It’s been 40 years since Ridley Scott‘s Alien redefined the moviegoing experience by combining an enthralling blend of science fiction and horror. It also featured a female protagonist (Siguourney Weaver as the trailblazing space trucker Ellen Ripley), something that was…
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Now that the summer movie season is here, we find ourselves thinking about blockbuster movie franchises. One of the best is Steven Spielberg and George Lucas‘ Indiana Jones films. (Four to date, though a fifth, in which Harrison Ford is…
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In this post, Jim Brymer looks back at Frank Capra’s Why We Fight series of films. On Dec 7, 1941 the United States was catapulted into the escalating war with the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy and Japan. The event…
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If last week’s successful broadcast of old episodes of All in the Family and The Jeffersons with new casts proved one thing, it’s that there’s still a huge audience for classic television. Well, obviously! We love vintage TV favorites so…
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This week’s Create-A-Caption pays tribute to Little Shop of Horrors, Frank Oz‘s 1986 musical version of the Off-Broadway hit that was itself based on the Roger Corman cult classic from 1960. Thanks to its great songs and winning performances from…
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The original Death Wish is a smart and thoughtful rumination on what justice means in the seemingly lawless New York City of the 1970s. In the film, non-confrontational architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is pushed to his breaking point after…
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It was on this day back in 1977 that the universe was changed forever when Star Wars first hit theaters. And really, it never truly went away. Sure, there was that dark period from after Return of the Jedi‘s release…
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Memorial Day weekend is once again upon us! The next few days are a time of reflection and remembrance as we celebrate those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that we enjoy the freedoms that our country affords us….
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Many consider Gone with the Wind to be a beloved classic. But what must the film’s world premiere been like. Wonder no more, as this vintage British Pathé newsreel transports you back to 1939 Atlanta so that you can see…
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For Cecil B. DeMille there was no such thing as a regular feature film…it always had to be a spectacle. Circus films were a dime a dozen in the 1930s, but none of them really captured that thrill of seeing…
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