Step up and get your food and film junkie fix! Each Friday it&38217;s a movie&38212;could be anything from a black-and-white classic, a musical from the golden age, or a dark and gritty film noir, to a post-apocalyptic &38217;60s flick, a boozy &38217;70s romp, or a movie from yesterday&38212;paired with a tasty dish. Start your weekend off right! http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/didyouknow/ Copyright Penguin Group (USA) Inc. karyn.gerhard@us.penguingroup.com (Karyn Gerhard) Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST The list of actors and directors who have never won an Oscar is as long as your arm, and I obviously don’t have the space to list them all here. But there are a few big ones that just boggle the mind. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-24-12-oscar-snubs.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-24-12-oscar-snubs.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST For me, ’70s films will forever be summed up by one word: DISASTER. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/01-27-12-airport.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/01-27-12-airport.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EST I’d like to give one last nod to the 2011 inductees to the Great Movie Studio in the Sky, and give you my recommendations for their must-see movies. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/friday-in-memoriam-01-13-12.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/friday-in-memoriam-01-13-12.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EST A number of years ago, on a trip to London, I saw a play that was so hilarious to this day the thought of it makes me laugh like a maniac. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/10-07-11-noises-off.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/10-07-11-noises-off.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:00:00 EST My brother and I watched 1776 every year, acting out entire scenes in our living room. I’d play John Adams, stomping around and screaming, VOTE YES!, while my brother, as the entire Congress, hollered back,“SIT DOWN, JOHN! http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/07-01-11-1776.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/07-01-11-1776.html Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST Your senses will never be the same. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/05-20-11-tommy.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/05-20-11-tommy.html Fri, 20 May 2011 10:00:00 EST Hooking up to get ahead in your job—we all knows it goes on. C.C. Baxter wants to get ahead, but he won’t give up his morals to do it. He would, however, give up his key. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/05-06-11-the-apartment.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/05-06-11-the-apartment.html Fri, 06 May 2011 10:00:00 EST A tribute to two late greats: Sidney Lumet and Paul Newman. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/04-15-11-the-verdict.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/04-15-11-the-verdict.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:00:00 EST The coach is waiting for his next beer. The pitcher is waiting for her first bra. The team is waiting for a miracle. Consider the possibilities. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/04-08-11-bad-news-bears.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/04-08-11-bad-news-bears.html Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:00:00 EST When someone mentions a movie starring a kid, most people think of some Shirley Temple/Curly Sue type of sugared-up concoction of obnoxious precociousness. And as far as Depression-era movies go, it’s hard not to conjure up movies like the Grapes of Wrath, with its gritty, desperate hopelessness. But with Paper Moon, a Depression-era movie starring a kid, you have neither of these things. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/03-11-11-paper-moon.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/03-11-11-paper-moon.html Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:00:00 EST For me, the ’80s was all about two people. The first was the writer/director John Hughes. With movies like The Breakfast Club, Home Alone, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, he had the ’80s—not to mention teenage zeitgeist—wrapped up in a bow. The second was John Candy, who was hilarious in movies such as Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; Splash; Spaceballs; The Great Outdoors; Brewster’s Millions; and of course, on SCTV, which in the early ’80s was blowing Saturday Night Live out of the water. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/03-04-11-uncle-buck2.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/03-04-11-uncle-buck2.html Fri, 4 Mar 2011 10:00:00 EST As we all know, the Academy Awards are being presented this Sunday, and just like every year, I’ll be watching—and probably cursing another stunning loss in the Oscar pool. So in honor of Oscar, this week’s food and a flick is all about the movies that I felt were robbed of the Oscar for Best Picture. It’s not to say I don’t think some of the winners deserved the award—many of them I do like—but there are some that just haven’t held up over time, and others that just won because of a sweep (yes, Gigi, I’m talking to YOU.) http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-25-11-oscars.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-25-11-oscars.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST This week we lost one of the darlings from the golden age of the MGM musical, Betty Garrett. I've always loved Betty - she was forever playing the wise-cracking, funny broad in musicals like My Sister Eileen, Neptune's Daughter, and Take Me Out to the Ballgame (you may also remember her as the kooky landlady from Laverne and Shirley). But her best role was that of Brunhilde Esterhazy, the man-hungry New York City cab driver in On the Town (1949). http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-18-11-on-the-town.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-18-11-on-the-town.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so of course I've been thinking about my favorite romantic movies. I have to admit, there are very few romantic comedies that are on my favorites list. The whole boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl, oh-wow-guess-what-they-get-back-together-just-in-time-for-a-totally-predictable-syrupy-happy-ending thing just gets on my sodding wit. But there is one that is romantic movie that owns a huge chunk of my heart. Love Actually is so much more than a romantic comedy; it tells the tales of love from every angle, at every stage, and at all ages. Each tale is unique, but the types of love they depict are ones we have all experienced. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-11-11-love-actually.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-11-11-love-actually.html Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST I’ll admit it, I’m not a huge football fan—baseball is much more my game. Still, that doesn’t mean I don’t love a good football flick! In honor of the big game this weekend, here are my favorite football-themed movies. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-04-11-football.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/02-04-11-football.html Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST What scares you the most? Spiders? Ghosts? Zombies? For me, it’s ventriloquist dummies. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been terrified of those little demon dolls, with their unnervingly vacant eyes and sinister clacking jaws, just looking like they’re going to come alive at any moment. So Magic,a movie about a possessed ventriloquist dummy? Nightmares, I’m telling you. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/01-28-11-magic.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/01-28-11-magic.html Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST Have you ever wanted to reinvent yourself? I mean, truly reinvent yourself, with new looks, a new job, new friends, a new life? The desire to do just that, and how it can all go horribly wrong, is at the heart of this dark and disturbing thriller. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/01-21-11-seconds.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/01-21-11-seconds.html Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST I’ve never been a huge fan of Westerns. The whole shoot-em-up, gunfight at the OK Corral, cowboys-and-indians, John Wayne, “Come BAAAAAAAACK, Shane!” thing has just never been my schtick. I am, however, a huge fan of Mel Brooks, so it’s no surprise that his Blazing Saddles (1974), a movie that pokes fun at all those Western cliches, is one of my favorite comedies. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/blazing-saddles-01-14-11.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/blazing-saddles-01-14-11.html Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST Well, it’s that time of year again, when we remember the people in the entertainment industry who passed away in the last twelve months. So, instead of my usual Food and a Flick format, I’d like to give a final shout-out to the 2010 inductees to the Great Movie Studio in the Sky, and give you my recommendations for their must-see movies. http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/friday-in-memoriam-01-07-11.html http://www.idiotsguides.com/static/blog/friday/friday-in-memoriam-01-07-11.html Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST