The underrated 2007 Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse featured several fake trailers between the main features of Planet Terror and Death Proof. One of these phony ads, for Machete starring Danny Trejo was eventually made into a full-length film…
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Resistance Is Futile: Star Trek: First Contact Turns 20
As hard as it may be to believe, Star Trek: First Contact was released 20 years ago today. The second (and best) film to include the cast of TV’s Star Trek: The Next Generation, First Contact follows he crew of…
Read more →Rocky Celebrates 40 Years of Fighting The Cinematic Competition
As we mentioned in this week’s poll, Rocky turns 40 today. Naturally, it was the perfect choice to featured as today’s Movie Trailer of the Day. This rousing underdog tale from writer/star Sylvester Stallone and director John G. Avildsen struck…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Sylvester Stallone Performance?
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone’s iconic and hugely influential drama that introduced the world to the Italian Stallion. This milestone has us thinking about Stallone’s other roles, so we thought we’d give you the opportunity to…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Planes, Trains And Automobiles
It’s Thanksgiving week, and so the obvious choice for this installment of Create-A-Caption is the Turkey Day classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles. You know the drill. Below is a picture from the film with Chris’ caption. You can leave your…
Read more →Feeling Infinite: A Look Back at the Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Standing on the fringes on life.” Printed on the back cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, these six words perfectly some up the book’s target audience: outsiders struggling to somehow fit in. Since its publication by the dubious…
Read more →Open Thread: What Movie Makes You Hungry?
Man, is anyone else here hungry? Sometimes just thinking about a movie scene makes our mouth water, be it the appearance of a Baby Ruth bar in The Goonies to the lavish meals served in Goodfellas. Obviously, with Thanksgiving coming…
Read more →Jane Powell’s Just a “Small Town Girl”
Yes, the movie’s in color, but we thought this photo was too adorable to resist. Guest writer Jessica Pickens reviews the 1953 MGM musical Small Town Girl, starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger and Bobby Van.
Read more →Finding Dory, Star Wars, The Jungle Book And Other DVD & Blu-ray New Releases
With the holidays just around the corner, the studios are unleashing their heavy hitters upon the public. This week sees the release of a diverse range of recent favorites from the charming Pixar sequel Finding Dory to a 3-D version…
Read more →’70s Flashback: Remembering David Janssen as “Harry O”
Guest blogger Rick29 writes: The DVD set includes the first of two pilot films, Such Dust as Dreams Are Made Of, which was broadcast in 1973. Martin Sheen co-stars as a former criminal who wants to hire Harry to find…
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