Gary Dennis’ New York City Movie Place

Once the first course of study is completed, let’s try these. If a teen made it through most of the basic list and liked what he or she saw, now it’s time to be more adventurous.

Sweet Smell Of Success One of the greatest movies ever made. I have personally seen it […]

As I have said in an earlier post, I would often witness battles of wills between parents and children over a movie. These battles had no age limit. From toddlers to teens there were some epic fights in the store. The teens were not louder than the younger kids, they were just […]

Strategically realeased on Christmas Eve in 1949, it is one of those slightly better than B pictures that RKO produced so many of ; they only did 6 big pictures a year and this was not one of them. The story is familiar, two strangers meet and though it seems that they will never […]

[ December 23, 2007 10:00 pm to December 24, 2007 12:00 am. December 24, 2007; 1:45 pm to 3:45 pm. ] Strategically realeased on Christmas Eve in 1949, it is one of those slightly better than B pictures that RKO produced so many of ; they only did 6 big pictures a year and this was not one of them. The story is familiar, two strangers meet and though it seems that they will never […]

I actually went to 15 pictures because I coundn’t help myself.

Where Love Has Gone Spoiled rich girl (Susan Hayward) marries World War 2 flier (Mike Connors). The marriage starts to fall apart once the war is over and they have a baby girl. Years pass and the now teenaged daughter (Joey Heatherton) is […]

This is a rough age. To move a kid from the safety of Disney / Pixar (no offense) or Nickelodeon (again no offense) type pictures to something that we all can enjoy (again again no offense) can be tough. I personally witnessed far too many cinematic tug -of- wars over a movie. […]

It’s that time of year and in no particular order a “Holiday Movie Top Ten List”. However, the top two are great and A Christmas Story is safe for the kids. Any questions? Write me. Happy Holidays.
1) The Ref
2) A Christmas Story
3) Holiday Affair
4) White Christmas
5) When Harry Met […]

[ December 22, 2007; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] One day in the early 1940’s, Howard Hawks’ wife was looking through a magazine when she came across an advertisement that featured a striking young woman. She shows him the picture and the ball starts rolling. Just before this event, Ernest Hemingway had a bet with Mr. Hawks. The bet was that […]

[ December 22, 2007; 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm. ]