In today’s guest post, Craig Joseph Pisani presents a timely look at Christmas movies: With Christmas Day fast approaching, in between shopping sprees and decorating lawns like Las Vegas, you may find leisure moments to fill your holiday Hollywood viewing…
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Rogue One: Setting the Standard
In today’s guest post, Craig Joseph Pisani shares his views on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Disney’s renaissance of the Star Wars franchise began with 2015’s The Force Awakens, a fairly entertaining film displaying tremendous special effects with a…
Read more →Predator: 30 Years Later
Mega budgets potentially near the $400 million mark, high quality computer-generated effects that solely generate unbelievable situations, and casting not for the role they actor may fit but for how popular they may be on Twitter have become acceptable standard…
Read more →The Subtleties Behind the Wild Opening of “The Wild Bunch”
In today’s guest post, writer and actor Craig Pisani shares his thoughts on the seminal classic The Wild Bunch: In what many consider being the last of the great Westerns, Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 violent masterpiece The Wild Bunch stars Oscar…
Read more →A Day on Set with Steven Spielberg
In today’s guest post, Craig Joseph Pisani discusses his experiences participating as an extra in a Steven Spielberg film! Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park. These are just a few household…
Read more →Mary Poppins at 50: Still Practically Perfect in Every Way
This year marks the golden anniversary of Disney’s Academy Award-winning Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Guest writer Craig Pisani offers a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious look at the beloved film and its enduring, magical charm.
Read more →So a Guy Walks into a Bar…
Some of the most dramatic scenes in western films have started with a character walking into a bar. Guest blogger Craig Pisani looks at a pair of memorable moments from two standout frontier tales, Shane and Unforgiven.
Read more →Butch and Sundance: What Roger Ebert May Have Missed
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert wasn’t a big fan of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” In today’s guest post, Craig Pisani examines the reasons why he gives Ebert’s bad review of the flick the thumbs down.
Read more →Rudy: A Gridiron Great
Get ready for the start of the football season with this guest post from Craig Pisani that examines the uplifting underdog film Rudy, starring Sean Astin and Jon Favreau.
Read more →Akira Kurosawa: An American Inspiration
Legendary Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa began his illustrious 55-year career in 1936. Throughout that time, he earned a reputation for working harder than any other director; he was even known to perform dirty work like wiping down walls or…
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