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***SPECIAL “GUEST BLOGGER” NOTE*** What follows is actually a reprint, of sorts. A couple of years ago, under the guise of “Professor Michael Damian”, I was writing and running a blog called “Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest” in which I attemp read more

Okay, here we go! It’s the new UK trailer for Iron Man 3. Of course that “UK” means ignore the April 25th date, because it’s still scheduled for an early May opening here in the US. Anyway, enjoy! (And yes, for the record, I am completely hyped for this one.) read more

It’s a Lee/Cushing Festival! It’s not quite the announcement we’ve been hoping for – that Hammer’s Blu-Rays of Horror of Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein would finally be getting US releases – but at least it’s a good start. Variety is reporting that Dr read more

Host Jon Stewart in the studio of The Daily Show in 2004 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Once again, I’m not trying to make this into a “breaking news” type blog, but this is the kind of thing that I can’t pass up passing on. I love Jon Stewart, and think he’s truly one of th read more

Time to close some tabs. Time to point you to some interesting stuff I’ve run across on the interwebs the past week or so. Yep, it’s time for another trip to the Link-Dump bin. 1) Let’s start today with a short film sci-fi film which asks some interesting questions about life, exis read more

Time to close some tabs. Time to point you to some interesting stuff I’ve run across on the interwebs the past week or so. Yep, it’s time for another trip to the Link-Dump bin. 1) Let’s start today with a short film sci-fi film which asks some interesting questions about life, exis read more

One of the many posters for Sin City (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Let’s start today with what, in some ways, may be one of the most interesting looks at how movies are being made today. Of course, we all know that much of what we actually see in the final product that appears on the screen is not read more

So the poll results are in, and… well, it turns out it was a tie. So, I threw the top vote getters into a hat, pulled one out, and the winner is: 1995’s Smoke. So, sometime next week, look for my thoughts on it. And if you voted for something else, well, don’t worry, they’re read more

Peter Lorre stops running just long enough to try to figure out how he’s going to get to see the restored version of ‘M’. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Fritz Lang‘s 1931 masterpiece M is one of those movies that has long been on my “I really just need to sit down and watch read more

Another couple of quick notes on preservation efforts that have crossed my desk today: On the other end of the country from my previous post, the 2013 UCLA Festival of Preservation will be kicking off this Saturday, March 1, at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles.  As the director of the Festiva read more

Okay, I usually don’t post this kind of thing. I really don’t want this to be one of those latest news/rumor type sites, but since this particular story is about the confluence of two things I absolutely love, I’m definitely willing to make an exception. Sorry, big guy, but you may read more

Peter Lorre stops running just long enough to try to figure out how he’s going to get to see the restored version of ‘M’. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Fritz Lang‘s 1931 masterpiece M is one of those movies that has long been on my “I really just need to sit down and watch read more

Another couple of quick notes on preservation efforts that have crossed my desk today: On the other end of the country from my previous post, the 2013 UCLA Festival of Preservation will be kicking off this Saturday, March 1, at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles.  As the director of the Festiva read more

Okay, I usually don’t post this kind of thing. I really don’t want this to be one of those latest news/rumor type sites, but since this particular story is about the confluence of two things I absolutely love, I’m definitely willing to make an exception. Sorry, big guy, but you may read more

Not a lot of time for writing today, unfortunately, but I did want to remind everyone that I’ll be closing the poll tomorrow evening, so if you’ve been putting off voting or haven’t yet for whatever reason, now is the time to do it! It’ll only take a second and the input woul read more

Short and sweet: Instead of the trailer that I posted with my comments on Highlander, THIS is what I should have posted. And would have had I known about it at the time. I have nothing more to say. read more

Connor MacLeod (of the Clan MacLeod) has a Mighty Big Sword(TM) And Mighty Big Hair,(TM) And A Mighty Big Fur(TM) And a Mighty Big Kilt(TM). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Okay, I’m really not going to spend a lot of time on this one, because the headline kind of says it all. I don’t know tha read more

Just wanted to take a minute to remind everyone about the ongoing poll where you get to pick one of the movies that I’ll be writing about. Just take a minute to scroll down the sidebar and give a quick click. The choices are: 1) Compliance (2012), 2) Smoke (1995) 3) Tremors (1990) 4) The Thief read more

Connor MacLeod (of the Clan MacLeod) has a Mighty Big Sword(TM) And Mighty Big Hair,(TM) And A Mighty Big Fur(TM) And a Mighty Big Kilt(TM). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Okay, I’m really not going to spend a lot of time on this one, because the headline kind of says it all. I don’t know tha read more

Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ok, this one is mainly for my Nashville readers, but also to make the rest of you jealous. The Belcourt Theater here in Nashville has just announced their spring Weekend Classics line-up and it’s a doozy! 14 GREAT Universal cl read more