August 18, 1925: MGM settles on the winner of a fan magazine contest to rechristen contract starlet Lucille LeSeur, and adds “Joan Crawford” to the lexicography. August 16, 1926: Up-and-coming starlet Clara Bow inks a deal with Paramount, but refuses…
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The Thief of Bagdad and Simpler Times
When I was a kid, way back in the midst of the Seventies, movie viewing was restricted to visits to the cinema or the schedules of three TV channels. That’s right, kids, there was a dark time in our history…
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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! “I’m in the #### in the middle of a mother-####ing war and you’re ####ing around, you little…
Read more →Edgar Wright Vs. The World
Edgar Wright envisioned the film version of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World the minute he finished reading the first installment of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series. “I was given it the week it was published, so I read it…
Read more →Salvador Dali Makes an Impression on Psycho
In this guest blog, writer Joel Gunz presents a pictorial examination of how the art of Salvador Dalí influenced and impacted the works of Alfred Hitchcock. (Whom Gunz lovingly refers to as “Hitch”). Take a look at the two pictures below. If Hitch…
Read more →Oh Ugawood, Land of Filmmaking’s Future!
Uganda’s film industry is growing. Here’s a report on how the democratization of filmmaking technology is helping the nation’s aspiring film artists make their own stories: This is great news, because for every quality picture like General Idi Amin Dada and…
Read more →Macho, Macho Movies
Does The Expendables, which is smashing into theaters with a cast that includes Stallone, Statham, Li, Rourke, Austin, Lundgren, Couture, Crews, Willis, Schwarzenegger, et al., have the toughest cast of all time? Well, it certainly is one of the most…
Read more →Director Todd Solondz & Life During Wartime
The last time we saw Todd Solondz, he was promoting his film Palindromes. One of the story threads of the film involved a character who bombed abortion clinics. Word on the street was that members of right to life groups…
Read more →Rethinking the Mystery Genre
Guest blogger This Guy Over Here writes: Note: there are some spoilers in this article. Please proceed with caution. Through the years film’s different genres come and go in popularity. Some films have had their heyday (science fiction), some have…
Read more →Ten Things To Know About The Big Lebowski
Here are 10 trivia facts about The Big Lebowski from 1998, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free to comment and…
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