Category Archives: Ourselves

Film Freaks Launch Effort To Save “Living Dead” Cemetery Chapel.

Posted on November 29, 2011 by jlmicek

Here’s a cool story from my own state of Pennsylvania about an effort to save a cemetery chapel that featured in George Romero’s legendary 1968 zombie flick “Night of the Living Dead.” It’s spearheaded by a guy named Gary Streiner, … Continue reading →

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A “Before Sunrise” Sequel?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by jlmicek

If, like me, you were a 20something slacker in the early 1990s, then the chances are pretty good that you have a soft spot for director Richard Linklater’s series of “Sunrise” movies. The films, which starred ur-Slacker Ethan Hawke and … Continue reading →

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Natalie Wood’s Death To Be Investigated By LAPD.

Posted on November 18, 2011 by jlmicek

The Guardian Reports: Police have reopened their investigation into the death of Natalie Wood almost 30 years after the Hollywood icon drowned off the coast of California. Wood, best known for her performances in West Side Story and Rebel Without … Continue reading →

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Reel History: Is Ed Wood A Cardboard Cut-Out?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by jlmicek

That’s the question that Guardian film writer Alex von Tunzelmann proposes this morning in a reevaluation of the 1994 biopic of the famed schlock director starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau and others. I’ve made no secret of my affection of … Continue reading →

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Robbed Of His Voice, Roger Ebert Finds A New One.

Posted on November 8, 2011 by jlmicek

The chances are good that if you know anything about the film critic Roger Ebert, then you know him as the opinionated host of “At The Movies,” a show he hosted for years and years with the late Gene Siskel. … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Five Must-See Films For The End Of 2011.

Posted on November 8, 2011 by jlmicek

Courtesy Of The Good Folks … … at Filmbalaya, here’s a list of the 25 movies that could “blow you away” in the couple of months remaining in the year. They include Kevin Smith’s “Red State,” the new Johnny Depp … Continue reading →

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The 10 Greatest Silent Movie Stars.

Posted on November 6, 2011 by jlmicek

Greta Garbo. Max Linder. Charlie Chaplin. They were as totemic in their time as Bogart, Gary Cooper and Katherine Hepburn would be to theirs. And a century after some of them took their first bows on screen, the names of … Continue reading →

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Worries About Tarantino’s “Django Unchained?”

Posted on November 2, 2011 by jlmicek

Writing In The Guardian … … this morning, critic Ben Childs voices some concerns about “Pulp Fiction” director Quentin Tarantino’s plans for a film about an escaped slave (Jamie Foxx) who partners with a German bounty hunter (Waltz) to take … Continue reading →

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Charles Napier, RIP

Posted on October 29, 2011 by jlmicek

Charles Napier, a veteran tough guy actor who brought his swagger to such films as “Rambo: First Blood,” and such vintage TV series as “Star Trek,” and “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 75. “Wherever I go, people will look … Continue reading →

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Samuel L. Jackson Is Just Cooler Than You. So Deal.

Posted on October 28, 2011 by jlmicek

Writing In The Guardian This Morning … … Stuart Heritage takes a look at how Mr. Jackson became the highest-grossing film star OF ALL TIME. Jackson has a couple of secrets to his success. And Heritage dissects them, one-by-one. To … Continue reading →

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