The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 8, 2015

The June 1959 edition of Motion Picture magazine included a feature detailing the tales of how eight big-time stars of the day got their first jobs. This issue of Motion Picture is one of the most recent additions to my vintage movie mag collection, so today I thought I’d share...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 7, 2015

Welcome to the Collection Update for May! Last month wasn’t huge for me in terms of DVD buying, but I did pick up a few things at the monthly library sale, as well as a couple of bargain multipacks. May also included a trip to my favorite bookstore, John K....   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 6, 2015

Julie (Joey Heatherton) is a wild child with a habit of causing trouble for her family. Her latest stunt involved driving her car into the ocean, to avoid hitting a motorcyclist. (Image via Movie Poster Shop) The biker, Ben Gunther (Troy Donahue), luckily survives the accident, only slightly injurin   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 5, 2015

Kathleen (Shirley Temple) is a lonely 12-year-old daydreamer. Her father, John Davis (Herbert Marshall), neglects her. Her mother passed away years ago. Her harsh governess, Mrs. Farrell (Nella Walker), does nothing but annoy her. Her only friend is Mr. Schoner (Felix Bressart), the owner of the loc   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 3, 2015

Frank Pryor (Lloyd Bridges) is an American soldier on a plane bound for London. It has been six years since he last visited the city. As the passengers step off of the plane, Frank asks the stranger behind him for a light. Just a moment later, a sniper’s shot kills...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 2, 2015

Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends, the series in which I share five TCM recommendations for the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing! (Image via greatgdean.tumblr.com) Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Airing on TCM:   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 31, 2015

One year, one film: 1934 The film: The Thin Man, dir. W. S. Van Dyke starring Myrna Loy and William Powell Rating: Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE (Image via Fripps Filmrevyer) Today is a landmark day for the “One year, one film” series: Mourdant Hall gets his last chance t   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 30, 2015

“Dear Ray: In exactly… 55 minutes, I will be dead. Murdered. First of all, let me explain, I find myself completely sober, reasonably sane, and not at all surprised. It started back in World War II…” (Image via Wrong Side of the Art) These words (and further explanation of th   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 29, 2015

NOTE: This film was viewed for the Barbara Stanwyck Filmography Project. I’m watching (or re-watching) and reviewing every Barbara Stanwyck film! For more posts in this series, visit the Listography page. WARNING: This review contains spoilers. (Image via Greenbriar Picture Shows) Twelve years   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 28, 2015

Helen Quilley (Gwyneth Paltrow) is having a terrible day. (Image via iTunes) After borrowing a few bottles of booze from the office for her birthday, she’s been fired from her job at a public relations firm. And to make matters worse, when she leaves the office and rushes to the...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 27, 2015

(Image via Wikimedia Commons) Mrs. Barrington (Jeanne De Casalis) is the wealthy head of a Scottish estate. She has big wartime plans for the extra cottage on her property. She’s decided to take in a few child evacuees… but has also offered the cottage to a man named Charles Dimble...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 26, 2015

Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends, where I share five films that you should be keeping an eye out for on TCM over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. (Screen capture by Lindsey for...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 25, 2015

Diana Scott (Julie Christie) is an internationally famous woman. From a young age, everyone who knew her could predict that she was going to make something of herself. (Image via Nighthawk News) Speaking to a reporter, she reflects on the sequence of events that brought her to prominence, from the s   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 24, 2015

(Note: This film is also known as A Kiss for Corliss. You can find it under this title for viewing on the free version of Hulu, if you’re interested!) Kenneth Marquis (David Niven) is a charming and wealthy man in the process of divorcing his third wife. (Image via Pinterest)...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 23, 2015

Some B-movies are dull, some are hilariously bad, and some walk the line between “so-bad-it’s-good” and brilliant. The Giant Claw belongs to that last type — incredibly corny, and at the same time 100% enjoyable. The film opens with some paranoid narration about how the world   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 22, 2015

NOTE: This film was viewed for the Barbara Stanwyck Filmography Project. I’m watching (or re-watching) and reviewing every Barbara Stanwyck film! For more posts in this series, visit the Listography page. Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) is a fading stage star who left her family a decade ago,   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 21, 2015

When I was a young’n, my favorite TV show was Early Edition, a series in which Kyle Chandler received “tomorrow’s news, today” in the form of a newspaper delivered to him by a cat. (Seriously, a cat known only as “The Cat.”) He used this unique gift to do a...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 20, 2015

American journalist Charles Wills (Van Johnson) works for the Stars and Stripes newspaper. He’s in Paris, covering a story about the VE day celebration marking the end of the second World War. (Image via shop.tcm.com) Outside of a local cafe owned by his friend Maurice, he meets Helen Elliswir   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 19, 2015

Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends! In this series, I share five films that I think you should be keeping an eye out for on TCM over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 18, 2015

(Image via flickdirect.com) This review is part of a new once-in-a-while series, Remaking the Classics, where I’ll be doing full reviews of films that are remakes of classic-era releases and discussing how they differ from their predecessors. We kick off the series with a review of the live-ac   read more