Unconvincing 'Dear John' same old story of star-crossed romance CAROL CLING MORE COLUMNS Review "Dear John" 105 minutes PG-13; sexual references, violence Grade: C at multiple locations Deja View Letters play a pivotal role in a wide variety of movies, from romantic comedies to war dramas.

Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham and Tony-winning actress Harriet Harris will star in a reading of "You Can't Take It With You" that is being put together by Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos in New York City next week.

Grace kelly and James Stewart in "Rear Window" Though the film series is already in its third week, there are still five more chances for film buffs to watch classic Alfred Hitchcock movies on the big screen.

The white shining United States Capitol building is enough to make most visitors catch their breath, whether for the grandeur of its architecture or as a symbol of the most powerful nation on earth.

"She Loves Me," considered by many musical-theatre aficionados to be one of the most charming and romantic musicals ever written, opens on the SecondStory Repertory stage on Feb.

Bangalore Film Society declares 2010 open with a three-day tribute to one of the greatest of films of all time -- Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo". The fest begins on January 22 with the screening of the film "Vertigo". This 'Hitchcockian' thriller is a surreal tale of a cop who develops agoraphobia, a fear of heights, and is set on a trail of a ...

Ita TMs Monday and we have a lot to report from this past weekenda TMs round of the Monster Energy Supercross series inside Phoenixa TMs Chase Field.

Funny how a dead body in the room can change the way you hear a conversation. That was always a large part of the frisson-generating appeal of "Rope," Patrick Hamilton 's 1929 drama in which a cocktail buffet is served on a chest that hides a fresh corpse.

Who can forget the closing scene of Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life' with James Stewart as George Bailey and Donna Reed as Mary as they join with their community of Bedford Falls in singing the classic 'Auld Lang Syne'? The song, though sung throughout the English-speaking world, has been rightly referred to as 'the song nobody knows,' yet we ...

TV highlights for Sunday, January 10, 2010 include The Simpsons 20th Anniversary on Fox, the season premiere of Ax Men on History Channel, the season premiere of Big Love on HBO and the debut of Brace for Impact on TLC.

James Stewart plays the ill-fated Glenn Miller in 1954's "The Glenn Miller Story." Thomaston a ' The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents a weekly series of films in Room 208 of the Thomaston Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. The Friday night movies for January have a musical biographies theme.

Movie reviews: It's A Wonderful Life It's A Wonderful Life has been a staple of Christmas TV programming for countless years and many people insist the holiday season hasn't started until they've watched this classic film.

The 1946 film, It's A Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed was nominated for five Oscars, but was awarded none.

Sunday evening, the Egyptian will show a 70-millimeter print of Alfred Hitchcock's erotically charged 1958 thriller, "Vertigo," starring James Stewart as a retired San Francisco police detective with a fear of heights who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman he is hired to follow.

Here's what's happening today and Friday on the small screen: Thursday * The dial is stocked with classic holiday films this Christmas Eve, among them the 1946 James Stewart favourite, It's a Wonderful Life and the 1951 Alastair Sim chestnut, A Christmas Carol, both on CTV.

Warm and fuzzy holiday feelings don't end with gifts and eggnog. What's on television also sets the tone.

'It's A Wonderful Life' has been voted the All-Time Favourite Christmas film. The 1946 feel-good family movie - which stars James Stewart as a man who commits suicide on Christmas Eve and meets his guardian angel who shows him what life would have been like if he'd never existed - won 17 per cent of the vote in a poll of over 3,000 people.

I'd like to forget about job-searches, hiring managers, networking, jobs workshops, resumes, and life in general, for the weekend; no one is in anyway.

No one is allowed to utter "Bah, humbug!" today, unless it's Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and he is ready for transformation.

Dec. 22, 2009 Hundreds Attend Classic Film at Paramount Mayor Has Party, Cinema in Huntington Showing 'Wonderful Life' Christmas Eve By Tony Rutherford Huntingtonnews.net Reporter Huntington, WV - Hundreds of moviegoers turned out on a cold, snowy Sunday at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky.