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Frank Coghlan, Jr. Frank Coghlan Jr., who was a child actor in the silent film era passed away quietly last month (September 2009) of natural causes at the ripe old age of 93. He was the actor who brought the phrase “Shazam!” into the American consciousness and played Billy Batson in a s read more

John Hughes Often times an era in which one excelled, and the fact that an artist was wildly prolific within a time period greatly influences our opinion of him. Simply calling John Hughes the “Bard of Teen Angst” is not praise enough for not all of his work was a teen movie or a brat pa read more

Corey Haim Credit: Michael Bezjian/wireimage.com It is so impossibly sad not to be shocked when learning of the death of one so young that it is nearly impossible to quantify in words. Corey Haim died at the young age of 38, the cause of death was ruled eventually to be natural causes. Haim battled read more

I decided that I would not write during what portion of the red carpet I did watch as attention must be paid. Overall, while in the end there was nothing that will likely go down as a historic Oscar look. It was one of the better looking overall displays I can remember. I don’t know when this read more

Arttificial Intelligence: A.I. (DreamWorks) In Rouge City is where the real quest for the Blue Fairy begins and here we get yet more commentary while we witness the most lush and intricate albeit artificial sets that we’ve seen through the course of this film. David thinks he finds the Blue Fairy read more

Jude Law in Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (DreamWorks) From the domestic struggle we are thrown into a whole new situation we see the nitty gritty of this futuristic world. We encounter Gigolo Joe and here is where perhaps some people lost their ability to identify with the tale because each act is read more

Haley Joel Osment in Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (DreamWorks) You know that a film is truly great when you want more story than you get but realize that any more would ruin things. When a film sets your imagination ablaze and inhabits it. When you’re not confined by the image on the screen but whe read more

Every year there is invariably going to be a gray area with regards to films. What I mean by that is due to the tyranny of release dates (meaning Oscar-nominated or contending films being released towards the end of the year) there will be some that slip into the following year. Some of these films read more

Justin Bieber in never Say Never (Paramount Pictures) As previously reported Paramount is poised to release an extended cut of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never this coming weekend, for one weekend only. Reports vary between sources about how much content would be added but estimates are between 3 read more

Here’s where all the conflicts come to the forefront. It’s Monica versus Henry and Martin versus David. I can’t think of a better antagonist than Martin. He’s not drawn out like a typical cartoon villain as many of the better more renowned villains are while he does do some cruel things.  Martin’s read more

Frances O'Connor in Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (DreamWorks)Without even skipping a beat, we are propelled slightly ahead into the future. When a story is as futuristic as this one going into the future isn’t as jarring as it would be if we were in the actual present or in the past. It also read more

DreamWorks The film begins with waves crashing through the screen and encompassing our sight. Prior to any sort of real narrative we get a prologue which bridges whatever amount of time may have passed between the present in which we live and the present which the story presents. In the prologue whi read more

So in digging through Netflix one day I found out that one of the most idiosyncratic, unique and creative filmmakers in all the world, Canadian Guy Maddin, has quite a few films available to stream. Now it is rather difficult to encapsulate Maddin’s style but I will attempt to do so as to get read more

Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (DreamWorks) Artificial Intelligence: A.I. is a beautiful, rich, luscious film calling it an experience would be an understatement. It’s a film that is a mélange of genres, auteurs and emotions. Upon first seeing it I was blown away by the absolute artistry displayed read more

So for this Two for Tuesday I decided to switch things up because after all variety is the spice of life, or so they say. Rather than continuing the Oscar theme, and sparing my DVR, I decided to finally give a few DVDs I picked up over the summer a chance. Both of them are horror films. One is calle read more

Now for this week’s installment I will continue with my 31 Days of Oscar theme. The first film is… Gaslight (1944) Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight (MGM) For the record this film won two Academy Awards: one for Ingrid Bergman for Best Actress (her first) and another for Art Design (Black & read more

Better late than never I always say. So for Film History Friday my goal is to look back at a filmmaker, event, or whatever in the annals of the history of film that has had a profound impact on the course of the artform. Aiding me greatly in this quest will be the wonderful website known at The Int read more

OK, here I go again late again. In watching films in rapid succession at time whether by design or purely by accident you’ll find themes whether they be narrative, visual or otherwise. For my first sojourn I decided to be rather clear and picked a narrative theme, while the films are very dif read more

Once again, I am aware of what day it actually is for this week anyway I will likely be late with these themes as I get my footing with them: as things progress I may stagger them. Here we go. Weird Wednesday Weird Wednesday is one of the blankest canvases I am likely to give myself as a cinematic t read more

This is a re-post from when Never Say Never was first announced. It makes sense to post it again on the verge of the film’s release. Never Say Never (Paramount)So recently both on his Twitter feed and on several media sources it was reported that Justin Bieber was to be the subject of an upcom read more