March 18, 1910: An important entry in the nascent horror genre is the Edison Company’s Frankenstein, with stage veteran Charles Ogle as the monster. March 24, 1939: Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce make the first of 14 screen pairings as…
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Guest Review: The Andromeda Strain
Guest blogger Rick29 writes: This superior 1971 science fiction outing pits four dedicated scientists against a microscopic menace capable of destroying all life on Earth. Its critics have labeled it slow-moving and overlong, but I find it intellectually exciting. Its…
Read more →You Don’t Mess Around With Jim: The Best of Brown is Coming
To football fans he was known as the fearsome running back for the Cleveland Browns who broke many rushing records during his nine-year career. His amazing accomplishments led to The Sporting News naming him the top football player of all…
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There are two kinds of posters that a film studio can distribute before the film’s official one-sheet (and certainly well before the movie itself is released): advance posters and teasers. The two differ in a way that best can described…
Read more →Guest Review: An Education
Guest blogger Cat Geissler writes: Paths aren’t paved before they’re walked on in this lifetime. For the average middle-class teenager, life-changing moments like attending college and starting a family are planned before the graduation cap tassel is switched over to…
Read more →The Thin Man: Movie Review
The Thin Man: Long before glamorous millionaires Jonathan, Jennifer, and Freeway Hart solved crimes for ABC on Tuesday nights, super-glamorous millionaires Nick, Nora, and Asta Charles were wittily revealing criminals for MGM on the silver screen. The Harts had five…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Movie Snack?
There is a time and place to discuss and/or complain about the grotesquely high cost of snacking at the movies. In fact, that time and place can be right now if you decide to click on over to my much-earlier post…
Read more →The Musketeers and the Movies
They’ve been featured in movies and TV shows many, many times, dating back to the early days of silent films. They’ve been turned into animated canines, modernized, Broadway-ized, Disney-ized, serial-ized, transformed into western heroes, portrayed by Brat Packers, featured with…
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Top DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Week of 3-11-12
Yesteryear classics and contemporary favorites highlight this week’s new releases. Regardless of what type of film or TV show you are looking for, there’s probably something here to suit your viewing fancy. Take a look! The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 7:…
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