Phaedra's Adventures

The movie White Christmas  will always be a sentimental favorite of mine because my mom loved it so much.  Every time I watch it I think of ...

I haven't been to many movies in the Fathom's Big Screen Classics series this year but I just couldn't resist  Rear Window  in h...

Last night I got to see Gone with the Wind  on the big screen in honor of its 85th anniversary and it was an amazing experience to see this ...

I love the movie A Christmas Story  so it was really fun to see it on the big screen last night to commemorate its 40th Anniversary (this ma...

I am a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock (my rankings change all of the time but he is definitely one of my top three favorite directors) so I wa...

I had never seen The Exorcist  so, because it is back in theaters for its 50th Anniversary, I took the opportunity last night just in time f...

My sister Marilyn and I are huge fans of the movie Grease  so we were really excited that it was being released in theaters again to commemo...

I really enjoyed the Universal Monsters double features last year (go here and here ) so I was excited to learn that a new series of movies...

I enjoyed the  double feature  of Dracula  and Frankenstein  so much I decided to see The Invisible Man  and The Wolf Man  yesterday afterno...

Like everyone else, it seems, I really enjoy watching horror movies during the month of October so I couldn't resist the chance to see a...

When TCM announced the lineup for this year's Big Screen Classics series, The Ten Commandments  was the movie I was most excited to see ...

I have been so excited to see The Maltese Falcon  ever since the 2021 TCM Big Screen Classics series lineup was announced!  I had the chance...

Even though I recently saw the movie version of  Fiddler on the Roof  on one of my streaming platforms (I can't remember which one), I c...

I really loved the movie Ghost  when it was first released in theaters thirty years ago.  I thought Patrick Swayze was incredibly appealing ...

The Shining  is one of my favorite Stephen King novels and, even though it deviates from the source material quite a bit, I think Stanley Ku...

For the second night in a row I got to watch one of my very favorite movies on the big screen again!  I have been fascinated with Close Enc...

I am a huge fan of the TCM Big Screen Classics movie series and I was particularly excited about the selections slated for this year.  Many...

I have only seen the movie version of The Color Purple  on cable TV so I was happy that it was a part of the TCM Big Screen Classics Seri...

Yesterday I saw Meet Me in St. Louis , the final movie in the TCM Big Screen Classics series for this year (see below for next year's...

I didn't see When Harry Met Sally  when it was first released in theaters because I am not a big fan of romantic comedies.  I have si...