Oscars-related apps, etc.
Just a few more days until the film fanatic’s Super Bowl, aka the Academy Awards. We’ve had an official Oscars app for a few years, here are some other Oscar-related apps and sites, if you’re into that.
Originally posted on Paula's Cinema Club:
The envelope please… The winners, the losers, the snubs, the back stories, the gossip, the players, the games…this time it’s all about Oscar! We’re back! Myself, Kellee (@IrishJayhawk66) of Outspoken and Freckled, and Aurora (@CitizenScreen) of Once Upon a Screen are…
John Carter and Literary Archeology
I wrote this post on the literary source of the movie John Carter before it came out. In retrospect, it has more meaning now since many moviegoers complained that John Carter was just a re-hash of other sci-fi movies - especially Avatar. In a way, it’s the other […]
Originally posted on Alchemist's Blend:
Edar Allan Poe is one of my favorite writers. His use of first-person narration and lurid Gothic imagery gives him a unique voice. There’s nothing like reading “The Raven” on a cold, gray afternoon. Whenever I read Poe, the images in my…
1st known Hitchcock film preserved
Originally posted on Once upon a screen…:
Back in May of last year I had the privilege to participate in the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon III. My contribution was a post titled, “The Hitchcock Signature” for the grand event hosted by the Self Styled Siren, Ferdy on…
Coffee and (Christmas Movies): Trading Places
Trading Places may not be the first movie you think of during Christmas, though it happens at this time of the year. Two elderly gazilllionaires, Randolph and Mortimer Duke (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche), make a wager for “the usual amount”: Is heredity or environment more important in […]
Merry Christmas to all!
Originally posted on The Focused Filmographer:
Hi everyone! It’s December 25th! You know what that means! CHRISTMAS!!! (and eggnog…and presents…and eggnog…and…) :D Just a quick post today to wish each and every one of you a wonderful day. Enjoy the holiday as we take time to reflect and…
Coffee and (Christmas Movies): Scrooged
While many movie versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol seek to follow the novel closely and recreate a slice of early Victorian England, Scrooged (1988) is set in the 1980s and speaks directly to that era. The hippies of the Summer of Love had become the Thirtysomething […]
Coffee and (Christmas Movies): Bad Santa
Bad Santa (2003, 91 min.) is very naughty, but it isn’t bad. While it treads the well-worn path of pointing out the commercialization of Christmas and the hypocrisy of many who celebrate it, Bad Santa adds a freshness to the seasonal critique genre. For those who haven’t seen […]
Real movie popcorn!
Seriously, is there anything better than movie theatre popcorn? We don’t think so either so there will be genuine movie popcorn available at all the movies in the Christmas series. We’re working on some other fun snacks as well…stay tuned!
