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This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! Tonight...Top Hat (1935), 8pm est "A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband."

This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! Will Rogers in an early "Talkie" film. Tonight...State Fair (1933), 8pm est "The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair."

Wednesday February, 8 2012 at 09:45 AM Starring Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn, and Raymond Massey. Downed RAF bomber fliers pose as Nazis and steal Goering's car, then fly home. 1942 Military/War tcm.com

This suspicion that we have exorcised the fear of the law from the criminal mind with soft policing and a “caring” judiciary is often reinforced by the actions of the law when an ordinary citizen seeks to defend his or her property or physical safety when confronted by lawbreakers – hence the frisson of delight most of us have in movie scenes where the tables are turned on some criminal who expects his victim to be terrified into meek obedience when faced with the threat of violence by knife….

Eastman Kodak Co., a vanguard name in photography, finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday following falling sales and rising speculation about its ability to stay afloat. The long-anticipated announcement came after weeks of early eulogies about the faded glory of the former trailblazer, once an American mainstay with products such Kodachrome photographic film and Instamatic cameras. But printed photos seem well on their way to becoming a hipster curiosity as digital technologies -- which originated at Kodak decades ago -- now dominate on smartphones and, to a shrinking degree, cameras. The company, which was also exposed to heavy foreign...

JOHN LOVES MARY Friday at 7:30 am on January 20, 2012 1949 Comedy/Romance Starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, and Jack Carson A GI's fiancee resents his marriage of convenience to a buddy's English girlfriend. THE HASTY HEART Friday at 1:15 pm on January 20, 2012 1949 Drama Starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, and Richard Todd A patient and a nurse comfort a dying Scottish soldier in World War II Burma. THE ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES Saturday at 6:00 am on January 21, 2012 1939 Drama Starring Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan, and the Dead End Kids A street gang helps the...

Shooting the Life And Fate movie took place at a tank range Alabino. Welcome to the movie set with a lot of tanks, snow and other interesting things.

  Iron Lady, Feeble Film David C. Stolinsky Jan. 12, 2012 http://cloud.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/meryl_streep.jpg The current film “The Iron Lady” purports to give an account of the life and career of Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. In this the film fails. It does provide a superb vehicle for Meryl Streep to display her well-known acting talent. But instead of an overview of Lady Thatcher’s career and accomplishments, it portrays a version so slanted that one might suspect it was written and produced by leftists who were no admirers of Thatcher. Oh wait, it was. We are shocked...

BEST FILMS: The Artist War Horse Moneyball Hugo Midnight in Paris Win Win The Descendants The Way Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 My Week with Marilyn WORST FILMS: Sucker Punch Conan the Barbarian Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I Beastly Transformers: Dark of the Moon Jack & Jill Just Go With It I Don't Know How She Does It Hard Breakers Footloose

Kiefer Sutherland’s new Fox drama, “Touch” is on its way later this month, but it won’t keep the actor from making the “24” movie, set to begin production shortly. “The status on the movie — hopefully we will be shooting at the end of April, beginning of May,” the actor said on Sunday the FOX portion of the Television Critics Association Winter Session in Pasadena. (Snip) “The commitment to a television show, in the case of ’24,’ was eight years, so if you’re gonna do something potentially for another eight years, you want it to be something that you can

HBO recently announced it was cancelling the show “Hung” after three seasons. The show was filmed in Detroit and the surrounding area. The Michigan Film Office estimates the production company spent $7 million from 2010 to 2011 and received $2.7 million back from the film subsidy, comprising about 38 percent of expenditures. The Michigan Film Office receives the film subsidy money from taxpayers. Michael LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, says that the $2.7 million is actually an opportunity cost sunk in expensive subsidies, such as those allocated for "Hung"'s production...

You might be walking about humming Ennio Morricone’s songs and you won’t even know it. In his long and prolific musical career, he has written more soundtracks for cowboy movies than one would care to remember. He is the man we have to thank for the actual term “spaghetti western.” He is the guy who helped turn Clint Eastwood into a household name. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, A Fist Full of Dollars, and For a Few Dollars More are some of the most popular movies that featured Morricone’s soundracks.

Every year the Library of Congress selects 25 films of “enduring significance to American culture” for preservation as part of the National Film Registry. 550 films have joined the Registry since it was first started by congressional order in 1989, and yesterday 25 new titles were added to their prestigious ranks. They are, in alphabetical order: “Allures” (1961), directed by Jordan Belson “Bambi” (1942), directed by David D. Hand “The Big Heat” (1953), directed by Fritz Lang “A Computer Animated Hand” (1973), directed by Ed Catmull “Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment” (1963), directed by Robert Drew “The Cry of the...

"NCIS" may be the one of the most popular TV crime shows on the air, but it is off the mark when it comes to a discussion about public-sector compensation in a recent episode. In episode 11, “The Newborn King,” the character Jimmy Palmer shows his future father-in-law around the office. The father-in-law doesn’t like Palmer’s public-sector job, where he is an assistant during autopsies. “He actually thinks I am stuck in some government job that pays too little and requires too many hours,” Palmer tells his colleagues of his father-in-law to be. “You are,” Special Agent Jethro Gibbs interjects....

This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! Tonight...it doesn't get more inconic than this...The Thin Man(1934), 8pm est. "Based on a Dashiell Hammett novel, a former detective by the name of Nick Charles- along with his rich, playful wife Nora- get wrapped up in a murder case they must solve."

Michigan will continue to write million-dollar checks to Hollywood movie producers under legislation passed last week, but the state will still have little to show for its generosity except an acknowledgment as the credits roll. Gov. Rick Snyder should veto this bill — not just because it’s an unfair and ineffective use of taxpayer money, but because it goes against his vision for the program to be flexible. The Legislature voted to give subsidies not to exceed 32 percent of a film’s expenditure, down from 42 percent. But other than this cap the film office will have no control over...

The Michigan House overwhelmingly passed a bill allowing the state’s film subsidy program to continue, with handouts to movie and television companies of up to 32 percent of the cost of a production’s payroll expenses (Who Voted 'Yes' and Who Voted 'No'). SB 569 was originally passed by the Senate on Nov. 3. The bill’s sponsor is Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, who previously said he would like to budget as much as $100 million for the film subsidy program. The bill passed by a wide margin in both the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate. The House passed...

Today, actors Sofia Vergara, Woody Harrelson and Gerard Butler announced the nominations in 25 categories for movies and television for the 69th annual Golden Globes. The awards will be televised by NBC live on January 15 at a star-studded ceremony hosted again by comedian Ricky Gervais. The Weinstein Company’s The Artist leads all film nominees with six nominations, among them best comedy or musical, and acting honors for its French stars, Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo. Tied for second-place with five nominations The Help and The Descendants. Both films are up for best drama, while The Descendants‘ George Clooney was...

Dr. Ann Maest is a managing scientist at Straus Consulting, and she’s the go to expert on all things groundwater. In the press release announcing her reappointment to the National Academy of Sciences, they mention that she is focused on the environmental effects of mining and petroleum extraction and production, and, more recently, on the effects of climate change on water quality. Maest is in high demand as an expert for those looking to stop oil and mineral exploration. She’s also heavily used by the federal government, even though after new details about her past work are coming to light...

TCM Remembers memorial montage for 2011. The song is "Before You Go" by OK Sweetheart.

The Caine Mutiny airs tonight at 8:00 Eastern Time on TCM. The Republican Debate starts an hour later on ABC.

Like many charter public schools in Michigan, South Arbor Charter Academy must hold a lottery to distribute its limited classroom slots among an overwhelming number of applicants. In this video, the parents of some 556 student-hopefuls vie for just 26 slots at this achievement - and values - focused school.

Michigan taxpayers gave the makers of “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” $8.3 million for filming in this state. The state reimbursed the filmmakers for $8.3 million of the $21.8 million spent in the state, or 38 percent of their costs. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie has grossed $31.5 million in American theaters as of Nov. 27 and had a production budget of $19 million. The movie, which came out Nov. 4, has made $12 million more than its publicized $19 million production budget. “Any business would gladly take 38 percent cash back on all their expenses....

This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! A Ronald Reagan classic, and the story of how Notre Dame football created the forward pass. Tonight...Knute Rockne--All American(1940), 8pm est "The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne."

Michigan taxpayers gave the makers of “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” $8.3 million for filming in this state. The state reimbursed the filmmakers for $8.3 million of the $21.8 million spent in the state, or 38 percent of their costs. “Any business would gladly take 38 percent cash back on all their expenses. But this comes at the taxpayer expense and they get little in return for their forced generosity,” said James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. A TV commercial for "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" raised questions...

Friday, December 2 at 8 pm Starring Ronald Reagan, Pat O'Brien, and Gale Page Coach Rockne leads Notre Dame to gridiron greatness with star player George "The Gipper" Gipp. 1940 Biography tcm.com

This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! What a night of TCM! December is a month of William Powell films and Robert Osborne returns from vacation, today. Tonight...Jewel Robbery (1932), 8pm est. (more Powell movies follow) "A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of s jeweler."

Just wondered if anyone had seen Scorsese's new 3D movie, "Hugo". I saw it this weekend and enjoyed it and wondered what others thought? (you might want to avoid reading this thread if you haven't seen it yet)

Wednesday, November 30 at 6 pm Starring Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo. A burlesque queen goes to college, charms a professor and livens up the class play. 1952 Musical, Comedy tcm.com

'Film director Ken Russell, who was Oscar-nominated for his 1969 film Women In Love, has died at the age of 84. His son, Alex Verney-Elliott, said he died on Sunday following a series of strokes. During his career, he became known for his controversial films including Women In Love, which featured Oliver Reed and Alan Bates wrestling nude. He also directed the infamous religious drama The Devils and The Who's rock opera, Tommy, in 1975.'

The Michigan Legislature is primed to expand the state’s film incentive program, which has only been authorized to spend $25 million this year instead of the more than $100 million it had been spending. The idea of rewriting the law was to allow the film office flexibility to use these funds to get the best bang for the buck. While these programs are ultimately a harmful waste of taxpayer money, the current legislation strips the ability of the state to be flexible. Without this, legislators will be tempted to spend beyond their limits in pursuing their Hollywood dreams. The Senate-passed...

Saturday, November 19 at 12:15 AM (ET) Starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd 1949 Drama A patient and a nurse comfort a dying Scottish soldier in World War II Burma. tcm.com

This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert! Tonight...Nothing Sacred (1937), 8pm est "When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroin"

On Tuesday, recording artist Shakira became the first Colombian to get her name on a monument to the globe's entertainment industry: the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As the latest celebrity to get a terrazzo star, trimmed with bronze, on the sidewalks of Hollywood, Shakira joins a small but growing rank of minority performers making a dent in an overall industry that some criticize as not inviting enough to African-Americans, Latinos and Asians.

This is your Turner Classic Movie Channel alert! A double feature tonight... The Invisible Man (1933), 8pm est "A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman." Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), 9:30pm est(one of my favorite movies of all time)"A socialite is bamboozled into producing a stage show in her home."

News reports state the movie makers of "Iron Man 3" left Michigan for North Carolina because Michigan wouldn’t meet demands for up to $30 million in incentives for the production company. While Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, implied Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration made a mistake in losing Iron Man 3, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s James Hohman says politicians should have much higher priorities for state tax dollars. For instance, Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy, estimated that 4,892 families that were kicked off welfare this year could get assistance again with $30 million. Also, it would take...

here are a lot of reasons why people know the name Emilio Estevez. Some know him because his father is Martin Sheen and his brother is Charlie Sheen. Others know him for playing the “jock” in “The Breakfast Club.” Still others know him for his work playing coach Gordon Bombay in “The Mighty Ducks” series. Even others know him for the many other films that he's acted in or directed over the years. However, his new film "The Way" shows a different side of Estevez than many of us have seen before. Written and directed by the famous actor, the...

COLOGNE, Germany – A court in Tehran has rejected Jafar Panahi’s attempt to appeal his prison sentence for allegedly making propaganda films against the Iranian government. The court confirmed the original sentence handed Panahi in December last year: a six-year prison term and a 20-year-ban from making films. But Panahi has not given up yet. The director’s lawyer told Iranian Student News Agency Isna he would appeal the ruling to Iran’s supreme court. Panahi is one of Iran’s most acclaimed film directors, having won honors in the Berlin, Cannes and Venice Film Festivals. His features - such as The Mirror...

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve learned that the Motion Picture Association Of America representing the Hollywood movie studios will be co-hosting a tribute to Ronald Reagan’s film career on November 14th in Washington DC. The other host will be the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, which is the year-long commemoration of Reagan’s 100th birthday in 2011. All the movie studios are obtaining old footage of Reagan’s 53-movie legacy from 1937 to 1965 and are putting together around 5 cinematic profiles of the former Screen Actors Guild president for the bipartisan event. But I suspect the real reason behind this Reagan tribute is to remind...

This comes as a complete shock to me as I’m sure it will with most of you. David Hess, an absolute icon in the genre and someone who portrayed a character known as “Krug” in Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left has always left a withstanding impression upon me. His character truly scared me to the bone as with all his characters he portrayed.

The actor, who was known for tough-guy roles, also appeared in "Philadelphia," "Silence of the Lambs" and "Rambo: First Blood II." Charles Napier, an actor who was known for his tough-guy roles in movies like Blues Brothers, died Wednesday afternoon at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, according to reports. He was 75. The actor was reportedly found sometime Tuesday morning in his Bakersfield home after having collapsed and was taken to the hospital, where he was put on life support in the intensive care unit. Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, he was taken off life support. The cause of death is unclear, but...

This is your Turner Classic Movie Channel alert! Tonight...The Gay Sisters (1942), 8pm est "A New York aristocrat marries for the money to save the family mansion." Two thoughts on this film. I love Barbara Stanwyck dearly. It's sad to see how far homosexuality has lowered the world's culture. Homosexuality has hijacked the term gay and it no longer describes a very pleasant, innocent state of being extremely happy. Anyway, enjoy!

(Really worth watching, folks)

TCM will have horror/sci movies every Moday night through Halloween which is 4 weeks from Today. Consult schedule

It seems the public's interest in Sarah Palin has reached an all-time low. The latest film to put the potential presidential candidate in the spotlight has bombed at the box office. ...... With Palin, the darling of the Tea Party, still deciding if she will try for the Republican Party nomination the lack of interest from the viewing public could finally persuade her not to run.

The two most meaningless words in Hollywood today are "spoiler alert." Movie critics traditionally use the words before revealing a particular scene or action while writing a review. It's a considerate thing to do, but hardly necessary in the gutless climate that now pervades the selling of movies. There is nothing for critics to spoil anymore. Everything is revealed.

Sunday, October 2 at 12:00 AM (ET) Starring Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson 1952 Comedy/Musical A burlesque queen goes to college, charms a professor and livens up the class play. tcm.com

Fans of documentary-maker Ken Burns (“The Civil War,” “Baseball”) are already looking forward to his newest work, “Prohibition,” scheduled for release Oct. 2. Alas, though prohibition was repealed nearly 80 years ago, Michigan still suffers a hangover in the form of a sour regulatory mash that drinks in too many consumer dollars for too little return. As viewers enjoy the new Burns documentary, they may want to brush up on Prohibition’s legacy in the Great Lake State with some useful Mackinac Center publications on the subject. Indeed, a prerequisite for Professor Burns’ “course” might be a Mackinac Center video called...

on TCM, Sunday, September 25 at 8:00 AM (ET) Starring Ronald Reagan, Doris Day. 1952 Grover Cleveland Alexander becomes one of baseball's greatest pitchers, with his wife's support. tcm.com

on TCM, Thursday, September 22 at 11:30 AM (ET) Starring Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Dorothy Peterson. 1947 Gossips focus on lawyer and teen. tcm.com