It took some doing to get Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald out of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vaults and into viewers’ homes. At this point, it should be said that both Naughty Marietta (1935), their first movie together, and Sweethearts (1938), their first…
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2010) Action Film Starring Rutger Hauer
Everybody out there loved Machete, right? Right??? (Sound of crickets) Well, I certainly loved it, and that makes me more than curious about Hobo with a Shotgun. Rutger Hauer stars as the trigger-happy vagrant in this feature-length expansion of the fake…
Read more →Cat People (1942): A Classic Movie Review
Cat People (1942): A Classic Movie Review Val Lewton‘s steamy thriller Cat People details the fast-moving romance between all-American ship builder Oliver (Kent Smith) and the sexy-but-shy Serbian fashion designer Irena (Simone Simon). They meet at a zoo, where Irena…
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
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! Jack could live with having ‘ol One Eye at the helm. But his parrot’s constant refrain of…
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Guest blogger Anna Työrinoja writes: As some of you might now, I often hail the praises to the ’90s as the best time period of film (or at least its kicking of the ’70s, ’80s and ’00s’ behinds). But then…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 05.22.11
May 28, 1935: Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation unite to form 20th Century Fox, overseen by Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck. May 28, 1941: Animators and artists at the Walt Disney Studios launch an acrimonious two-month strike…
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Daredevils of the West was filmed at the height of Republic’s serial-making career, when their formula and technique were perfected and ensemble cast members at their most capable and appealing. As a work of film melodrama, the serial is astoundingly…
Read more →Movie Remakes Better Than the Original?
Hollywood’s never been known for leaving well enough alone, but every once in a while a film remake manages to surpass its predecessor. Brian Seick offers his picks for some cinematic second versions that are worth watching.
Read more →Wake Up! Here Are Some 2011 Summer Movie Sleepers
Fourteen-year-olds (of all ages) are juiced for the summer of 2011, because not only do we have the much-anticipated Marvel Comics blockbuster Captain America on tap, we’re also primed for some intergalactic action with DC Comics’ emerald avenger Green Lantern,…
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