Monthly Wallpaper - October 2008: Modern Monsters of Movieland

Kicking off a month of tricks and treats here at Movie Dearest , October's calendar wallpaper salutes the Modern Monsters of Movieland !...

Daisies Bloom Again

Emmy Award winner Pushing Daisies , the most imaginative and colorful series on television, finally returns tomorrow night. Hopes are high t...

The Latest on DVD: Pia's Zadorable

Available on DVD for the first time today, the notorious camp classic "bad movie we love" Butterfly was supposed to make Pia Zador...

Empire Strikes Out

Oh, those wacky Brits. Empire magazine has released the results of their poll for "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" , and the...

Cinematic Crush: Gerard Butler

Crush object : Gerard Butler , actor. - He made his film debut in Mrs. Brown , followed by a small role in the Bond flick Tomorrow Never Die...

Poster Post: Beauty and the Bond

Daniel Craig's James Bond and new Bond girl Olga Kurylenko are featured on the latest poster for Quantum of Solace (in theaters Novembe...

Out of the Celluloid Closet: Tea and Sympathy

His schoolmates catch him sewing. His father bemoans that he wants to be a folk singer. He reads! No doubt about it, there is something a li...

Somebody Put Baby on the Stage

Based on the sleeper hit of 1987, the literally titled Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage makes its US debut today in Chicago. Thi...

Blithe Spirit

Seems all the bad buzz from Comic-Con has made the marketers of The Spirit take a fresh course. While the newest trailer for Frank Miller...

Farewell to Xanadu

The neon lights of Xanadu will shine one last time on Broadway today. But don't fret, several international productions are currently ...

Film Art: Have You Heard About Hugo and Kim?

"What's the story, morning glory? What's the tale, nightingale? Tell me quick about Hugo and Kim!" Well, here they are car...

Reverend's Reviews: Coming Out Stories - Part 1

This is the first of Chris' three-part series of influential films that helped him in his coming out . One of my high school theatre tea...

Great Performances: Matthew Rhys as Kevin Walker

Brothers and Sisters has not only proved to be a great showcase for some of our favorite TV actresses (Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart,...

The Colors of the Wind Fade Away

Pocahontas and Her Forest Friends , the conservation-minded live stage show at Disney's Animal Kingdom, wraps up its ten year run today...

Daniel Craig Flashes Some Skin

Quantum of Solace isn't the only fall movie to star Daniel Craig . In Flashbacks of a Fool (in theaters October 17), Craig plays a big...

Meanwhile, Back on Wisteria Lane ...

The Desperate Housewives are back tomorrow night in their fifth season premiere, but now its five years in the future. What does this mean ...

A Partridge Back on TV

Get out those velvet pants, feather your hair, rev up the buss and "Come On, Get Happy" : The Partridge Family is returning to te...

Paul Newman: 1925-2008

Legendary actor Paul Newman , creator of such iconic screen characters as Fast Eddie Felson, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and Frank Ga...

Potent Quotables: Mariska Hargitay on the Perks of Her Job

"Who doesn't want to make out with Chris Meloni ?" -- Mariska Hargitay, regarding her Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ...

Reverend’s Reviews: Working 9 to 5

The recently released CD Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening, the 25th anniversary edition of satiric lyricist Gerard Alessandrini’s spoof of...

Out in Film: Bryan Fuller

Idol worship : Bryan Fuller , writer/producer. - A self-professed sci-fi geek, he successfully pitched a script for Star Trek: Deep Space Ni...

Off the Shelf: Out at the Movies: A History of Gay Cinema

New this week and just itching to be added to the Movie Dearest library is Out at the Movies: A History of Gay Cinema by Steven Paul Davies...

On the Road with the Frankensteins

Soon they'll be "Puttin' on the Ritz" on the road: Mel Brooks' stage musical version of his Young Frankenstein will l...

MD Poll: Is There a Doctor in the House?

In recognition of this week's fifth season premiere of Grey's Anatomy , the latest MD Poll takes a look at the crack surgical staff...

MD Poll: Hopelessly Devoted

For Movie Dearest readers, Grease really is the word. Topping an MD Poll for the second time in two months, the 50's flashback was n...

The Latest in Theaters: Shia, Spike and Queen Raquela

What's new this week at a theater near you: Eagle Eye : Well, if they can ape Rear Window , why not North by Northwest ? Shia LaBeouf r...

Disney Loads Up on Some Depp

Disney seems to like what the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy has done for their coffers, as they've recruited the movies...

Omigod You Guys! Legally Blonde to Close

Following Xanadu into the Broadway history books, another Movie Dearest stage fave, Legally Blonde: The Musical , has set a closing date ....

Film Art: Sarah Marshall Edition

The Forgetting Sarah Marshall romantic quadrangle of Mila Kunis, Jason Segel, Russell Brand and Kristen Bell, by Hope Gangloff for The New...

Hold Your Horses

Tonight is the official opening of the much buzzed about Broadway transfer of Peter Shaffer's Equus , starring Daniel Radcliffe , Richa...

Women We Love: Vanessa Williams

Object of our affection : Vanessa Williams , actress/singer. - She made history in 1983 as the first African American Miss America. But cont...

Lighter Shades of Grey's

The sexy shenanigans of Seattle Grace return with the two-hour fifth season premiere of Grey's Anatomy tomorrow night. To get you all c...