movies

I was reading about Sally Field on Wikipedia and clicking on various links. I eventually ended up on the Gidget TV series and to the link about the novel it was based on. I was surprised to find that Frederick Kohner based the short novel on his then 15 year old daughter back in 1956. I had...

What are the best movies on British history? These are movies that I may be able to recommend to university students taking a course on British culture as an elective subject. I understand that movies such as Braveheart and maybe The Patriot are very inaccurate, but I am looking for movies of...

They counted on no one watching Turner Classic Movies at noon on a Saturday, but I was too smart for them. And that's how I saw this: AG2_4LfzHrQ It starts out ominous, and then at 0:25 the curtain opens and the true horror is revealed. Look at that angelically robed diva and all those white...

So, "Little Boy" is one of the new "faith" movies out there. I normally don't care much about the "faith" movie industry. While I may find them amusing as a glimpse into the thought processes used by very religious people, I am not curious enough to sit through one of the movies. Then I...

A movie opening next weekend called "Now You See Me" a heist film about a group of magicians turned Robin Hood style bank robbers features Morgan Freeman as a retired expert Magician turned debunker of mystics and people claiming to have real magic powers who is employed by the FBI to try to...

So, I may be drinking, and I may not be entirely unbiased, as this movie imbued in me a crush on Jennifer Connelly when I was an adolescent, but I just rewatched it, and it stands right the hell up with any "modern" movie that is said to be entertaining for both children and adults. The muppet...

Anyone have a reccomendation on materials regarding Alchemy? A friend of mine asked me to find documenteries regarding Alchemy. Of course I know when he talks about "documenteries" he includes "what the bleep do we know" :rolleyes: But I figured I might suggest some stuff for him anyway and...

I watched "A Serious Man" (Coen brothers) recently and I am rather perplexed and uncertain of what to make of it. Was the movie really about religion or was it about some man's wierd struggle?

Last night, my wife and I were watching “Human Target” and an extra was hit with a bullet, bleeding, and they had begun first aid when one of the character (I don’t recall which) told another, “Keep him awake, no matter what!” I turned to my wife, who has a masters in bio-chemistry, and asked...

Atlas Shrugged is being made into a series of movies. The first one is due out in April. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/ If a screenwriter can make a good screenplay out of the source material, he/she deserves not only an Oscar but a Nobel Prize. I wonder if one of the movies will just...

What are your favorite sci-fi / fantasy movies that are neglected, forgotten classics? These are movies that are just not seen any more on cable or broadcast TV. three of mine: 1) The Illustrated Man. Rod Steiger is great in the excellent adaption of Ray Bradbury's book. 2) Dark Star...

Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" has a limited theatrical re-release, with 25 additional minutes restored from a 16mm print found in Argentina. (Han shoots first.) http://www.kino.com/metropolis/ It may be playing in your area, see the website for locations.