February 25, 1906: Future Universal Pictures president Carl Laemmle enters the moving pictures business with Chicago’s first nickelodeon, the White Front Theater. February 27, 1920: German expressionist painting and design are captured to great effect in Robert Wiene‘s The Cabinet…
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Movie Mash-Ups, Part IV
Here is the fourth and final chapter in the series of movie mash-ups. We end on a visual note, with more film posters that have been sliced & diced and then reconfigured to make one-sheets you’ll never see in cases…
Read more →The Messenger (2009) War Drama Starring Woody Harrelson Movie Review
The other movie about Iraq that was nominated for multiple Academy Awards is The Messenger, an absorbing drama that was critically acclaimed but little seen. Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson (nominated for Best Supporting Actor) play soldiers who take on…
Read more →Coming Soon On DVD – Hammer Films Collection
Roger, Corman Roger Corman was recently honored with a special Academy Award, and a new 3-D remake of his 1978 production Piranha is heading for theaters this year. So it makes sense that Corman’s “B” movie classics from New World…
Read more →Movie Poll – What’s the best religious film of all time?
Keye Luke: Number One Chan Man
One of the most thankless recurring roles in movies must have been as one of Charlie Chan’s would-be detective offspring. After all, how many ways can an actor say “Gee whiz, pop!”? For the venerable Keye Luke, however, playing “number-one son” Lee…
Read more →Joe Pesci And My Cousin Vinny
A radio personality in Philadelphia was recently reviewing the work of Joe Pesci. He ignored Pesci’s comedic roles, instead focusing on his many “mob” turns in films such as Casino and Goodfellas. Big mistake. Pesci has played many funny characters,…
Read more →This Week In Film History 02-14-10
February 18, 1913: The Edison Film Co. introduces its synchronized film-phonograph Kinetoscope process for showing “sound films” in New York. February 14, 1927: Director Alfred Hitchcock first tries his hand at suspense with The Lodger, based on the Jack the…
Read more →Movie Mash-Ups, Part III
Here is the third installment of Movie Mash-ups. Like the first article, I’ve sliced & diced two real film plots—listed at the end of each synopsis—and then pasted them together again to form a new, totally made-up movie that crazily…
Read more →Myth-ing in Action with the Cast of Percy Jackson
It’s been 29 years since we had a big-budget movie about the Greek gods. In 1981, Clash of the Titans, was released, featuring Harry Hamlin as the hero Perseus, Laurence Olivier as Zeus, Claire Bloom as Hera, Ursula Andress as…
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