October 17, 1916: Swimming star-turned-actress Annette Kellerman causes a sensation when she appears in the nude in Daughter of the Gods. October 18, 1931: “The Wizard of Menlo Park” and film pioneer Thomas Alva Edison passes away at the age…
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Don’t Bother to Knock (1952): Classic Movie Review
Guest blogger Sarah Crump writes: Lyn Lesley (Anne Bancroft in her first movie role) is a bar singer at New York’s McKinley Hotel. Upset that her boyfriend, pilot Jed Towers (Richard Widmark), disregarded her letter ending their relationship and has shown…
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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! Seth Brundle wonders why the Proactiv isn’t working out.
Read more →Charly (1968): Movie Review
Charly (1968) I’ve been re-watching a lot of my favorite Cliff Robertson movies recently. I’m having a tough time accepting the fact that he’s gone… I never saw any of his later films, so to me he was still a…
Read more →Dead Butch? Mateo Gil Talks Up Blackthorn
At the memorable end of 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Yankee bank robbers Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) face off against scores of sharp-shooting lawmen and soldiers in Bolivia. After Butch informs Sundance that the bandit…
Read more →The Future of Movies
They are defeating the meaning of the screen.—Charlie Chaplin, reacting to the development of “talkies” Now here’s a challenge that comes along in a big way every few decades, whenever the nature of cinema appears poised to undergo some sort…
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The Toast of New York (1937)
Guest blogger Jacqueline Lynch writes: “The Toast of New York” (1937) turns character actor Edward Arnold into a romantic lead. This alone makes this uneven movie a delight. Based on the true life and financial skullduggery of 19th-century entrepreneur James…
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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! Geez, he was sound asleep. What could she possibly want?
Read more →Where the Wild Things Are: A Guest Movie Review
Guest blogger Ibetolis writes: When it was announced that an adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are was to be made into a film with man-child Spike Jonze at the helm, I suppose I went through the same kind of giddiness usually afforded…
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