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Moon (2010): You Saw Me Standing Alone
Duncan Jones nostalgic sci-fi space romp, Moon, is a mostly well known film in certain circles, with those circles mainly consisting of people who are passionate fans of cinema in one form or another. Outside of those too cool for…
Read more →The Aviator (2004): Movie Review
If you have read the review I had published for Shutter Island, there is a particular section in the article where I cover the topic of cameo appearances. It can be tremendously distracting for me if I recognize too many…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 08.22.10
August 28, 1912: “King of Comedy” Mack Sennett leaves Biograph and forms Keystone Film Company with two former bookies. August 27, 1917: The first feature to be directed by John Ford, the Harry Carey–Hoot Gibson western Straight Shooting, opens. August…
Read more →The Great Train Robbery
Whomever said overt violence on film is a sad reflection on the effects of modern technology and overexposure to violence in video games has never seen Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery released in 1903. Plenty of violence and…
Read more →Your Movie Questions Answered: Spencer Tracy, Debbie Reynolds
Q: Could you tell me if WB is ever going to release more Spencer Tracy films, in particular, A Guy Named Joe, The Seventh Cross, Cass Timberlane, Keeper of the Flame and The Sea of Grass? Also, with all of…
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On Your Toes
I don’t like baseball, but I love movies about baseball. You see all the good parts without the long, boring stretches. The same may be true for many people regarding ballet. Even if you would not spend an evening at…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 08.15.10
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…
Read more →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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