Movie-Infused Ice Cream
How many ice cream parlors do you know that are decorated with memorabilia from a Hollywood film career? I’ve only encountered one, when I was attending the Savannah Film Festival the week before last: it’s Leopold’s, conveniently located next…
Happy Halloween from Disney and TCM
Once again I’m happy to be hosting an evening of vintage Disney features, shorts, and television episodes on Turner Classic Movies this Wednesday (Oct. 28) beginning at 8pm EST/5pm PST. Any opportunity to see goodies from the Disney vault…
Remembering Maureen O’Hara
Maureen O’Hara made an indelible impression on moviegoers of several generations. Here at the Savannah Film Festival, the gifted young actress Saoirse Ronan spoke of meeting her and how she represented a success story that resounded with Irish moviegoers…
My Newest Reelz Movie Review Special
My latest movie roundup show begins playing today and airs numerous times over the coming week on Reelz Channel. My partner in crime, as always, is the lively and colorful Grae Drake, Senior Editor of Rotten Tomatoes. We have…
Remembering Joan Leslie
I was saddened to hear of Joan Leslie’s death earlier this week at the age of 90. She was one of my favorite interviews in recent years. She was incredibly nice, yet at the same time she belied her…
Studios Open Their Vaults—Even Wider
Even as film buffs bemoan the downsizing of the DVD market, major studios are making more of their vintage titles available in other ways. Paramount has just launched a YouTube channel on which, amazingly, they are streaming a diverse…
Adding ‘New’ Old Movies to My Classic Movie Guide
People seem surprised, or amused, when I tell them that we’ve added more than 300 new movies to my book, TCM Presents Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide. It wasn’t hard to do: my colleagues and I took note of…
