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Fri, Feb 19 2010
Friday Flashback: UNDER THE RAINBOW

Friday Flashback: UNDER THE RAINBOW

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We continue our celebration of the shortest month of the year with a look at some movies featuring Hollywood’s shortest actors… There’s a scene in Under The Rainbow that had I seen the... 

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Fri, Feb 5 2010
Friday Flashback: THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN

Friday Flashback: THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN

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We’re going to celebrate the shortest month of the year over the next few weeks by taking a look at movies featuring some of cinema’s shortest actors. (No Tom Cruise jokes, I promise.) First... 

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Tue, Jan 19 2010
The Singing Swashbuckler: A Musical MARK OF ZORRO

The Singing Swashbuckler: A Musical MARK OF ZORRO

Also in: History

Hollywood recycling its own material is certainly not a new trend. Ever since the days of the early talkies, studios have drug out old stories, slapped a bit of spit and polish (and usually a new title)... 

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Mon, Jan 4 2010
Cameron’s Short Film XENOGENESIS

Cameron’s Short Film XENOGENESIS

Also in: History

With the worldwide box office for James Cameron’s eye-popping Avatar passed the $1 billion mark this past weekend, it might be a good time to look back at the director’s humble beginnings,... 

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Sun, Jan 3 2010
National Film Registry Adds Annual 25 Titles

National Film Registry Adds Annual 25 Titles

Also in: History, News

Late last week, the National Film Preservation Board made their annual announcement of the 25 new “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant films they will be adding to the Library... 

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Fri, Jan 1 2010
Friday Flashback: 2010

Friday Flashback: 2010

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Let’s face it. The movies are usually pretty bad at predicting the future. If they weren’t we all be deciding whether to take the flying car or the jet pack to work every morning. And Peter... 

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Thu, Dec 17 2009
Lynch Talks About Almost Directing REVENGE OF THE JEDI

Lynch Talks About Almost Directing REVENGE OF THE JEDI

Also in: History

It’s a well known story that David Lynch was once offered the director’s chair for Return Of The Jedi by Star Wars creator George Lucas. Although Lynch turned the offer down, he never really... 

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Fri, Dec 11 2009
SLAMMIN’ The SALMON With Broken Lizard

SLAMMIN’ The SALMON With Broken Lizard

Also in: Actors, Directors, Interview, Writers

The five man comedy troupe Broken Lizard have been steadily turning out dependably funny comedy since they first hit big with their second film, the cop comedy Super Troopers, in 2001. The film was such... 

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Mon, Nov 2 2009
Required Reading: Cinema Retro #15

Required Reading: Cinema Retro #15

Also in: History, Required Reading

If editors Lee Pfeifer and Dave Worrall sound proud in the editorial that opens up the latest issue of their magazine Cinema Retro (on stands now), they have every right to be. In an economic climate that... 

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Wed, Oct 28 2009
…And Starring The Statue Of Liberty

…And Starring The Statue Of Liberty

Also in: Book To Film, Classics, Comics And Film, History, Science-Fiction

When a movie’s story wants to change location from anywhere in the world to New York City, the chances are good that the transition will be done by cutting to a shot that features the Statue of Liberty.... 

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Tue, Oct 27 2009
From The Vault: Jason Miller Talks EXORCIST

From The Vault: Jason Miller Talks EXORCIST

Also in: History, Horror

In August 2005, we presented a piece in which Jason Miller talked about his star making role in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. With Halloween coming at the end of the week, we re-present it to... 

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Wed, Oct 21 2009
Blaxploitation: A Primer

Blaxploitation: A Primer

Also in: Genre, History

Last weekend, the comedy Black Dynamite opened in limited release to positive reviews. Although a loving spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films, no real knowledge of the genre is needed to enjoy it. Of course,... 

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Tue, Sep 15 2009
Hoffman Talks Regrets

Hoffman Talks Regrets

Also in: Actors, Trivia

Dustin Hoffman gave a rare interview today when he called in to Howard Stern’s Sirius/XM Satellite Radio show yesterday morning. The fifteen minute conversation ranged from Hoffman’s early career when... 

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Thu, Sep 10 2009
Would A Movie By Any Other Name Still Be Pirated?

Would A Movie By Any Other Name Still Be Pirated?

Also in: Legal, Opinion, Trivia

If you were a movie pirate looking to steal a print of the latest Harry Potter movie when it was shipped to movie theaters a few weeks ago, you were probably out of luck if you were looking for film canisters... 

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Sat, Aug 22 2009
Thoughts On The ‘AVATAR Day’ Footage

Thoughts On The ‘AVATAR Day’ Footage

Also in: 3D, Coming Soon, Directors, Promotional, Science-Fiction, Technology

“You’re not in Kansas anymore!” So intones Stephen Lang’s Col. Quaritch in the opening moments of the sixteen minute preview of director James Cameron’s upcoming science-fiction epic Avatar which... 

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