If you are interested in a great romantic comedy, please skip the truly ugly The Ugly Truth that played in theaters last year, and check out Leo Mc Carey’s The Awful Truth (1937), starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne and Ralph Bellamy….
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Director Danny Boyle Talks About His Film 127 Hours
Danny Boyle! You’ve just won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for Slumdog Millionaire! Now, what are you going to do? Um…make a movie about a guy stuck in a cave. You got to, er, hand it…
Read more →Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Some films released to theatres find their audience immediately and become great success stories. Some, however find their audience on DVD. One such film is Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, starring Richard Gere. It was never released commercially in the U.S. (although it…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 10.31.10
November 4, 1907: The Chicago City Council Ordinance forbids the showing of “obscene and immoral pictures” and grants police permission to ban a movie’s release. November 4, 1948: The treatment of the mentally ill is graphically depicted in The Snake…
Read more →Marty (1955): A Look Back
Marty (1955) You can people watch for hours and see who’s real and who’s just putting on an act. Marty is like watching one of the real people, with heart, fire, problems and real character. The film and character, Marty, are…
Read more →Galaxy Quest Makes a Comeback in a Deluxe Edition DVD
Guest blogger Daniel writes: Everyone loves a good comeback story, and the story here is really simple. Cheesy sci-fi TV show airs and picks up a passionate fanbase. Cheesy sci-fi TV show gets canceled and its cast seems doomed to spend…
Read more →Night of the Living Dead
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! Census takers became more aggressive as 2010 wore on.
Read more →Monsters (2010) Movie Review
It’s that time of year again…when the thoughts of many a film fan turn to monsters! (For some of us, those thoughts tend to percolate, bubble, and boil over all year ’round!) It’s nice to see the modestly-budgeted horror film…
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Best Movie Masks
No superheroes. No helmets. Shall we begin? The Big Five FRIDAY THE 13TH, PART III Nobody was really happy with Jason wearing a bag over his head (in Part 2), so it was determined that in the upcoming 3-D version…
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