February 8, 1915: D.W. Griffith’s Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, opens. At a White House screening, President Woodrow Wilson calls it “like writing history with lightning.” February 8, 1926: The New York Sun is the first to…
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Movie Mash-Ups, Part 2
As I wrote in the first Movie Mash-Ups article, mash-ups are a recent trend where music club DJs take two or more songs and artfully combine them, creating a “new” hit. Last time I combined the written plot elements from two…
Read more →Channing Tatum & Dear John
You may be able to take Channing Tatum out of the military, but you can’t take the military out of Channing Tatum. That’s because the 29-year old actor keeps getting cast in roles in which he plays a soldier. For…
Read more →Are These The Greatest Commercials Ever Made?
Hollywood Nostradamus (a friend on the outside who alerted me to the existence of this marvelous Steven Seagal program some time ago) pointed me towards these, and since his sentiments about the following exactly mirror my own, I might as well quote…
Read more →Going Fourth: More Movie Poster Lookalikes
Here’s the fourth in our series of “poster doppelgangers” that confirm to movie fans like yourself that, yes, you have seen that poster before! I’ve tried to keep parody posters and the obvious low budget rip-offs of famous movie one-sheets to a minimum….
Read more →Jonathan Mostow & Surrogates
Since he hit the mainstream with good reviews for 1997’s Kurt Russell road thriller Breakdown, Jonathan Mostow has gotten the rep of being that rare director who can fluidly mix action and intelligence. His follow-up to Breakdown was 2000’s U-571,…
Read more →Movie Poll – What’s the Best Non-Academy Award-Winning Foreign Film?
The Big Lebowski
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “Listen, Dude, I don’t mind all the cuss words, but eating all the pretzels is uncool.”
Read more →This Week In Film History 01-31-10
February 2, 1922: Hollywood has a real whodunit on its hands when Paramount Pictures director William Desmond Taylor is found slain. February 5, 1927: Buster Keaton‘s comedic masterwork The General, based on a true Civil War incident, is released. February…
Read more →Movie Mash-Ups, Part I
There’s been a recent trend where music club DJs take two or more songs and artfully combine them, creating a “new” hit called a mash-up. Mixmaster Marcewicz thought that concept might work with movies as well. This first—of four—part deals…
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