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From 3D IMAX to your own home, The Wizard of Oz celebrates 75 years

It says a lot that a 75-year-old film showing on only 300+ screens can break into the box office’s weekly Top Ten movies. But when the film is The...

Linda
The Big Parade (1925)

The Big Parade (1925)

If it weren’t for the fact that The Big Parade came out in 1925, four years before the first Oscar was awarded, it would probably now be included as...

Linda
Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Doctor Zhivago is one of those classic Hollywood films that is almost impossible to view completely objectively. If it’s a classic, it must be great, right? But it is...

Linda
To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

I don’t think any amount of praise can really do To Kill A Mockingbird justice. To begin with, there is Harper Lee’s book, which is arguably one of the...

Jennifer
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

I remember trying to watch Grand Hotel for the first time years ago on DVD. I’m always game for beefing up on my Oscar history, and I had never...

Linda
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

We meet Baby Jane as a ringleted child star, who is a cutesy song-and-dance toast of the vaudeville circuit. She is so popular, she even has creepy life-sized dolls...

Linda
Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Like spinning in a field to evoke The Sound of Music, dancing in mud puddles and crooning “I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain!” is such...

Linda
The Misfits (1961)

The Misfits (1961)

It is interesting to revisit a film at different points of your life. I originally saw The Misfits when I was 16, in the midst of my Marilyn Monroe...

Linda
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Of all the Disney classics, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has to be one of the hardest to dissect from a critical perspective. As Disney’s first feature length...

Jennifer
Gone With the Wind (1939)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

I know plenty of people that consider Gone with the Wind a snooze-fest (for its almost four-hour running length), or find it unwatchable because Vivien Leigh’s Southern belle Scarlett...

Linda
The V.I.P.s (1963)

THE V.I.P.s (1963)

As fascinated as I am by the Taylor-Burtons, I approach their movies with equal parts anticipation and trepidation. For me, there are certain things they always bring to mind:...

Jennifer
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

What’s a girl to do when she HATES one of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time? It’s A Wonderful Life is an American classic, a perennial favorite,...

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