On April 15th, 1912, in the early morning hours, the luxury liner RMS Titanic sank in the waters of the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Over 1,500 passengers perished in one of the worst ocean disasters in history. Today…
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Flashback Friday: The Timeless Fun Of Heavy Metal
Arguably the most beloved animated cult film ever made, Heavy Metal is a cutting-edge anthology inspired by the popular fantasy magazine. The fantastic stories, which revolve around the powers of a mysterious jewel called the Loc-Nar, include a futuristic cab…
Read more →A Salute to the Funky Theme Song from “Friday the 13th: Part III”
Chh-chh-chh! Dance-dance-dance? My personal favorite of all the Friday the 13th films was 1982’s Friday the 13th: Part III. Originally released in 3D — which afforded viewers in the theater the opportunity to have the film’s thrills (and the occasional…
Read more →Hayley Mills and the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Windmill
Every fan of the 1968 musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remembers inventor Caractacus Potts’ beautiful workshop, but what many do not know is that the windmill where it was filmed was once owned by Hayley Mills, the star of numerous…
Read more →Flashback Friday: The Original “High Noon” Movie Trailer
Few Westerns are spoken about with such hushed reverence as High Noon. Originally released on July 24, 1952, the film has gone on to become the high-water mark of the genre — earning not only critical acclaim (it won four…
Read more →Guest Review: “The Shaggy Dog”
In the mid-1950s Walt Disney gave ABC their very first full-hour western television program – Davy Crockett. The series was such a success that the network soon launched many other similar series such as Maverick, Wyatt Earp, and Lawman. These westerns…
Read more →Flashback Friday: The Hills Are Forever Alive with “The Sound of Music”
Over 50 years since it originally hit theaters and the hills are still alive with The Sound of Music! Arguably the most popular film musical ever, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic stars Julie Andrews as a novitiate who becomes governess…
Read more →The Official Movies Unlimited 40th Anniversary T-Shirt Is Here!
From our original store in Northeast Philadelphia to across the globe, Movies Unlimited has been your source for home video. This year we are celebrating our 40th anniversary, and it’s an exciting time. The company originally began as a place…
Read more →Flashback Friday: Check Out These Favorites from the 1950s
From the rise to superstardom of James Dean to atomic-era monster movies and beyond, there was no decade quite like the 1950s. We are currently celebrating features from the Eisenhower era with our Favorites from the ’50s Sale, and here’s…
Read more →Flashback Friday: Check Out This Vintage Review of “The Toxic Avenger”
“The Toxic Avenger is a terrible movie, but I have to admit, it has its moments.” With those words, veteran New York City film critic Judith Crist summed up The Toxic Avenger — Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman‘s 1984 schlock…
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