When Marilyn Monroe declared that “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, she cemented her eternal place in Hollywood history. More than just a sex symbol, her seemingly endless appeal made her a global superstar. Watching this…
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Dorothy Lamour is Bob Hope’s “Favorite Brunette”
Confession: I sometimes get the plots of Bob Hope’s three My Favorite… movies mixed up. While recently viewing My Favorite Brunette (1947) again, I kept waiting for the scene where the baddies give Bob truth serum–with predictably silly results. However,…
Read more →Alien Day is Coming On April 26th
April 26th marks the third annual Alien Day, a global celebration of the Alien franchise and how it changed sci-fi and horror forever. We’ll be commemorating this most chest-bursting of Internet holidays (which is held on 4/26 in tribute to…
Read more →Take a Sentimental Journey with Doris Day
“Gonna take a sentimental journey, gonna set my heart at ease. Gonna make a sentimental journey, to renew old memories.” Singer. Actress. Animal activist. Doris Day has had a life unlike any other. Through rare and archival footage and insights…
Read more →Five Fan Favorite Film Books Worth Fawning Over
Film books take you behind the camera to learn about the people responsible for the films, large and small, that have shaped cinema. As lovers of all different types of movies, we wanted to recommend the following books for you…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
In light of the passing of Miloš Forman, we wanted to celebrate what his arguably his greatest film — 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — with a Create-A-Caption. We’ve taken a scene from the Jack Nicholson classic and…
Read more →Go Behind the Scenes of “Rampage” with a New Making of Book
The number one movie in the country right now is Rampage, an adaptation of a beloved 1980s videogame smash ’em up that is big, dumb, and glorious. The special effects-heavy flick is popcorn cinema at it’s finest, and it gives…
Read more →KL Studio Classics Releases a Trio of 1990s Hits
KL Studio Classics has just released three favorites from the 1990s on DVD and Blu-ray. Whether you are seeing these films for the first time or revisiting them once more, we think that you’ll agree that these flicks are a…
Read more →Steve McQueen Makes Use of “The Honeymoon Machine”
Before he played a sailor in The Sand Pebbles and gambled for high stakes in The Cincinnati Kid, Steve McQueen starred as a Naval officer gambling for big bucks in The Honeymoon Machine (1961). But whereas the later films were “A” list…
Read more →R.I.P. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Director Miloš Forman
Another legend has left us. Famed director Miloš Forman has died at the age of 86 following a short illness. Having won Oscars for Best Director for his work on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus (films that…
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