Phaedra's Adventures

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...

I am a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock and I have seen Psycho  many times but never on the big screen.  Last night I finally had the opportunit...

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 had the chance to see the movie Love Story  for the first time on the big screen and I thoroughly enjoyed it!  Oliver Barrett...

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...

I had never seen The Godfather Part II  before (I had never seen The Godfather  until it was screened as part of the TCM Big Screen Class...

The first time I saw Alien , I was in high school babysitting for a family down the street.  It was after midnight and the kids were all ...

Yesterday I went to see one of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption , on the big screen once again and it made me so happy!  Mild...

I tried many times, unsuccessfully, to watch Lawrence of Arabia  on TV (it was my friend Tony's favorite movie) but I always fell asl...

I had never seen the movie Hello, Dolly!  before (I saw the stage musical at HCT years ago) so I was really excited to see it yesterday a...

I have always loved the movie Glory  but seeing it again yesterday as part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series reminded me of why!  It ...

I was able to see  Field of Dreams  on the big screen last fall but it was so much fun to see it again as part of the TCM Big Screen Clas...

Yesterday I saw Steel Magnolias , the next movie in the TCM Big Screen Classics series, and it was a lovely way to spend a Sunday afterno...