


Baseball Season Begins With an “All Star” Team on the Field
The boys of summer will be at it this week as the 2019 MLB season kicks off. Yeah I’ll be cheering for the Blue Jays once again and while we […]

Now Playing December 28th, 1968 At a Theater Near You
Thankfully Malcolm McDowell has given his consent to allow me to borrow his personal time machine that he used to great acclaim in the Nicolas Meyer sci-fi adventure Time After […]

Now Playing August 9th, 1978
The New Jersey Daily News unveiled a wondrous selection of films to choose from should we decide to summon that time machine of mine I’m always referring to when looking […]

Destry (1954)
If Alfred Hitchcock can famously remake his own The Man Who Knew Too Much than what’s to prevent Raoul Walsh from redoing High Sierra as a western called Colorado Territory […]

Now Playing February 15th, 1952
Looking through this newspaper once again has me wishing time travel was possible. Not only to see the amazing collection of films playing in Toronto theaters but to con my […]

Out Shopping Today…… For Movie Posters!
Today was a day to indulge in seeing if I could afford to add a few titles to the vault here at Mike’s Take. While I did score a trio […]

Movie Poster Adventures with Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy. The hero of WW2 will always be for me a hero of Sunday afternoon matinees of the western variety that I watched with Dad. The Utica Kid, clad […]

More of Those On Screen Movie Dads
Let’s kick off this year’s look at movie Dad’s with three versions of The Champ. 1931 saw Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper take to the screen. The next version switched […]

Appreciating Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954)
If there’s one thing I struggle with here at Mike’s Take, it’s attempting to write something new and enlightening concerning a bona fide classic. But after watching this Hitchcock masterpiece once again, […]

Come Live With Me (1941)
Come Live With Me proved to be one of three films in release during 1941 that featured James Stewart. With the advent of WW2, Stewart would be off the screen […]

TCM Festival 2016 : The Movies Part 1 and The Great Fire Alarm Adventure
I’ll first start by saying it’s impossible to catch all the movies as there are major decisions to be made going in. Should I catch It’s Wonderful Life with a […]

Fly Me to Hollywood for the 2016 TCM Festival Please
The day has finally arrived. In the next few hours I’ll be catching a plane from Toronto and flying to Hollywood direct to enjoy the celebrations of the Turner Classic […]

TCM Festival 2016 …… Here I Come
While I may not be a Jimmy Stewart type, could it be that I have my very own Clarence the angel looking after yours truly. Maybe he even looks like […]

The James Stewart / Anthony Mann Poster Gallery
The careers of these two men seemed to collide at just the right time. Jimmy Stewart already had an Oscar to his name and had returned home a war hero […]

Wrapping Up My Second Year On Line
“Made it Ma. Top of the world.” Two straight years on line with at least one posting per day. Getting something on here has become part of my daily routine […]

Raquel Welch Goes West : The Poster Gallery
Sexy? Absolutely! Rugged? Holds her own opposite the likes of Dean Martin and Jim Brown. Deadly? Just ask a trio of low down rattle snakes going by the name of […]