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When World War Two Lost The Oscar: THE THIN RED LINE

March 28, 2009 Rich Drees

In 1998, three of the five films nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award were films that dealt with World War Two from three very unique perspectives. Though none of the three would win the [click for more]

Friday Flashback: TIN TOY

March 27, 2009 Rich Drees

Twenty years ago this coming Sunday, history was made when PIXAR and director John Lasseter won their first Academy Award for the animated short Tin Toy. But it wasn’t just a first for Lasseter. Tin [click for more]

Required Viewing: John Wayne’s Uncut ALAMO

March 16, 2009 Rich Drees

Tomorrow, Tuesday the 17th, Turner Classic Movies is showing the longer, roadshow version of the classic 1960 John Wayne film The Alamo at 2:15pm. The Alamo was a two decade labor of love for Wayne, [click for more]

STAR WARS Rumor Mongering, Old School Style!

February 18, 2009 Rich Drees

As my 40th birthday looms just a few weeks away, I’ve been thinking a bit about how movies, the film business and film fandom have changed over the past four decades. Take for example, how [click for more]

When World War Two Lost The Oscar: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

February 11, 2009 Rich Drees

In 1998, three of the five films nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award were films that dealt with World War Two from three very unique perspectives. Though none of the three would win the [click for more]

Required Viewing: TCM Goes Back to School

February 11, 2009 John Gibbon

Ah crud!!! You know, I promised I wouldn’t allow myself to get behind on my schooling this semester. And then sure enough, I got swallowed up in textbooks and caught under a growing mountain of [click for more]

When World War Two Lost The Oscar: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

February 2, 2009 Rich Drees

In 1998, three of the five films nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award were films that dealt with World War Two from three very unique perspectives. Though none of the three would win the [click for more]

Friday Flashback: Ritchie Valens In GO, JOHNNY, GO!

January 30, 2009 Rich Drees

Next Tuesday, February 3, marks the 50th Anniversary of the first tragic deaths to occur in the burgeoning rock and roll genre. A small plane took off from a Fargo, North Dakota airport. Aboard it [click for more]

Monty Python Proves The Entertainment Corporations Wrong

January 25, 2009 Rich Drees

For years we’ve heard sob stories about how the entertainment industry has been losing money to various online outlets that made the material available for free. But now the good men of Monty Python have [click for more]

Friday Flashback: THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK

January 23, 2009 Rich Drees

When director Gus Van Sant’s biopic Milk was released, many people noticed that the story hit many of the same points that Rob Epstein’s Oscar-winning documentary The Times Of Harvey Milk. I see it as [click for more]