Movies by Design
Even if you don’t recognize the name right away, Hollywood production artist Ron Cobb has shaped the look of many iconic movies that you’ve undoubtedly enjoyed over the past four decades. Recently, Cobb made a huge vol...
Even if you don’t recognize the name right away, Hollywood production artist Ron Cobb has shaped the look of many iconic movies that you’ve undoubtedly enjoyed over the past four decades. Recently, Cobb made a huge vol...
I’m sure you’ve noticed the influx of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ merchandise that has been showing up on store shelves these past few months. It’s kind of hard to miss, really. Out of all the toys...
The past couple years have seen an outpouring of retro-style action figures based on movie and TV licenses – most prominently Funko’s expansive ReAction line (of which I have mixed feelings). This fad has reached perhaps its...
The saga of the retro-style ‘Alien’ ReAction figures is long and requires much patience from fans. Nearly a year since it was first announced and opened for preorders, the Egg Chamber Action Playset has finally arrived...
The saga of the retro-style “ReAction figures” from partnering toy companies Super7 and Funko seems to have dragged on for ages. If, like me, you were a fan of the ‘Alien’ toys released last year, get ready...
As you may recall (since I went on about it at some length in previous posts), toy company Super7 released a really cool line of retro-styled ‘Alien’ action figures at the end of last year. In case you needed an excuse...
Earlier this year, I was pretty clear about my disappointment with the upcoming line of retro-styled “Re-Action” toys from Funko, which I felt were poorly designed and sculpted. While I still feel that way, at least a ...
Tonight on NBC, ‘Community’ will air a special animated episode parodying the ‘G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero’ cartoon from the 1980s. The potential for awesomeness in that is almost too much for my brain t...
Barely a month since I expressed my disappointment with Funko’s line of retro-styled movie action figures, rival toy company Bif Bang Pow! shows them how it’s done with a really superb line of figures based on classic ...
Delayed for so long that I’d almost forgotten I’d ordered them, the retro-style ‘Alien’ action figures from Super7 finally arrived on my doorstep just in time for Christmas.
It’s a slow news day (as far as our concerns around here go) and there aren’t many exciting new movies opening in theaters this weekend. In lieu of anything else going on, let’s dig a very fun old video out of th...
Back in the 1950s, in a ploy to lure audiences away from their televisions and back to movie theaters, a filmmaking pioneer named Fred Waller developed a unique theatrical format called Cinerama that involved photographing a movie...