It’s been almost 30 years to the day since Tim Burton‘s Batman broke box office records and redfined the superhero film with its thrills and complex drama. At the heart of the film was the conflict between Michael Keaton‘s Batman…
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Guest Review: Mars Attacks!
1996. The President was Bill Clinton, who would be seeking his second term that same year. Coincidentally enough, two astoundingly different alien invasion movies, which also featured their own POTUS’s premiered then too. Independence Day was a blockbuster released on…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: A Few Good Men
Let’s go back to 1992 for this week’s Create-A-Caption, taken from director Rob Reiner‘s acclaimed courtroom A Few Good Men. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin adapted his own play for this powerful hit starring Tom Cruise as Lt. Daniel Kaffee, a cocky…
Read more →Poll: Which of These 1989 Blockbusters Is Your Favorite?
From Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to Batman, there are so many great blockbusters from 1989 that are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. For this week’s poll, we want you to name your favorite — and be sure…
Read more →Save On Suspense With Our Fall Film Noir Sale
It doesn’t have to be a dark and stormy night for you to settle in with a film noir classic (but it sure does help!) Noir and mystery films allow viewers to witness the dark side of life without having…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
In light of the passing of Miloš Forman, we wanted to celebrate what his arguably his greatest film — 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — with a Create-A-Caption. We’ve taken a scene from the Jack Nicholson classic and…
Read more →Now Available: The Mirth, Murder and Mayhem of “Prizzi’s Honor”
Based on the novel by Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Honor is famed director John Huston‘s wildly entertaining comedy-drama. The film — which was released 32 years ago this week — brings together Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner as contract killers who…
Read more →Tim Burton’s “Batman” Hit Theaters on This Day in 1989
Where did that 28 years go? That was the question I asked myself when I realized that on this day in 1989, Batman was released. Tim Burton‘s blockbuster that ushered in a new era of comic book cinema that continues…
Read more →Jack Nicholson Directs Goin’ South
Jack Nicholson played a less-than-successful 1870s outlaw who escapes the hangman’s noose by marrying spinster Mary Steenburgen in 1978’s Goin’ South. Rick 29 looks at the production of the frontier comedy/romance, which Nicholson also directed.
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Chinatown
Forget it Jake, it’s Create-A-Caption! For this week’s entry, we’ve got an image taken from the 1974 classic Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. We’ve left our funny caption below, and we encourage you to do the same in…
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