Fun Stuff

Happy New Year, everyone! Fun fact: when I started this website, I set all of my templates to publish on January 1st, 2020, because that was like 7 years in the future, that was never going to happen. Anyway, I have to fix that or you’ll all be really confused Read more…

Wow. We survived 2019. Well, I mean this is premature, but it’s sure looking like we’re making it through at this point. Our reward for it appears to be The Story of Temple Drake on blu-ray (finally) and Joan Blondell month on TCM. There are ton of excellent Blondell pre-Codes Read more…

Oh man! Who here spent October pouring through the Godzilla films that TCM was showing? … anyone? Just me? No one else building tiny towns and stomping through them? Forcing their unsuspecting daughters to dress up as Mothra?? Just me? Wow, okay, awkward. Anyway, while October on TCM had a Read more…

Happy spooky Halloween, everyone! Lots of personal issues over on my end, but, haha, I can’t talk about it. But thank you for continuing to visit this site for my very sporadic reviews that I love to do. TCM in October has some really amazing pre-Code content, including October 2nd Read more…

Ah, the fall. Time for me to watch my wife ritually drown herself in pumpkin spice while I engage in my annual cardigan-centered shopping spree. We are very basic. TCM this month has a day dedicated to Ruth Chatterton (always good!) on the 13th and a lot of really nice Read more…

It’s August, so TCM is filled with your favorite stars and good chunks of their filmography to peruse! This means A) there’s some really great days of pre-Codes and B) there are no pre-Codes on the network until August 16th (!). That’s Irene Dunne’s day, with Buster Keaton’s talkies on Read more…

Happy July! I hope everyone is having a nice summer so far. The wind has finally kicked up where I live, which has made it an excellent time to sit inside and watch movies. TCM is pretty light on pre-Codes for this month, plus they’re inexplicably showing Central Park twice. Read more…

Wow, is it summer already? TCM is pretty light on pre-Code showings this month– one of the downsides of focusing programming on World War II is that pre-War movies got a bit of the shaft. There are a few rarities, so keep your eyes open! To help make up for Read more…

Some pretty light pre-Code offerings on TCM this month, but I rushed a bit to get this up in time since there are a few fun ones on May 1st that may be worth checking out. If you haven’t yet, I hope you’re getting your copy of Mark Vieira’s Forbidden Read more…