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So since the big movie opening this weekend is Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thought it might be fun to revisit an earlier big-screen incarnation of the good captain, namely the 1944 Captain America serial, produced by Republic pictures. This is actually another item that I covered back whe read more

So since the big movie opening this weekend is Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thought it might be fun to revisit an earlier big-screen incarnation of the good captain, namely the 1944 Captain America serial, produced by Republic pictures. This is actually another item that I covered back whe read more

  The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top re read more

  The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top re read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #006 on the list, Martin Scorcese‘s Taxi Driver. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #006 on the list, Martin Scorcese‘s Taxi Driver. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll read more

A Donald Duck short nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature? Yep it happened. You see, because of the various rate changes and income brackets introduced in the Revenue Act of 1942, which was passed in order to help finance America’s part in World War II, approximately 15 m read more

A Donald Duck short nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature? Yep it happened. You see, because of the various rate changes and income brackets introduced in the Revenue Act of 1942, which was passed in order to help finance America’s part in World War II, approximately 15 m read more

  The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top re read more

  The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top re read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #175 on the list, Howard Hawks‘ His Girl Friday. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #175 on the list, Howard Hawks‘ His Girl Friday. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll read more

Perhaps it’s a sign of superher0 overload, or just the sheer number of “blockbusters” slated for this year, but for whatever reason, amidst all the hype for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, I keep forgetting that there’s also a new X-Men movie read more

Perhaps it’s a sign of superher0 overload, or just the sheer number of “blockbusters” slated for this year, but for whatever reason, amidst all the hype for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, I keep forgetting that there’s also a new X-Men movie read more

I’ll be honest, I love a good film noir. As a matter of fact, I often love a bad film noir. Yeah, it’s just kind of that way. We all have those genres which we are willing to give more leeway to than others, I suppose. So what exactly is it that makes a particular movie a “black mo read more

I’ll be honest, I love a good film noir. As a matter of fact, I often love a bad film noir. Yeah, it’s just kind of that way. We all have those genres which we are willing to give more leeway to than others, I suppose. So what exactly is it that makes a particular movie a “black mo read more

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top records o read more

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use robots to promote the top records o read more

This not-quite thirty minute long feature is pretty much exactly what it sets out to be: A Concise History of the Origins of Cinema. It maps (literally) the many advancements that came together to bring us a short yet well constructed history, going the shadow puppet plays of early China through to read more

Just a few of notes about this new trailer: 1) We’ve seen the shot with the “path of destruction trail” before, and I’m really hoping that it means we’re also going to get a return of Mothra* in this flick, too. After all, we already know that there’s going to be read more