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Promises, promises…(Photo credit: mmatins) Here’s another great list/compilation from the folks over at mewlists. Of course, back in the day, movies were shot in black and white either because it was the only available option or for economic reasons. Today, though, it’s more of an read more

Michael Sprouse – visual artist and essayist. In contrast to my earlier post about the 25 Greatest Modern Black and White Movies, I wanted to share with you an essay by an old friend of mine. Michael Sprouse is a very talented visual artist, but today he takes a bit of time out of the studio t 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

It was while I was watching and thinking about the video below that I think I finally figured out why so many film-lovers of my generation love and place so much emphasis on being able to see a movie, especially one from ages past “on the big screen”. I mean, it’s one of those thin read more

It was while I was watching and thinking about the video below that I think I finally figured out why so many film-lovers of my generation love and place so much emphasis on being able to see a movie, especially one from ages past “on the big screen”. I mean, it’s one of those thin read more

Wayne Brady at World of Color Premiere at Disney California Adventure Park in June 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Improvisation is an artform, and like any art, there are certainly people who do it better than others. There are some people who are masters at it (Bill Murray and Robin Williams, both read more

Movies, movies movies. (And just for the record, no, that’s not me, though it definitely feels that way sometimes.) (Photo credit: Adam Foster | Codefor) If you look over in the sidebar to the right, you’ll notice a new addition – you may have to scroll down a bit to actually see it R read more

Unfortunately, this is no longer a common sight in today’s theaters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Just a couple of quick notes. As some of you may have noticed, the site has been under construction for awhile now, and there have been a few changes since I began it a couple of weeks ago. Most of t read more

As both an anglophile and an avid fan of 70s flicks, it rather pains me to admit that I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these movies. As a matter of fact, except for #1, most of them are ones that I haven’t even heard of. That’s why I was pretty excited to share this list a read more

As both an anglophile and an avid fan of 70s flicks, it rather pains me to admit that I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these movies. As a matter of fact, except for #1, most of them are ones that I haven’t even heard of. That’s why I was pretty excited to share this list a read more

Night of the Living Dead pub (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Just thought I’d take a moment to follow up on a couple of recent posts. First off, for those who thought perhaps I was being too harsh on A Good Day to Die Hard and it being completely predictable from the trailer, I submit this article b read more

Night of the Living Dead pub (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Just thought I’d take a moment to follow up on a couple of recent posts. First off, for those who thought perhaps I was being too harsh on A Good Day to Die Hard and it being completely predictable from the trailer, I submit this article b read more

I hadn’t planned on posting amything more today, but this is such a huge deal I had to pass it on ASAP. This weekend only (through Feb 18) HULU has made all of the Criterion movies on their site free for streaming. This is good in the US only, (sorry to my readers/visitors from other countries read more

I hadn’t planned on posting amything more today, but this is such a huge deal I had to pass it on ASAP. This weekend only (through Feb 18) HULU has made all of the Criterion movies on their site free for streaming. This is good in the US only, (sorry to my readers/visitors from other countries read more

***SPOILER WARNING*** In this post, I’m going to be discussing differences between the dubbed and subtitled versions of Sergio Corbucci‘s 1966 film Django, and specifically the ending of the movie, so if you haven’t seen it (and I highly recommend that you do) you might want to tur read more

“Middle School? I thought those days were long past me by now” Another quick “Let’s hear it for the good guys” post. According to this article, “Participant Media said Monday that in conjunction with its upcoming social action campaign, ‘Stand Tall: Live Lik read more

Ok, this one’s going to be a quicky, but sometimes you’ve just got to hand out those Special Achievement awards. Actually, if the publicity wing of Fox had come up with this kind of marketing campaign for the latest installment of the Die Hard franchise I might have some interest in goin read more

“Middle School? I thought those days were long past me by now” Another quick “Let’s hear it for the good guys” post. According to this article, “Participant Media said Monday that in conjunction with its upcoming social action campaign, ‘Stand Tall: Live Lik read more

(If you came here from my personal Facebook page, it’s likely you’ve already seen this video, but I thought I’d try to expand on it just a bit and share it here.) Oh, sorry, Lois. You meant that kind of dress up party. Those who have known me for awhile will know that when it comes read more

I decided it might be a good idea to make what’s known as a “sticky post” here on the front page for those coming in who might be concerned about spoilers. In these posts I’m going to be talking about varying aspects of movies that I’ve been watching, This may include writing about read more