This time Six Pix focuses on movie posters prominently featuring zeppelins. You pick the best one or otherwise rank them according to which ones you feel are visually the most artistic or best sum up the film.
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Action Movies
Machine Guns and Movies: Together Since Forever?
Can you name an action movie in the last 30 years that did not have a machine gun in it? Just one?
Read more →Ninja III: The Domination Is Vintage 1984
MovieFanFare joins Forgotten Films’ 1984-Blog-a-thon fun with this appreciation of the crazy Cannon Film Group release about a telephone repairwoman who loves aerobics and gets possessed by the spirit of a dead ninja.
Read more →The Movie and TV Labors of Hercules
Grab your toga and best pair of sandals, because MovieFanFare is taking a big, brawny look at the many big- and small-screen depictions of the mighty Hercules, from silent films and Steve Reeves sagas to Disney cartoons and the new Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson actioner.
Read more →Cannon Fodder: In Praise of Golan and Globus
During the videocassette’s boom years, Israeli producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus kept the output from Cannon Films coming, from prestige projects to pure exploitation. We’re looking back at a one-of-a-kind industry legacy.
Read more →Have You Driven a Fjord Lately? Recommended Viking Flicks
Polish off that mead and polish up the broadsword, because we’re casting off with a long ship full of our favorite Norse adventure sagas for your consideration.
Read more →Get Fired Up! Some Great Movie Gun Scenes
Jean-Luc Godard said all it takes to make a film is a girl and a gun. We’ve already covered the great shoot-outs, and with guns now part of the national conversation, it’s time to have a look at a few more classic movie scenes involving firearms…
Read more →Peplum Talk: A Look Back at Gladiator Flicks
Mention the term “gladiator movies” to a film fan, and it’s inevitable you will get a response referencing the movie Airplane! The line was uttered by Peter Graves as airline pilot Captain Oveur, who asks a kid visiting his cockpit:…
Read more →Future Classic Movies: The Hunger Games
Guest blogger Stephen Reginald writes: The Hunger Games was one of the most anticipated film releases of 2012. Based on the young adult novel by Suzanne Collins, it is the story of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), a 16-year-old girl coming…
Read more →Dueling Movies
Coming soon to a theater near you: A film about the plot to kill Osama Bin Laden, directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). Also coming soon to a theater near you: Another film about taking out Bin Laden, directed…
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