When stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham collaborated with Burt Reynolds, the results were always movie magic. Arguably the pair’s most satisfying picture together was 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, in which Reynolds Bo “Bandit” Darville, is hired to bring 400 cases of…
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Learn About Some of TV’s Greatest Sitcoms with These Fascinating Books
Sitcoms are more than mere entertainment, they offer an escape — even if just for a little bit — of the problems of daily life, allowing us to laugh and forget our troubles. The situation comedy has been a staple…
Read more →Tell Us What Frightful Flicks Should We Cover In Our 31 Days of Halloween Posts!
We are currently in the midst of planning our 31 Days of Halloween posts that will be featured alongside of our regular content all October long. Things are going to get spooky, kooky, and maybe even all-together ooky (with apologies…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Burt Reynolds Film of the 1970s?
As we continue to celebrate the life of Burt Reynolds, we will be running a series of polls in which we ask you to sound off about your favorites of his many films. (Which is no easy task given how…
Read more →Don’t Miss These Burt Reynolds Favorites That Are Now Available!
For awhile in the 1970s and ’80s, Burt Reynolds was unstoppable. And even when his box office mojo cooled off a bit, he still made films that were crowd-pleasers. Some of his films that underperformed in theaters during their original…
Read more →Share Your Burt Reynolds Memories Here
The legendary Burt Reynolds has died at the age of 82 following a heart attack. Writing those words is a jarring thing, as it seems like Reynolds life and career always had another act to play out. With a career…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Goonies
This week’s Create-A-Caption is more than “Good Enough,” as it is inspired by Richard Donner‘s 1985 family favorite The Goonies. This contemporary classic follows a group of misfit kids living in Oregon as they embark on an adventure filled with…
Read more →“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” and “Hereditary” Highlight This Week’s New Releases
The week after Labor Day is rough. The summer is over, school starts back up, and the fun, sun-drenched days are suddenly a thing of the past. But you don’t have to be bummed out, because there’s always movies. And…
Read more →The Past Is Never Gone: Revisiting “Summer of ’42”
Available on DVD and Blu-ray as part of the Warner Archive Collection, the blockbuster coming-of-age favorite Summer of ’42 remains a compelling work of nostalgia about love and times that have long gone away. Writer Herman Raucher based his long-in-gestation…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Klaatu Barada Nikto! We are setting the wayback machine to 1951 for this week’s Create-A-Caption, focusing on the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. We’ve added our humorous caption to a moment from this film below, and we…
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