Walt Disney. Charles Schulz. Jim Henson. Every now and again a creative mind comes along and forever changes the world through the characters they leave behind. Stan Lee, who died today at the age of 95, was another of these…
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Poll: Which Performance from Oliver Stone’s 1986 Vietnam War Epic “Platoon” Is Your Favorite?
Oliver Stone drew on his own real-life experiences for Platoon, a harrowing Vietnam drama that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. We want to know which of the film’s many incredible performances are your favorite in this…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Gone With the Wind
Frankly my dear, you will give a damn about this week’s Create-A-Caption, because it is dedicated to Gone with the Wind! This Academy Award-winning classic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s best-seller remains a watershed moment in cinema — and cemented Clark…
Read more →Rita Hayworth in “Blood and Sand”
Rita Hayworth was the classic bombshell of a woman in the 40’s and 50’s. She was, by most every source I could find, one of the most popular pinup girls of WWII. Maybe even the most popular. Every soldier’s barracks…
Read more →Join Us for Our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide on December 1st!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Okay, so maybe not yet, but soon! Since this tends to be the most stressful time of the year, we want to lighten your load a bit and make your seasonal shopping…
Read more →Who Is Your Least Favorite Movie Character Ever?
I recently started doing a rewatch of Roger Moore‘s various James Bond films as I realized there were a few that I have never seen before. I began with Moore’s first outing as 007, 1973’s blaxploitation-inspired Live and Let Die….
Read more →The Five Best Charles Bronson Performances
During the early 1970s, Charles Bronson was the biggest star in the world — well, pretty much everywhere except the U.S. However, he quickly attracted the attention of American studios and became a box office attraction stateside with films like…
Read more →“Incredibles 2,” “Christopher Robin” and More Great New Releases
It’s a fantastic week to be a film lover, as there as a number of exciting new releases spanning several genres that have just been released on Blu-ray and DVD. Family films lead the pack, with the recent Disney hits…
Read more →Alan Ladd: A Ladd and His Gun
For months I’ve been promising a fellow blogger that I was going to get around to doing this double feature, but I kept putting it off due to time and commitments to various blogathons. She is a big Alan Ladd…
Read more →Poll: Who’s Your Favorite “Boogie Nights” Character?
For this week’s poll, our focus is Boogie Nights — director Paul Thomas Anderson‘s riveting exploration of the adult film industry in the lats ’70s and early ’80s. This release’s fantastic performances — including Best Supporting Actor nominee Burt Reynolds…
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