Gary Dennis’ New York City Movie Place

1) Rookie of the year. 1993
Every kid’s fantasy. A 12 year old boy breaks his arm and once it heals he miraculously can pitch like a pro and thus begins a major league career. PG for mild language.
2) Adventures of Robin Hood 1939
Errol Flynn in the title role as the man who rises up against […]

The man was always good, even in all his pre High Sierra pictures. He is great and on a legendary scale with performances such as Duke Mante in Petrified Forest and Baby Face Martin in Dead End. Most of you know how I feel about the man. He is one of […]

Any one who had ever stepped into Movie Place knew right away that there was a fan of Robert Mitchum in the house. Some one who also had control of the decor of the place. His birthday was celebrated by having nothing but Mitchum on the screen. His passing in 1997 was […]

If tawdry could be measured as an explosive, these pictures would be able to destroy the planet a few times over.
1) Imitation of Life (1959)
This is a remake of an earlier picture that starred Claudette Colbert but now it gets the Douglas Sirk treatment. Coney Island, 1947, war widow and actress Lora Meredith (Lana […]

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 […]

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 […]

I am not fond of top ten lists as they are too narrow in their scope, but these are a few that should be recorded from TCM or the Fox Movie Channel or ( I can’t believe that I am saying this) put into your Netflix of Blockbuster lists. Need more? Write me!
1) Out […]