Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
This week Turner Classic Movies announced additional information about its TCM Classic Film Festival , which will be held next April in Hollywood. Leonard Maltin, Peter Bogdanovich, and Douglas Trumbull are the first names announced to appear at the Festival. The first films announced to be screened at the festival include a restored copy of A STAR IS BORN (1954) and a presentation of 2001: A SPACE...
The Shelf (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A couple of 5-star worthy TCM news items to bring across the bow of the Shelf, and more from around the Shelf neighborhood: You may already know that Turner Classic Movies is hosting their first annual TCM Classic Film Festival April of 2010 in Hollywood, CA. They will be presenting more than 50 classic films, and hosted by Robert Osborne- with many talks and special guests such as Leonard Maltin,...
Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Since his creation in 1919 by American pulp fiction author Johnston McCulley, the masked avenger known as Zorro has lived on in everything from comic books to cartoons to video games, even a stage musical. But it is his onscreen persona that has been the most enduring, including multiple feature film incarnations performed over the years by the likes of Douglas Fairbanks, Tyrone Power, George Hamilton...
ComicMix (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Walt Disney had a gift, an ability to take someone else’s property and recraft it for a modern audience. Just about every time he touched a fairy tale or legend, he struck paydirt. Look what he did with Grimm’s fairy tales or A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh. Largely overlooked these days is the incredibly popular 1950s television series based on Johnston McCulley’s pulp hero,...
Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
ET has the latest... Our own Leonard Maltin will be emceeing the very first Alfred Hitchcock Legacy Tribute Gala on Thursday night in Los Angeles, which will honor a renowned USC staffer. Read on for details… The inaugural gala, hosted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Los Angeles Chapter, will honor USC's Dr. Elizabeth Daley , Dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Hitchcock's family, along...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
To Disney fans like myself, Christmas comes a month early with the annual release of the Walt Disney Treasures series. Each November, the studio goes into their archives to release a themed collection of shorts or films. From animation to television, the sets are some of the greatest releases of the year. Released in limited quantities, they regularly go out of print and go on to sell for multiples...
scanners (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
In his groovy new iPhone app movie guide, my friend Leonard Maltin writes that "Where the Wild Things Are" "puts me in an awkward situation as someone who is supposed to deliver a clear-cut opinion of a film: I...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
This year's Disney Treasures releases will be Disney's classic ZORRO TV series starring Guy Williams. Season 1 and Season 2 will each be released in their own Disney Treasures tin. Extras include additional ZORRO specials which aired on WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR after the original series ended its regular run. As always, Leonard Maltin serves as the host for this series. A few months ago...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
"Look at these things. They look like a piano. If I am dressed as a homeless person and then you see these teeth, it would be ridiculous. I had them chiseled down and they looked a little crooked. It worked, and it gave more authenticity to being homeless.'' — Jamie Foxx on his preparation for The Soloist [ Sydney Morning Herald ] "My issue with cologne is that it makes you smell unlike...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
FOURTH SERIES OF AWARD-WINNING JAZZ ICONS DVDS TO BE RELEASED "Jazz Icons is doing for jazz what the Criterion Collection has done for classic and important films." -Jazz Times "The sound quality is first rate, and the performances are extraordinary." - Newsweek "I can't say enough about the presentation of these DVDs. Not only have the producers gotten the best possible picture...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
In THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS David (Robert Montgomery) and Lynn (Virginia Bruce) have been happily married for five years, during which Lynn has been the chief breadwinner. David lands his dream job as the head of a boat building company, which will finally put him on a financial par with Lynn and even allow him to support her; however, the job requires a move out of state and Lynn refuses to give up...
Disney History (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
This just in from Ted Thomas: ["Walt & El Grupo" will come to the screen in September! Yes, it is a special little gem of a film, but it still requires enthusiastic audiences on the opening weekend to get a crack at staying in those theaters for another week and, one prays, another and another. So, put it on your calendar, tell your friends, and let's all go to the movies! Our movie....
Drawn! (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
We just put Leonard Maltin’s Animation Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada online. You can watch it here. This feature-length film is comprised of a compilation of NFB films presented by Leonard Maltin. Included in the collection are Begone Dull Care, Mindscape, Log Driver’s Waltz, Getting Started and The Street, among others. Maltin is [...]
Today on ReelzChannel - Videos (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
A 2006 interview with Ron Weasley about Harry Potter movies and driving lessons Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rupert Grint | Leonard Maltin's Secret's Out
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
We pulled THE ROARING TWENTIES off our shelf today and watched it for the first time, because nothing says the 4th of July quite like speakeasies and gangsters (grin). Seriously, we were inspired to watch it by TCM's outstanding new documentary, 1939: HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST YEAR , which I highly recommend. The documentary airs again this month on July 10 and July 31. THE ROARING TWENTIES is a terrific...
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