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Going Psycho Over Aspect Ratios

Going Psycho Over Aspect Ratios

The recent release of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Psycho on blu-ray disc in the UK and its impending blu-ray release in the US this fall have stirred up a bit of controversy in some quarters.... 

Geek Gear: “Buffy Stakes Edward” T-Shirt

Geek Gear: “Buffy Stakes Edward” T-Shirt

They say that brevity is the soul of wit. But even though the parody films of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (Date Movie, Epic Movie, etc.) generally clock in at 86 minutes, that is about 85 minutes,... 

Geek Gear: GHOSTBUSTERS Proton Backpack

Geek Gear: GHOSTBUSTERS Proton Backpack

It’s getting close to the time when many will be heading back to school, and if you happen to be studying parapsychology, you may want to look into this Ghostbusters Proton Pack Backpack. Although... 

Tricky Dick Goes To The Movies

Tricky Dick Goes To The Movies

Thirty-five years ago yesterday, President Richard Millhouse Nixon became the first United States president to resign from office. Besieged by the scandal surrounding his ordering of the bugging of the... 

Hanson Channel THE BLUES BROTHERS In New Video

Hanson Channel THE BLUES BROTHERS In New Video

The rock group Hanson are big fans of the film The Blues Brothers. How do I know? I’ve seen the video for their latest song, “Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’” The song was released... 

Goal! Cinematic Soccer Favorites

Goal! Cinematic Soccer Favorites

With the final match of the World Cup soccer tournament playing out today, we thought we’d take a look at some of our favorite movies featuring the sport. Bend It Like Beckham (2002) – One... 

Cinematic Swipe: DAVE The GHOSTBUSTER

Cinematic Swipe: DAVE The GHOSTBUSTER

Be it coincidence or homage or the outright hope that they don’t get caught aping someone else’s movie, filmmakers have been replicating the work of those who have gone before them for some time now.... 

Cinematic Swipe: Attack Of The Lawrence Of Arabia Clones

Cinematic Swipe: Attack Of The Lawrence Of Arabia Clones

Be it coincidence, homage or the outright hope that they don’t get caught aping someone else’s movie, filmmakers have been replicating the work of those who have gone before them for some time now.... 

Required Viewing: PUTNEY SWOPE

Required Viewing: PUTNEY SWOPE

One of the things that has disappointed me in the resurgence of the career Robert Downey Jr. is that a little of that spotlight hasn’t reflected over to his father, director Robert Downey Sr. Having... 

Geek Gear: Space Slug Oven Mitt

Geek Gear: Space Slug Oven Mitt

Remember that scene in The Empire Strikes Back when the Millennium Falcon and all aboard almost became dinner for an enormous slug hiding in an asteroid? Well, now you can get that same slug to help you... 

MACHETTE Lego Trailer

MACHETTE Lego Trailer

Last week, we showed you a rather funny summation of the Star Wars trilogy animated with Lego building blocks. Now here’s a shot-for-shot “adaptation” right down to its scratchy print... 

The STAR WARS Trilogy In Lego

The STAR WARS Trilogy In Lego

It seems like ever since someone first animated the “Camelot” song from Monty Python And The Holy Grail, lots of people have paid tribute to various movies through the medium of Lego building... 

MULHOLLAND DRIVE Was Originally A TWIN PEAKS Film?

MULHOLLAND DRIVE Was Originally A TWIN PEAKS Film?

Was David Lynch’s failed television pilot turned critically lauded film Mulholland Drive originally conceived as a story for her Twin Peaks-character Audrey Home? That’s what Sherilynn Fenn,... 

Cinematic Swipe: 16 Hot Tub Time Machine Candles

Cinematic Swipe: 16 Hot Tub Time Machine Candles

Be it coincidence or homage or the outright hope that they don’t get caught aping someone else’s movie, filmmakers have been replicating the work of those who have gone before them for some time now.... 

Edison’s FRANKENSTEIN Turns 100 Today

Edison’s FRANKENSTEIN Turns 100 Today

Today marks the 100 anniversary of the release of cinema’s first horror film, an adaptation of Frankenstein from Thomas Edison’s Edison Studios. To mark the occasion, we’re re-presenting...