Insidious. That is the best word to describe the Ipana Toothpaste jingle. Sung by Bucky Beaver in television ads of the 1950s, the chronic earworm would have likely fallen into obscurity in the pre-YouTube era if it were not featured…
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On June 16, 1978, Grease — a big budget movie adaptation of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s hit musical — was released to hundreds of theaters across the country. It was an immediate hit that further skyrocketed John Travolta (who…
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The Blaxploitation classic Hell Up in Harlem takes the spotlight for this ’70s Flashback post, but did you realize that the film is actually a sequel? The movie — which is a hugely entertaining film in its own right —…
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As Grease Week continues, we wanted to take a brief respite from sharing our thoughts on the film and hear what you have to say about it. Taking that into consideration, we’d like you to answer any and/or all of…
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In their own way, both Rocky and Robocop are the ultimate underdog movies. Think about it. In Rocky, Sylvester Stallone plays an amateur pugilist from Philadelphia who gets thrust into the big time when he is tapped to square off…
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We are currently celebrating Grease Week — paying tribute to the film’s 40th anniversary. For this week’s Create-A-Caption we wanted to take a moment from the eternally youthful 1978 musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and give it our…
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It’s not even summer yet and already the new DVD and Blu-ray releases are heating up. This time around, we’ve got a restored edition of a Stanley Kubrick/Kirk Douglas favorite, a reboot of a popular videogame film series, a smart…
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In today’s guest post, Jim Brymer discusses the films Grease and Grease 2: Eve Arden played Principal McGee in the two Grease movies. Imagine if Connie Brooks (from the Arden radio and TV series Our Miss Brooks) had been stood…
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One of the motion pictures that helped establish the genre of film noir, Fritz Lang’s compelling The Woman in the Window brilliantly adapts J.H. Wallis’ novel for the big screen. Originally released by RKO Radio Pictures on November 3, 1944,…
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One of the most popular film musicals of all time, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music stars Julie Andrews as a novitiate who becomes governess to a large family in 1930s Austria and charms both her charges…
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