#MoviesFromMyHometown
Welcome to MOVIES FROM MY HOMETOWN, a recurring MovieJawn feature where one of our writers shares thoughts about motion pictures that were set and/or shot near where they have lived. Find the #MoviesFromMyHometown series of articles here: www.moviejawn.com/home/tag/mov...
February 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
MJ's @ungajje.bsky.social says, "It is a strange thing to grow up learning that one of America’s earliest serial killers, period, and arguably its first woman serial killer lived in your hometown."

Tim reminisces on ARSENIC & OLD LACE in the latest installment of our #MoviesFromMyHometown column.
Movies From My Hometown: Growing up with ARSENIC AND OLD LACE — Moviejawn
by Tim Stevens, Staff Writer The fundamental oddness of growing up 1.2 miles away from Amy’s last stop before she became a killer and laughing at lines like “Insanity runs in my family. It practicall...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
MJ's @katespenser.bsky.social visits some of the locations in Delco (aka Delaware County) and pays tribute to SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK in our latest edition of Movies From My Hometown. #MoviesFromMyHometown
Movies From My Hometown: SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK — Moviejawn
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer I sit in the Llanerch Diner, in the Silver Linings Playbook booth, listening to a guy in an Eagles jacket complain about his job. I think about all the little landmarks ...
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February 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
MJ's Daniel Pecoraro shares memories of growing up in, Southeast Queens and the film GOODFELLAS. One of those pictures that made him realize "I never wanted to be a gangster." #MoviesFromMyHometown #Goodfellas
Movies from My Hometown: GOODFELLAS and the Queens-Nassau Borderlands — Moviejawn
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer As far back as I can remember, I never wanted to be a gangster.
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March 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
MJ's Melissa Strong says, "The five states I have lived in as an adult constitute different chapters of my life. TERROR AT TENKILLER (dir. Ken Meyer, 1986) captures aspects of my Oklahoma chapter." Check out the latest installment of #MoviesFromMyHometown. #column #movies
Movies from My Hometown: TERROR AT TENKILLER — Moviejawn
by Melissa Strong, Staff Writer The five states I have lived in as an adult constitute different chapters of my life. Terror at Tenkiller captures aspects of my Oklahoma chapter.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM