In the early 1950s, Hollywood went into a “television panic.” Scared to death that their audiences were being eaten up by “that box,” the major studios were desperate to get their audiences back into the […]
As Hollywood went into the “television panic” of the early 1950s, every studio was trying to come up with ways to lure audiences away from free visuals and back into their paying ticket arms. The […]
Orson Welles once said, “I prefer the old masters; by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford.” My Darling Clementine is considered the director’s crowning achievement, and was one of the first […]
It’s a classic tale of deadly ambition, which sounds hyperbolic. But its cynical poison is deadlier towards Hollywood as a piece of satire, arguably arguing against Auteurism (even though, historically speaking, it wasn’t really a […]
We all remember the hot guy in high school, right? You know the one I’m talking about. The hot guy. The guy you kinda-sorta-stalked in the library. The guy you waited all day to get a […]
Don’t judge this Love Me Tender Blu-ray DVD by its cover. Yes, Elvis Presley’s pained painted-in baby blues and slicked-back raw umber hair may give you the creeps and lead you to think that they […]
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