Christmas had typically been reserved for heartwarming film and television. But in 1974, the slasher classic "Black Christmas" debuted and forever altered the horror genre.1975: Pet Rock takes the country by storm carol // Wikimedia Commons 1975: Pet Rock takes the country by storm To the re...
I'm sure you know the Christmas song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Originally recorded by Gene Autry, the song has been a holiday hit since 1949. Then there are the TV specials that we all watched as kids. I bring the 'Rudolph' song up because my daughter has been singing it.....
(Burt Bacharach & Hal David) Paul Reed & Norman Shelly & Vince O’Brien & Dick O’Neil / Christmas Day (Burt Bacharach & Hal David) Edward Winter & Kay Oslin & Rita O’Connor & Julane Stites & Neil Jones / A Young Pretty Girl Like You (Burt Bacharach & Hal David) Jerry Orbach &...
To entice Goldie Hawn back to the big screen -- for her first film in 15 years -- it took a special script (Snatched), a special co-star (Amy Schumer) and a special director: Jonathan Levine, whose past work includes the cancer dramedy, 50/50, and the stoner Christmas carol, The ...
I was looking through a Christmas box last night and found a Christmas card. Actually, I found a pretty cool Christmas card (at least to me). Now that I think about it, it's the only Christmas card I've ever kept and not thrown away when the holidays were over. But, then again,...
I recently checked our schedule for every weekend leading up to Christmas--which is ON a weekend (Sunday) this year--and I came to the conclusion that there aren't enough weekends between November 1st and December 25th. There CERTAINLY aren't between this date and Christmas, so we'll have...
But withThe Huntwithdrawn from release,Ready or Notassumes pride of place … albeit in the doggiest of days of the dead of August. And what should have blossomed into a delicate arc describing an emerging cinematic trend (and launching a thousand thinkpieces in the process) instead reverts ...
Monkey Business was the first film to label the troupe the “Four Marx Brothers” (a billing that would continue through their Paramount years). A fifth brother, Gummo, left the team early and went on to launch a successful raincoat business. NEVER A DULL MOMENT…The Marx Brothers were up...
Somewhere among the flashy ornaments and glowing lights is a shiny, green pickle hanging on some Christmas trees. Yes, a pickle. Why People Hang Pickles On Christmas Trees The reason behind the tradition of a pickle on a Christmas tree is different depending on who you ask.Southern...
Amores perros is a great film with some really great camera work if I remember rightly. I think There Will Be Blood would be a great choice too. In fact I think I’ll review that one soon on my blog lol. I would also recommend Brick and Pi – both visually wonderful in their own...