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There is perhaps no more frequently yet unfairly maligned genre than the movie musical. Like many genres, it had a strong heyday during the...
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There is perhaps no more frequently yet unfairly maligned genre than the movie musical. Like many genres, it had a strong heyday during the...
Out of all the nerd stuff I follow, toy collecting is the most hidden. I don’t really talk toys with anyone aside from a...
As a fan of genre movies, one of the genres I find myself returning to the most is the horror film. Perhaps because it’s...
My initial reaction to Jason Zinoman’s Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror was “awesome...
One of the most durable of all genres in American film, the Western has had a long and often complicated history as part of...
Putting the books aside for a minute (blasphemy), think about the whole generation has grown up on the phenomenon of Harry Potter movies. This...
Television legend and Emmy Award Winning writer Sherwood Schwartz, 94, passed away yesterday of natural causes. Schwartz started his career in radio, writing for...
It was the summer of 1984 and I was all of ten-years old. I guess, looking back on the events that unfolded, I could...
UCLA has announced an exciting new effort to preserve some of the most beloved comedies of all time. News of preservation efforts are always...
ACCUSATION: Corny DEFENSE: Classic 20 years ago Walt Disney Pictures brought forth upon our summer movie screens an adaptation of Dave Steven’s graphic novel...
During the golden age of Hollywood, a staple of Saturday morning matinees was the movie serial. Over the course of 12 or 13 weeks,...
As a teenage movie nut in LA, here was my formula for a perfect summer Sunday: 1) Take bus to Hollywood with best friend. ...
Critics are a little torn between admitting that Super 8 is a pretty good pop-corn summer movie and chastising it for going more than...
Not to snob out when I should be geeking out, but I was walking past the landmark New York theatre, the Ziegfeld, tonight and...
When I think about what movies I loved as a teenager, I automatically go to the most obvious ones, the familiar stuff that anyone...
This is the time of year where I physically ache to be sixteen again. I don’t know if it’s just that feeling of renewal...
ACCUSATION: Outdated fluff. DEFENSE: What a feeling! Let’s get the undebatable out of the way first. Time has not been kind to Flashdance (1983,...
We all have our favorite films by our favorite directors, whether it’s Hitchcock films like North by Northwest and Psycho, or Kubrick with 2001:...
For the past two days I have dove deep into my most favorite of 90s television shows, Twin Peaks and have returned to the...
The fantasy film has proven to be one of the most durable of all genres. It started in full at the end of the...
This past week I found myself watching a VHS copy of what was one of my favorite movies of the mid 80s, the Molly...
How was your Tron Day? Mine was swell. April 5 was the release of Tron: Legacy on video. And since seeing the movie in...
ACCUSATION: Franchise killer. DEFENSE: Third time’s a charm. With this week’s release of the fourth installment of Wes Craven’s Scream franchise, I thought I’d...
With an appearance on the upcoming TV Land Awards, the cast of Welcome Back, Kotter reunited a bit early on today’s Good Morning America,...