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The Squad Comes Together – Here’s the Latest Suicide Squad (2016) Group Poster
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 19, 2016
Yesterday I wrote at some length praising the new “character posters” for the upcoming Suicide Squad movie which included a group poster composed of a combination of the different images from those posters combined. In doing so I commented that in most other cases for this kind of movie read more
On The Other Hand – The Justice League Gets (Literally) Dirty
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 19, 2016
Sigh… I no sooner get through putting up a post praising Warner Brothers for the innovative design of their posters for the upcoming Suicide Squad (2016) and the next thing I run across is this image promoting tonight’s preview for the upcoming Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, and wh read more
Sight and Sound Top 250 – #054 North By Northwest (1959)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 19, 2016
And here we are, back again with another look at one of the world’s best movies as designated by the Sight and Sound Top 250 Movies of All Time list. This time around, it’s #054 on the list, Alfred Hithcock’s North By Northwest. And as always I’ll note that for those just joi read more
Now These Posters Have Character! – Here Are Some Of The Newly Released Suicide Squad (2016) Character Posters
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 18, 2016
Back in December of last year I wrote a post dealing with the then newly released “character posters” for the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie and how I considered them, as posters designed to intrigue potential audience members and draw them in and make them more intrigued about and ex read more
Quickie Review – The Deep (1977)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 17, 2016
I’m really not sure exactly how The Deep snuck into the Saturday morning kids movie line up back when I was younger and it had just come out, but there it was, and therefore there were my best friend at the time and I sitting in the front row watching it and… well, let’s just say b read more
Classic Television Thursday #53 – The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Horse of the Invisible (1971)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 14, 2016
Recently I’ve been writing about my favorite armchair detective, Nero Wolfe, whom I consider to be in the same league as a detective as the much more famous Sherlock Holmes. Today I want to spotlight another detective, who, while he may not be in the same league as those two, still deserves a read more
Quickie Review – Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 13, 2016
It’s a shame, really, when a director has to compete with himself for numerous Academy Awards, but that is exactly what happened in 1941, the year after Alfred Hitchcock released his first two Hollywood productions, Rebecca and Foreign Correspondent. The former was nominated for nine Oscars, a read more
Quickie Review – Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 10, 2016
It doesn’t really happen that much any more, at least not here, but when I was a kid Saturday or Sunday afternoon would feature “Kung Fu Theater”, where one of the local television stations with nothing better to put on would show pretty badly dubbed versions of imported martial ar read more
My Favorite Detective: A Novel Interlude – A Family Affair
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 9, 2016
Back before Christmas I posted an article about Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe introducing the character and talking about the concept of the armchair detective. In that article (which focused mostly on the radio adventures of the character) I noted that while I could probably find all of the original read more
With Guillermo del Toro At The Helm, This Voyage Truly Could Be Fantastic
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 8, 2016
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Guillermo del Toro is set to helm a remake of the 1966 sci-fi adventure film Fantastic Voyage, which saw Stephen Boyd, Donald Pleasence and Raquel Welch get miniaturized to travel inside a dying scientist’s body in order to save him from a deadly blood clot read more
Classic Television Thursday #52 – The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (Part Two)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 7, 2016
The last time I did one of these Classic Television Thursday posts (and I apologize for the intervening weeks, but what with the holidays and life intervening as you’ve noticed, I’m sure, my posting here lately has simply been on the sparse side), I posted a few of the Dean Martin Celebr read more
Quickie Review – Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jan 6, 2016
Oscar Wilde. Of course. Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me finds the brilliant comedian, writer, television host, raconteur, etc. holding court for roughly 90 minutes in support of his 2014 autobiography of the same name. Actually, this is the third volume of autobiographical writings from Fry, followin read more
Just A Quick Note
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 25, 2015
I hope that all of you are enjoying a merry Christmas or whatever holiday you may be celebrating or just having a good day. Anyway, I just wanted to let y’all know that for the next week or so you probably won’t be seeing much posting here, but I will be back once the New Year has begun read more
My Favorite Detective (Part One) – The New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe (1950 – 1951)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 21, 2015
Though I am, like most mystery lovers, a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, there has always been one character in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories who has actually fascinated me more than the famed detective himself. No, I’m not talking about his famed arch-rival Moriarty, though he is also a read more
Posters Or Posers? – Here Are The New Character Posters For Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 20, 2015
I’ve written on here before about just how craptacularly tired I am of “character posters” that are released to theaters in advance of new movies coming out. I suppose my biggest problem with them is that I don’t understand what purpose they are supposed to serve, especially read more
Good Cops, Bad Cops – 70’s Cop Movies and Today’s Headlines
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 18, 2015
I generally try to keep politics and other real-world events from seeping into this blog, preferring to keep it instead devoted to the Reel World. However… I had a couple of articles skitter across my desk this week that gave me a thought. The first was one from the Los Angeles Times headlined read more
It’s Spoiler-Free Because I Haven’t Seen The Movie Yet – Here’s My Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 17, 2015
Yeah, it’s true, I haven’t seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet, and it’s likely that I won’t for a couple of weeks. That’s Just the way my life is right now. And of course, I’m trying my best right now to stay away from any other reviews and spoilers. But why sh read more
Dr. Gangrene Has A Pricey Prescription For You – The Fantastic Films Of Vincent Price
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 16, 2015
I’ve been meaning to run a feature on this for quite a while now, really ever since it started, but somehow it got away from me, and now that Doc has just posted his 50th episode, it seems time to finally get around to it. For around a year and a half now, Nashville’s own Horror Host Dr. read more
Classic Television Thursday #51 – Dean Martin Roasts (Part One)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 10, 2015
Not a whole lot of time this week just because sometimes life intervenes, but instead of leaving you without your classic TV fix, I’ll give youa preview of next week’s column where I’ll go into dome detail about these shows… In the meantime, just sit back and enjoy! read more
Netflix, Dragons, and Tigers, Oh My! – Here’s The New Trailer For Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Dec 8, 2015
The original Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a hit because a) it was gorgeous to look at and b) it brought fantasy swordfiighting and wirework fights to a level that was unprecedented at the time, thus giving especially its American audience something which seemed new, fresh, and invigorating in read more