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THE THIN MAN: Murder, Mirth And Marriage At The Movies

January 19, 2009 Rich Drees

In June 1934 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios released what was assumed to be another in a long string of B-pictures- a murder mystery based on a best selling novel starring a pair of actors who [click for more]

Kevin Smith Protests His DOGMA

October 30, 2007 Rich Drees

That time the director protested his won film.

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That Tune You Do: Writing The Music For THAT THING YOU DO

August 18, 2007 Rich Drees

One of the most influential events in American pop music was the British Invasion of the early 1960s. Dozens of bands, lead by the Beatles, came across the Atlantic armed with catchy guitar hooks and [click for more]

Nancy Drew- Movie Star

June 15, 2007 Rich Drees

Many sleuths have made the translation from print to movie screen. Many of them have been hardboiled detectives, gentlemen criminologists and sweet little old ladies who have a flair for solving murders. But there was [click for more]

SUPERMAN: The Famous Studios Cartoons

January 22, 2006 Rich Drees

(A note on run times: The run times from each cartoon are taken from one of the many public domain DVD releases currently on the market. It is possible that they may be off by [click for more]

SUPERMAN: The Fleischer Cartoons

January 22, 2006 Rich Drees

(A note on run times: The run times from each cartoon are taken from one of the many public domain DVD releases currently on the market. It is possible that they may be off by [click for more]

The SUPERMAN Cartoons

January 22, 2006 Rich Drees

Perhaps the most recognizable character of 20th century popular literature is Superman. Rocketed to Earth as a baby to escape the destruction of his homeworld, Superman grows up to discover that his alien physiognomy has [click for more]

Who Delayed ROGER RABBIT 2?

August 7, 2005 Rich Drees

Why there has been no sequel to one of the most popular animated films of the 1980s.

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Lorre’s Legacy: A Look Back At Peter Lorre

June 26, 2004 John Gibbon

He was as good a character actor as Hollywood has ever seen, his image onscreen eliciting many a shudder or laughs. Famed horror actor Boris Karloff once referred to him as “Master of the Unusual” [click for more]