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Watchmen (2019) s01e08 – A God Walks into Abar
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 3, 2020
This episode of “Watchmen” gets, quite nicely, to the heart of the matter. As the episode goes through its meme-ification of Dr. Manhattan (albeit prestige HBO series starring recent Academy Award-winner Regina King memes), where King and Dr. Manhattan—who’s always visibly obscured when he’s read more
Spawn (1997, Mark A.Z. Dippé), the director’s cut
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 2, 2020
Spawn is really bad. It’s bad from the first frame, the first bad CGI vision of Hell. I’m not sure if it’s bad until the last frame, I didn’t bother with the end credits. But based on the music accompanying the start of the end credits… yes, yes, it’s bad until the final frame. Even if there’s read more
A nice way to start the (20)'20s
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 1, 2020
Carole & Co. has made it to the '20s...the 2020s, that is. If you were born on or before Dec. 31, 1939, you've completed stamping all ten decades on your life card -- congratulations! (I sent that comment to ageless Facebook friend Mamie Van Doren, whose favorite quotes include "Get as old as you f- read more
Turning Back the Clock: A Tribute to the Best Time Travel Movies
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 31, 2019
I have always been intrigued by the concept of time travel. The end of the year seems like an appropriate time to list my picks for best time travel films and then learn what Cafe readers have to say about the subject. Starting from the top:
Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell.
1. Time After read more
To You a Happy New Year! ( 1964 ) - British Pathe
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 31, 2019
Happy New Year to all our readers! We're bidding farewell to a grand old year - 2019 - and looking forward to a bright and beautiful 2020! A new decade!
The celebrations are underway in New York City but we are taking a look back at a New Year's Eve celebration that took place 55 years ago in Lond read more
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Dec 30, 2019
2001: A Space Odyssey
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke from Clarke’s short story
1968/US
IMDb link
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die A mind-blowing visual and auditory experience does not quite compensate for read more
A sextet in sepia
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 29, 2019
This is Carole Lombard in Paramount p1202-1323, from late 1936 or early '37. It's one of six original pics of her now up for auction in sepia, looking something like this:Here are several close-ups:And here is the back:I don't know the size of any of these photos, by the way.This photo has an openin read more
The Holly and The Ivy (1952): More Than a Christmas Tune
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 25, 2019
Growing up in a household indebted to British everything, you get accustomed to certain things. Numerous everyday knickknacks and antiques imported from The U.K. Muesli Cereal in the pantry with copious amounts of English Breakfast Tea. Beatrix Potter, P.G. Wodehouse, and Postman Pat become househol read more
The Witcher (2019) s01e07 – Before a Fall
The Stop Button Posted by on Dec 24, 2019
“The Witcher” never expressly says “we’ve been Westworlding you” but this episode is where they show how they’ve been Westworlding the viewer. It’s Freya Allan’s part of the pilot, only with Henry Cavill mixed in. It’s been twelve years since Cavill was last in Jodhi May’s kingdom, read more
For Hollywood backdrops, a happy ending
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 22, 2019
It's hard not to focus on dazzling Carole Lombard or the atypically undashing William Powell in this still from "My Man Godfrey"...but instead of focusing on them, look at what's behind them. Their characters are at Manhattan's fictional "Waldorf-Ritz" hotel, where a scavenger hunt is concluding. An read more
A Quick Site Update
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 22, 2019
You may have noticed that posts here lately have been few and far between. yes, that is partially due to the holidays, but it’s also because I’m working on a pretty major revamp of the site for the upcoming new year. Now, when i say “revamp”, I’m not so much talking abo read more
Silent Sunday – A Christmas Carol (1910)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 22, 2019
Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy. read more
The Funny Papers: A Christmas Miracle Comes for Trudy Kockenlocker
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Kellee Pratt on Dec 17, 2019
The Funny Papers: A Christmas Miracle Comes for Trudy Kockenlocker
Many a cinephile enjoy debating what films merit the definition for a holiday movie. Ever since Preston Sturges directed The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944), the controversy surrounding the film was less focused on whether read more
80 years ago tonight, a 'Wind' blew in
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 15, 2019
It's strange, but true that one of the films Carole Lombard is associated with is one she was only tangentially involved with. We are of course referring to "Gone With The Wind," which had its world premiere 80 years ago tonight at the Loew's Grand theater in Atlanta. Say what you will about the fil read more
Evil (2019) s01e10 – 7 Swans a Singin’
The Stop Button Posted by on Dec 15, 2019
This episode of “Evil” has a particular creative pedigree. Nineties neo-noir wunderkind (albeit flash in the pan) director John Dahl. Eighties and nineties sci-fi guy Rockne S. O'Bannon scripts. Seeing either of their names in the credits for “Evil” just tells of careers gone wrong; seeing read more
Fumetti is never a good idea
The Stop Button Posted by on Dec 15, 2019
I love design. I’m just not good at it; I don’t have fine motor enough to draw, I’m colorblind-ish, I don’t know code. But I love design. Hence the new theme on the site, which chases that pre-Bush “Atlantic Monthly” era of youthful memory, and then “Harpers” until… I don’t remember read more
From the original p1202 negatives, part 2: A Head case, and more
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 13, 2019
This dress is from arguably the best-known collaboration between Carole Lombard and Oscar-winning designer Edith Head -- an outfit she made for Carole's final Paramount film, "True Confession." It appeared at an Ohio exhibit in 2014 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/699504.html).A view of anoth read more
Party Girl (1958): Sumptuous Visuals for a So-So Gangster Flick
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 12, 2019
Party Girl is yet another sumptuous Metrocolor feast from Nicholas Ray though the circumstances were admittedly less conducive for another masterpiece. In need of money, Ray took the job but instead getting his accustomed input on the script, he found himself being partnered with a producer he had read more
Cast in critical choice: A celebration of 'Mom'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 12, 2019
Director Gregory La Cava, right, poses on the set with four of his "My Man Godfrey" stars: Carole Lombard, William Powell, Alice Brady and Mischa Auer. All the actors were nominated for Academy Awards -- Lombard and Powell as leads, Brady and Auer in the supporting category (newly instituted in 1936 read more
Join Carole for beauty in a 'Woman's World'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 11, 2019
In early 1936, Universal hoped it could latch on to Carole Lombard's rising star with its "Love Before Breakfast." A few months before, her home studio of Paramount issued "Hands Across The Table," its first comedic vehicle expressly tailored to her talent. (Ernst Lubitsch, briefly the studio's head read more