Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House News

The folks over at Disney never miss jumping on a trend. They've dusted off the 2000 movie "Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire" , hoping kids don't notice that star Caroline Rhea doesn't look anything like Sookie Stackhouse.

This seemed to be a day for movies from 1946: first TILL THE END OF TIME and then a far different film, the psychological film noir THE LOCKET.

A FEW WEEKS ago, I was having one of those wonderful nights we all have every so often.

A FEW WEEKS ago, I was having one of those wonderful nights we all have every so often.

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House stars Myrna Loy, Cary Grant and Melvin Douglas.

This critic has been talking up the indie anti-romance " Days of Summer " for weeks now.

'EVERYBODY wants to be Cary Grant," the iconic actor is supposed to have once joked.

I'm No Angel starring Mae West and Cary Grant. There's always a day or two over the summer when you look around and realize everyone's deserted you.

My favorite movie geeks are gearing up for the new season of the AMC cable series Mad Men , set in a Madison Avenue ad agency during the the JFK's Camelot era.

A Myrna Loy sandwich between the moustachioed Clark Gable and William Powell. According to Michael Mann's Public Enemies , it was FBI agent Melvin Purvis who set the trap that caught notorious bankrobber John Dillinger .

SUNDAY DINNER FOR A SOLDIER is a heartwarming piece of WWII Americana about a poor Florida houseboat family who are determined to scrape together their meager resources and provide a soldier with a festive Sunday meal.

So how about dusting yourself off, popping a movie into the DVD player and sprawling on the couch for a couple of hours? To keep you from feeling guilty about putting down that hammer or paintbrush, make it a movie about home improvement - psychological as well as physical.