It was on this date back in 1915 that Orson Welles was born. The legend responsible for Citizen Kane (perhaps his most enduring achievement) and the Mercury Radio Theatre’s 1938 radio production of War of the Worlds — a history-making…
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Two years after it was originally published, Betty MacDonald’s down home memoir The Egg and I was transformed into a motion picture which hit theaters in May of 1947. In the film, Claudette Colbert stars as city-bred Manhattanite MacDonald, who…
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In 1948, Mr. Belvedere — the outrageous comedy character who debuted in the writing of Gwen Davenport — made his first cinematic appearance in the hilarious feature Sitting Pretty. The film chronicles what happens when lawyer Harry (Robert Young) and…
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With a career as impressive as Orson Welles‘ was, he was bound to have some stories to tell. In a fascinating interview with British broadcasting legend Michael Parkinson in 1974 (the entirety of which can be viewed here), Welles shared…
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It seems unbelievable, but May is upon us. While we can’t do anything about the rapid passing of time, we can in fact point out that with the arrival of another month comes some truly solid new releases. Among the…
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Jim Brymer looks back at that most mirthful of mysteries, The Thin Man: The comedy/mystery The Thin Man was the first to feature Dashiell Hammett‘s characters, and the success and popularity of the booze guzzling high society pair spawned no…
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As you probably have noticed, Avengers: Infinity War is pretty inescapable right now. Because of this fact, we wanted to share with you a batch of toys that are based on the film for this latest Sunday Funday post. As…
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Director James Cameron was in the news recently for sharing his negative views on superhero movies and sharing his hope that fatigue for them from audiences kicks in soon. (Which is an interesting comment to make, seeing how he is…
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Since everyone is talking about Avengers: Infinity War right now, the only choice for this week’s Open Thread was to ask you what you think the best and worst superhero films ever made are. This is a subject that moviegoers…
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Recorded to promote the release of the original Alien back in 1979, the above 23-minute interview features interviews with Scott as well as Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt and H.R. Giger, who created the look of the film’s terrifying xenomorphs. It’s…
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