movie: Niagara (1953)

It's been a busy week, filled with work and all the kinds of activities that go with the start of September, including soccer and marchi...

New Cook's Illustrated App

Cook's Illustrated , one of my favorite cooking resources, now has a free app available for the iTouch and iPhone. The app provides 50 ...