Remember last year when I – along with thousands of other shutterbugs – took the last photos with Kodachrome film and sent them off to Dwayne’s Photo? You would have thought that Parsons, Kansas was the greatest tourist attraction in the Midwest; people were driving from all over the nation to get their film to…
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The Royale With Cheese Movie Club: “Twilight”
A few months ago, I blogged about finally watching Pulp Fiction for the first time. “First time” being this year. Yeah, I know I’m nearly 20 years behind everybody else, but these things happen. So, as part of a brand new feature I’m test-driving on this blog today, I welcome you to the “Royale With…
Read MoreIn Defense of George Lucas
I don’t care if I’m in the minority on this… but it needs to be said. I love the Star Wars movies, and have enjoyed them ever since I saw the first film in 1977 at the old Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6 behind Northway Mall. Yes, I wished I could have been part of the series –…
Read MoreFeel like dancing today?
Have you had one of those mornings where you just didn’t feel like getting out of bed… and when you did, you sleepily chose to get out of the wrong side of the bed and crashed into the wall? Yep. Happened to me more than once. So if you’re having a really down day today,…
Read MoreSuperman from India! Spider-Man from Japan!
J. Eric Smith, the operator of the excellent blog portal Indie Albany, wrote a fantastic piece about how the audience to see motion pictures in this day and age have been inundated with superhero films and fantasy pictures, which essentially dwarf any dramas or character-driven films at the box office. Personally, I’d argue that the…
Read MoreSomewhere Over the Rainbow: The YouTube Romance of Dorothy and the Scarecrow
Some people can get pretty creative. And when I say “creative,” I mean that they have too much time on their hands. And with that, let me show you what I mean. The Wizard of Oz is one of the greatest movies of all time. It’s a musical, it’s a fantasy, it’s just plain magic…
Read MoreThe Ten Hottest Television and Movie Cars
We live in a car culture. We want the cars that will make all the girls turn their heads. Cars full of muscle and power and energy, cars that are indeed an extension of ourselves – or, at least, our sense of ourselves. And when we watch our favorite television shows and movies, there are…
Read MoreThe best pre-movie warning to NOT use your cell phone…
The motion picture experience. Popcorn. Movie trailers. Surround sound. A sense of local community importance (especially when one mentions the Madison or the Spectrum). Personally, I love going to the movies – especially when my friends and I go together to enjoy a new film at the local cinema. With that in mind, if a…
Read MoreNew movie trailer explains why the Star Wars prequels stunk…
Follow along with me. Apparently, at some point after finishing Return of the Jedi, George Lucas had it all. And then, suddenly, he disappeared. In his place, a doppelgänger directed the “prequel” Star Wars movies, inserting everything from Jar Jar Binks to more Jar Jar Binks to even MORE Jar Jar Binks. The original Lucas,…
Read MoreWho says they have to be “silent” movies?
City Lights is my all-time favorite motion picture. It’s Charlie Chaplin’s finest performance – you can argue that his work with The Kid and The Gold Rush is more significant, but this film – released in the 1930’s, after the advent of synchronized sound in motion pictures, yet still retaining Chaplin’s mute Tramp character –…
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