Last night, I attended an advance screening of the upcoming Paramount Pictures film Thor. Yes, it’s the next installment of what will become the big blockbuster film of 2012 (or 2013, I’m not sure), The Avengers. No, not the one with John Steed and Emma Peel. This is the one with Iron Man and the…
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I finally get it! Royale with cheese!!
It was Saturday night, and I just wanted to unwind and relax. I took some donations to Goodwill, and normally I would have just dropped off the surplus, told the worker that I didn’t need a receipt, have a nice day, and drove off. But for some reason, I decided to stop inside the Goodwill…
Read More“I Am Number Four” – smelled more like number two
One of the benefits in winning trivia competitions in the Capital District is that sometimes the prizes include movie passes to see films that have not yet officially premiered. That was the case Tuesday night when my Street Academy trivia teammates Jeremy and Alexis joined me at Crossgates Mall – we had won movie passes…
Read MoreThe ‘ONE’ Stooges – solo work by members of the comedy team
The Three Stooges are, without a doubt, one of the greatest comedy teams in motion picture history. Don’t argue with me on this, or I’ll gouge your eyes out, porcupine. But what would happen if you took a Stooge out of the team – and put him in his own short film? And you say,…
Read MoreSome Short Classic Cartoons for a Thursday
Not every animated feature is a Mickey Mouse / Bugs Bunny / Pink Panther classic. In the history of animated films, there have been several short subjects that have been both thought-provoking, well-seasoned and informative. They weren’t just “Popeye the Sailor eats his spinach and beats the crap out of Bluto” or “Heckle and Jeckle…
Read MoreCharlie Chaplin’s Time Machine
If I had a time machine, if I had a magic device that could take me to any period in history, you know I would go back to the 1920’s and watch one of the greatest actors / directors / filmmakers of all time, Charlie Chaplin, make one of his legendary films. I’d stare in…
Read MoreStudying for the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Nearly 30 years ago, I saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time. I was a freshman at Hamilton College, and one of the college’s independent film clubs booked Rocky Horror for the weekend. I never saw the film before I went to college; I knew that it played for many weekends at…
Read MoreThe Missing “Star Wars” footage
It was May of 1977, and I remember where I saw it first. I was in line at the Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6 behind Northway Mall, waiting to see Star Wars for its first week on the big screen. I already knew some of the story; for the past three months the movie’s plotline had been serialized…
Read MoreThe restorations of “Metropolis”
In 1927, German director Fritz Lang produced one of the most breathtaking science-fiction films of its time, the silent classic “Metropolis.” This film, which featured a futuristic struggle between the working class and the elite class, as well as the creation of a female sexy robot to corrupt the working class, has inspired filmmakers for…
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