Hitchcock Blogathon: ‘The Birds’
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ is a masterpiece of suspense that many critics consider to be his last truly great film. The director’s use of editing, composition and sound design are simply magnificent thr...
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ is a masterpiece of suspense that many critics consider to be his last truly great film. The director’s use of editing, composition and sound design are simply magnificent thr...
After my hectic first day at the Calgary Expo, I figured that Saturday would have to be much smoother sailing. Boy, was I wrong. In fact, the media pass fiasco was merely a bad dream compared to the full blown nightmare that swept...
Universal must have been salivating at the prospect of ‘Topaz’. It was, after all, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Leon Uris. Considering that ‘Topaz’ was produced in the wake of the sta...
‘The Killing’ is just getting weird. The Evil Indian Tribe still looms over the proceedings, but now Linden has gone rogue. Well, she was forced to go rogue, but if Jack Bauer taught us anything, it’s that you ca...
As you all know, I’m a huge movie poster fan. I’m also a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan. So, when the Hitchcock Blogathon was announced, I just had to get in on it with a special Hitchcock-themed edition of Posterizing.
With the success of the Wii and Kinect videogame systems, several TV manufacturers have worked to revolutionize the way we interact with our televisions by adding gesture or voice controls in place of the traditional remote contro...
The 2012 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo has come and gone. Legions of fans came to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and meet the entire cast of the classic television series, b...
In a fortuitous bit of timing, this Hitchcock Blogathon happens to be running the same week that I’ve been attending a conference in San Francisco, which was of course the setting of one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famo...
[Editor’s Note: With this post, we’re pleased to introduce Brian Hoss as our newest contributor to The Bonus View. Brian joins us to assist with videogame coverage. As you’ll note from his credentials in the bio ...
When one thinks of Alfred Hitchcock films, the preface “Based on a true story” doesn’t usually jump to mind. Yet that’s exactly what ‘The Wrong Man’ is. Adapted from a real life case of mistaken...
In case you hadn’t noticed (though I’ve certainly complained about it enough), it’s been a pretty dry Blu-ray season over the past several weeks. Fortunately, things at least marginally pick up today with the rel...
We’ve come down to the final 16 characters in TV Madness. It’s been a long, hard battle for most of these combatants. Some surprises have emerged – like Sylar defeating Captain Kirk by two votes. Today, we start off th...