When he was a kid, Theodore Thomas got to have dinner every night with Walt Disney. Well, not quite in the literal sense. Ted’s father was Frank Thomas, one of the Walt Disney Studio’s fabled “Nine Old Men,” a legendary…
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Guest blogger Joanna Wilson writes: Everybody’s favorite work-place family sitcom (or drink-place family sitcom) from the 1980s is Cheers. This popular show has several holiday episodes but my own favorite is the one entitled “Christmas Cheers” from 1987. In this…
Read more →Black Swan Movie Review Natalie Portman has come a long way from playing laser-blasting royalty for George Lucas—now capturing the leading role in one of the most anticipated films of the year, director Darren Aronofsky‘s Black Swan. A potent mix of showbiz melodrama…
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The movies’ distinguished history of breaking taboos started right away. The Kiss, an 1896 short filmed in Thomas Edison’s Black Maria studio, was considered scandalous and “absolutely disgusting.” Edison’s company, perfectly anticipating the marketing strategies that would long benefit future…
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Struggles with his weight might have cost him a leading man’s conventional career arc, but this native New Yorker’s indisputable presence and gifts granted Edmond O’Brien some four decades as one of Hollywood’s most compelling character players. Born in the…
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I have always liked sci-fi, even the early stuff. Or maybe, especially the early stuff. I was talking with a friend and he mentioned Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet (1956). The movie is a classic of early sci-fi, with effects…
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A strange sound could be heard in the room. It was a “phhhhhflllllt!” in fits and starts. Damn! Could someone have really released gas? How uncouth. How uncool. Especially in a high class joint like L’Ermitage hotel in Beverly Hills….
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Superman made such an immediate impact when he was introduced that a film adaptation was inevitable. Republic wanted to make a Superman serial in 1940 but couldn’t come to terms with National Comics (now known as DC Comics) — not…
Read more →December 1, 1903: Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery, the first motion picture to use intercutting scenes to form a unified narrative, is released. December 2, 1910: Hefty funnyman John Bunny, the cinema’s first comedy star, makes his debut…
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