Just what is this strange thing called Blu-ray, you ask (if, that is, you’re one of the ones asking)? Is it better than DVD? Should I consign my DVD player to the scrap heap along with my VCR, Videodisc, and…
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The Asylum: Imitation Is Their Sincerest Form
Great minds think alike, the saying goes. Well, replace the word “great” with “Hollywood” and, not surprisingly, it still applies. It also explains why every so often the studios come out with similarly-themed movies within a few months or so of each…
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All’s Fair…In Politics And Movies
Having been treated, over the last few months, to a dismaying display of bare-knuckles political hardball at its most venal, it is tempting to assume that such behavior in the political arena is unprecedented. Surely we have reached an all-time…
Read more →This Week In Film History 04-11-10
April 12, 1911: Cartoonist Winsor McCay brings his popular Little Nemo in Slumberland characters to animated life in Little Nemo and the Princess. April 17, 1924: The merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and the independent Louis B. Mayer Company…
Read more →Crispin Glover: Hollywood’s Favorite Eccentric
While he’s rarely been cast as a leading man throughout his career, the somewhat odd and off-the-wall thespian known as Crispin Glover is proof positive that there’s no such thing as a small part. Additionally, the talented actor refreshingly makes…
Read more →Waterloo Bridge (1931): Mae Clarke And Kent Douglass Movie Review
Waterloo Bridge Director: James Whale USA 1931 81 minutes (Available on the Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1) Unfortunately, this first filmed version of Waterloo Bridge has for a long time stood in the shadows of Mervyn LeRoy‘s more clean-cut 1940…
Read more →Suspiria: There Was a Murderer
My first glimpse into the world of European horror was, as usual, my mother’s fault. I came in after playing baseball and she told me “Put on 17.” I did, and was treated to the last 10 minutes of The…
Read more →Ciaran Hinds, Conor McPherson & The Eclipse
You know you’ve made it when you are an actor of British origin and you’ve been cast in a Harry Potter movie. So even though Ciaran Hinds has been acting regularly for over 20 years, the 57-year-old actor smiled when…
Read more →We Need A New Billy Jack Movie Like We Need A Hole In The Head!
Aren’t the times crying out for a new Billy Jack movie? For a while there, I actually thought so. Unpopular war—check. Mistrust of the U.S. government at all-time highs—check. Riled-up people taking it to the streets—check. And really, aren’t the…
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