Guest blogger Stephen Reginald writes: Sometimes history isn’t always fair. For example, there are movie directors and actors who, in their day, were enormously famous and successful, but for whatever reasons are almost forgotten today. Paramount Director Such is the…
Read more →Monthly Archives: September 2010
Bang the Drum Slowly (1956): The Golden Age of Television
Guest blogger Dave Blakeslee writes: Well, you know, if people think you’re gonna die, they’re gonna be nice to you and… Now that we’re into September, the Major League Baseball season enters that phase of the year where it has…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 09.12.10
September 18, 1909: The first feature film to be produced in the U.S., Les Miserables, is released in four separate parts between now and Nov. 27. September 14, 1919: Lon Chaney (horror movie Poll) portrays the first of his memorable…
Read more →Gimme 5: Famous Celebrity Crushes!
Guest blogger Peter Eramo, Jr. writes: Here’s a fun & easy one for you and just about everyone can sprout off at least five — so no excuses this week! We all have those actors and actresses who we just…
Read more →The American
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! Clearly miffed, Clooney would go home empty-handed again, thanks to yet another Hollywood girlfriend refusing camo gear…
Read more →Aliens: Movie Review
Guest blogger Will Brownridge writes: Just goes to show that you can’t trust the guy in a tie. – Will After floating in space for over 50 years, Ripley is found and rescued. She also learns that the planet they…
Read more →Movie Poll: What’s Your Favorite Kurt Russell Role
This Week In Film History, 09.05.10
September 5, 1901: William McKinley, the first U.S. president to be captured on film, is shown at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, one day before his assassination. September 5, 1916: In response to the outcry over The Birth of a…
Read more →The Small Back Room (1950): Movie Review
Guest blogger Cam Wilson writes: The Small Back Room is a not-so-well-known but very engaging 1949 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. After bringing some big-budget movies to the screen, the director-writer duo decided to scale down to a…
Read more →Calling Dr. Kildare! Hollywood’s Take on Medical Science
Guest contributor Victoria Balloon writes: Before there was House and Gray’s Anatomy Americans got their Hollywood medical drama from watching Dr. James Kildare. Not the 1960s television series starring Richard Chamberlain, but a series of MGM short feature films from…
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