HIDDEN TREASURE "Fedora" is a little known Billy Wilder film

This is not a sequel to "Sunset Blvd" however "Fedora" reunits the director of "Sunset Blvd" (Billy Wilder) and star William Holden.

A Hollywood legend is being seeked out by a down and out film producer who needs "Fedora" in order to get his film made. However "Fedora" is now reclusive. She walked off of her last film. She is now a shadow of her former self however a producer is bound and detrimen to get her back in front of the cameras. When in pursuit of "Fedora" he stumbles upon one thing after another.

This film is well worth watching! Seek it out!

CBS OVERHAUL ON MONDAY NIGHT'S adding "Young Sheldon" "Murphy Brown" "Bull"

CBS can not get arrested anymore on Monday Nights.  The once crown jewel night in their line up has now become their most problematic night.  All shows on Monday Night for the 2017-2018 have sunk the night to historic lows for the Network. 

"Superior Doughnuts"  "9JKL" "Living Biblically" "Man with a Plan" "Kevin Can Wait"  & "Me Myself & I"have not only failed to catch viewers attention but all of these shows have scored almost no critical acclaim.  This is however the night on the network that had such popular & classic shows as "I Love Lucy" "Murphy Brown" "Designing Women" "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Two and Half Men".   However the ghost of seasons past can  rescue CBS Monday Nights for the 2018-2019 season.

The Ghost of the past "Murphy Brown" will most likely return next year in its original time slot which was Mondays 9:00 Pm.  The resurrected  show original aired on Monday nights for 9 seasons.

The Network will most likely will want to surround the show with "Newer yet established shows"  So look for "Young Sheldon" to anchor the night in the 8:00pm slot. Also look for "Bull" to close out the night at 10pm. 

I do not know what pilots CBS has on order for next year.  If they have a female driven comedy then that show most likely follow "Murphy Brown" to occupy the 9:30 slot.  So the 2018-2019 season on CBS MONDAY'S will most likely look like this

8:00     Young Sheldon
8:30     NEW SHOW
9:00     Murphy Brown
9:30     New Show
10:00   Bull 

However it is possible that CBS might leave "Young Sheldon" on Thursdays.  If that happens then Mondays could look like this

8:00     NEW SHOW
8:30     NEW SHOW
9:00     Murphy Brown
9:30     Mom
10:00   Bull

IF "Young Sheldon" stays on Thursdays then it will move to 9:00pm slot and "Mom" moves to Monday's. 

Con Man The Barry Minkow Story

This film subject is a great film to explore but the film fails on many levels! One thing is the fact the fact the real life subject plays himself. (Never a good idea). Also the film also is "Too Bright". The colors or over saturated. The is a crime story. Also the screenplay doesn't cover what happened to many of the people that helped Barry create his con.

In case you don't know the story Con Man is the real life story of Barry Jay Minkow, a son, businessman, fraud buster, actor, pastor... and felon. Born in 1967, Barry Minkow went on to set up a highly successful carpet cleaning company but was imprisoned in 1988 for one of the world's largest investment and accounting frauds through a Ponzi scheme..

This case is so interesting that I am positive another film will get made. I am sure it will be better than this attempt.

Forget "Three Billboards" "The Greatest Showman" should have won Best Picture

Many people argue that the Academy Awards most of the time rewards the wrong film or performance. Last year "Moonlight" won Best Picture and to me "Hidden Figures" should have won.

This year "The Shape of Water" won Best Picture  and to most people "Three Billboards"  should have won.  I was part of that group however that was until I saw "The Greatest Showman". 

To me this is what going to the movies was all about.  This film was a huge thrill to senses. From a great story to a great cast.  At times I felt I was in tears because I was just loving this movie.

This film however was shunned at The Academy Awards.  In fact it did not get a nomination for Best Picture will not prevent this film from becoming an endearing film like "The Princess Bride" & "Willy Wonka".  Neither one of those films were nominated but those films are beloved today.

"The Greatest Showman" however did catch the audience's attention.  It did stay in the top 10 Grossing Films of the week for months!   It's opening weekend it took in less then $10,000,000 dollars.  It ended up grossing almost $200,000,000 in the United States Alone. In fact after the opening weekend most box office watchers  wrote this film off (I did).  The film however proved it had legs and those legs could "Dance".  

See this movie...

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle I was shocked it was excellent

I was was very shocked that I loved the film "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle". I did not want to see this to begin with. I am not a fan of "Action/Adventure" or "Comic Book Movies". So I was shocked that I loved this movie. At the beginning I thought "Oh It's The Breakfast Club" stuck in a fantasy world.

Now I will say "That is still partially true" but what this film is rarely hits a false note. It was lots of fun with a huge heart.

If you are looking for a film to see (It hits DVD Soon) then make this your top choice.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1938 Reginald Owen Is The Best Version

Every year there is another version of "A Christmas Carol" produced.  It can be an adaption of the book set in the time in which the book was written but more & more version are "loosely based" on the Charles Dickens Story  and seem  set  the story in Modern Times.   I prefer seeing any adaption set in the 19th century.   I have seen  many television adaptions that adapt the story into modern times and all of them are not worth seeing again.

From the beginning of films "Hollywood" has made "Christmas Carol" movies.  The 1938 version produced by MGM is my favorite version of them all.

Made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and originally intended to star Lionel Barrymore (who played the role of Scrooge annually on radio but was forced to drop out of the film because of his arthritis, though he narrated its trailer),^[2] the movie starred Reginald Owen as Scrooge and the married couple Gene and Kathleen Lockhart as the Cratchits. Terry Kilburn, better known for his portrayal of Colley in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, costarred as Tiny Tim and a young June Lockhart (Gene and Kathleen's daughter) made her screen debut as one of the Cratchit daughters.^[3] Leo G. Carroll played Marley's Ghost. The characters of Fred (Scrooge's nephew) and Elizabeth, his fianceé (his wife in the novelette), were greatly expanded in order to work in a romantic angle to the story that Dickens did not intend. The couple was played by Barry MacKay and Lynne Carver. Ann Rutherford, better known as Polly Benedict in the Andy Hardy films and as Carreen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, was a young and attractive Ghost of Christmas Past, rather than the somewhat unusual creation that Dickens described.


I am a child of 1970's. I grew up in the Los Angeles area. On Christmas Eve this film came on at 11:00pm on Channel 11. Every year my family would all gather together to watch this classic! Remember you could only watch this ONCE A YEAR and you had to catch it when it aired! . There was no such thing as Home Video or On Demand. Watching this film with my family is my happiest childhood memory. It was better than a trip to Disneyland. 

This production of "A Christmas Carol" was produced by MGM in its heyday. The film was shot In October and in theaters by December! So this rushed production over the years has been over shadowed by more lavish productions but casting wise this film has no equal. 

In this film Scrooge is a crusty old business man in old Victoria England. He seems to thrive on making money and not caring about anything else! He has alienated his only living family member and seems to thrive on making his trusted employee Bob Cratchit life a living hell. 

On Christmas Eve of course he gets visited by not 3 but 4 ghost. Bob Marley (his late former business partner) and the Ghost of Christmas Past Present and Future. The ghost of course come to teach Scrooge about the joy of not only giving but also the joy of living. 

This I think is the first film that makes the Ghost come in one night. In the book they come on different nights.

What also is great about this version is that its never boring! It moves quit quickly and watching this in black and white gives this a the correct tone. It is a delight! 

I am not lying at when I say my Christmas Season is not complete without watching this! This film plus "Christmas Vacation" are mandatory viewing in my home. 

Please if you have never seen this version you should. The Jim Carey version borrowed heavily from this adaption. 

I beg all of you to watch it with your family. There is something so special to me about this film and viewing it with family.