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From Silents to the Seventies: The Whole Town’s Talking

David Krauss — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:00:47 +0000

Laughs, thrills, drama, and a doppelgänger, too! The Whole Town’s Talking has got it all, and this early gem from director John Ford and actor Edward G. Robinson will surely have you crowing as well. The Whole Town’s Talking Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 1935 Blu-ray Release Date: March 19, 2019 Directed by: John Ford...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie Stunts

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:00:50 +0000

In each successive Mission: Impossible entry, Tom Cruise tries to dazzle audiences with new and incredible action stunts, from climbing the world’s tallest building to dangling from various airplanes and helicopters in flight. Our Roundtable this week puts a spotlight on some of cinema’s other great stunt scenes. M. Enois Duarte Harold Lloyd will always...

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Stupid Is As the National Film Registry Does

Josh Zyber — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:00:36 +0000

Each year, the Library of Congress adds exactly 25 movies to the National Film Registry. Thousands of potential films from the entire history of cinema are evaluated for this honor. Those limited few that get chosen are determined to be “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” works that are “selected because of their enduring significance to...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of March 20th, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:00:43 +0000

This is a pretty reasonable week for Netflix fans. Not too much is leaving, and we’re losing movies we can afford to get rid of with just a few exceptions. Also, a couple of good movies are finally streaming. Leaving the Stream ‘Inglorious Bastards’ (3/30): Note the spelling – this isn’t the Tarantino version. This...

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More Silent Films Rescued from Oblivion

Josh Zyber — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:00:08 +0000

It’s a sad fact of cinematic history that the majority of films made during the silent era simply no longer exist. At the time, movies were considered a disposable commodity. Once their initial money-earning runs were complete, they were just thrown away, not treated as works of art worth preserving. Unfortunately, the unstable nitrate film...

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