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Now that the Superman/Batman movie is beginning to take shape, and we know that Warner Brothers is eventually aiming for a Justice League movie, the question many people are asking is what direction they will take with the characters from here. I know my own preferences, but unfortunately, I haven&# read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #100 on the list, Douglas Sirk‘s  Imitation of Life. 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 I̵ read more

Yep, it’s October which means it’s time for the usual countdown to All Hallows Eve. This year, rather than trying to do a full 31 film reviews or something truly time-consuming like that, most of what I’m going to be posting are favorite trailers, short films, some full-length movi read more

Now that the Superman/Batman movie is beginning to take shape, and we know that Warner Brothers is eventually aiming for a Justice League movie, the question many people are asking is what direction they will take with the characters from here. I know my own preferences, but unfortunately, I haven&# 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

I’ve written before about how hard it can be to make a proper short film. You really have to be skilled to get in, establish your characters, setting, and plot, then carry things out and bring everything to a (hopefully, anyway) satisfying conclusion. Also, most often, these films are working read more

I’ve written before about how hard it can be to make a proper short film. You really have to be skilled to get in, establish your characters, setting, and plot, then carry things out and bring everything to a (hopefully, anyway) satisfying conclusion. Also, most often, these films are working read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #179 on the list, Alexander Mackendrick‘s  Sweet Smell of Success. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #179 on the list, Alexander Mackendrick‘s  Sweet Smell of Success. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up read more

Let’s face it, the purpose of a trailer is to sell a movie. To put butts in seats. And one of the best ways to do that is through the use of hyperbole. See something you’ve never seen before! This is the greatest [whatever genre the movie falls into] film of all time! You won’t bel read more

Let’s face it, the purpose of a trailer is to sell a movie. To put butts in seats. And one of the best ways to do that is through the use of hyperbole. See something you’ve never seen before! This is the greatest [whatever genre the movie falls into] film of all time! You won’t bel 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

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali‘s  Un Chien Andalou. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-u read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali‘s  Un Chien Andalou. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-u read more

Trailers can really either be very good or very bad. They can often do a disservice both to the movie they are touting by completely misselling it, or giving away too much. What I’m wanting to focus on here, though, are trailers for classic movies that get it right. Those that really leave you read more

Fay Wray was born on September 17, 1907, marking today as the 106th anniversary of her birth. She is, of course, best known as the girl who screamed her way into the heart of a giant ape. Of course, King Kong was far from Ms. Wray’s only role, nor was it even her first or only horror/thriller read more

Some of you may have noticed a couple of new images in the sidebar to the left. Both of them are promotional images for blogathons I’ll be participating in during October and November. The first one is the Hammer Halloween Blogathon which is being hosted by the Classic Film and TV Cafe. That o read more

Trailers can really either be very good or very bad. They can often do a disservice both to the movie they are touting by completely misselling it, or giving away too much. What I’m wanting to focus on here, though, are trailers for classic movies that get it right. Those that really leave you read more