Respected character actor John Heard has died of undisclosed causes in California at the age of 72. Best known as the harried father in the first two Home Alone films, Heard enjoyed a career that found him steadily working in…
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Having spent a good chunk of the weekend watching the trailers that made their debut at San Diego Comic Con, I have been thinking a lot about the way that modern movies are marketed. A oft-heard complaint about most trailers…
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With this week’s passing of George Romero, there have been countless celebrations of the horror master’s life and legacy. But one of the greatest tributes to him came over a decade ago, courtesy of the obscure Washington D.C. indie rock…
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Can you dig it? This week’s Create-A-Caption comes to us courtesy of The Warriors, director Walter Hill‘s cult classic that follows a Coney Island gang falsely accused of killing the leader of a city-wide peace summit, as they make their…
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Truth be told, there are a lot more noteworthy new releases this week than usual. Why? Maybe it’s because the studios realize that you want to spend the dog days of summer inside your air conditioned home watching movies instead…
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On Sunday, we lost a showbiz giant when Martin Landau died at the age of 89. Working steadily from 1959 until this year (he has a movie coming out in the fall), Landau proved himself to be a true original….
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Sometimes a creative visionary comes along and raises the bar for everyone else. Such was the case for George Romero, who died yesterday of lung cancer at the age of 77. Romero was responsible for such groundbreaking pictures as Night…
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First partnering in Captain Blood, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland went on to make eight films together — creating an on-screen duo that remains a beloved pairing among lovers of classic movies. Their final work together was 1941’s They…
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The 1968 European Western Shalako may have lost money during its original American theatrical release, but it has gone on to become a cult classic…and an important example of the genre. The film, now available in a new DVD and…
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“Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you if you’re young at heart.” Musicals are so beloved because they allow us to take a break from our reality and experience a world filled with song and dance. In…
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