Movies are more than just film on a screen. They can be nightmares, haunting our dreams and sleepless nights. Movies keep us up at night, on edge under the covers, gripping the sheets as tight as we can whenever the slightest sound echoes through the empty house. Movies inspire fear. They make you wonder if … Continue reading
Category Archives: blogathons and such
Stanley Kramer’s It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963): Universal Backlots Blogathon
This post was originally published by Margaret Perry on The Great Katharine Hepburn on September 14, 2012. Kristen over at Journeys in Classic Film is hosting the Universal Backlot Blogathon this weekend to celebrate 100 years of Universal Studios films: “Have a review of a film that used the backlot (either completely or just for a scene counts)? Interested in the … Continue reading
Blogathon: A Little Questionnaire
Cinemaniac Reviews is hosting a little blogathon questionaire kind of thing. As I am a sucker for stuff like this, I figured it’d be best if I participate. Below are a handful of questions many of you have even asked me before, so read up and you’ll probably find yourself surprised at some of my … Continue reading
The Liebster Award
The Liebster is an award that’s passed from blogger to blogger as a recognition of quality work. I received mine from Eric at The Movie Waffler. To accept the award however there are rules which must be followed however: 1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves 2. Answer the 11 questions the person giving … Continue reading
The Great Recasting Blogathon
The lovely ladies over at Frankly, My Dear and In the Mood came up with a grand idea for a blogathon. Take “modern” films and recast them with actors and actresses from the classic era of Hollywood. For the blogathon I decided on The Princess Bride; which, by all means, has a near impossible cast to … Continue reading
Movie Confessions Blogathon
My Film Views is hosting a blogathon called Movie Confessions, where participating bloggers answer a handful of questions about their movie tastes, viewing histories, and guilty pleasures. Let’s begin: Which classic movie don’t you like/can’t enjoy and why? While the list below includes films I have not seen in their entirety, one classic movie I … Continue reading
The Year I Made Contact: 1989
The Movie Waffler was asking bloggers to partake in a little blogathon. The idea is to write about the movies that came out the year you were born. Being that I am trying to branch out a little bit and write more than just reviews, I figured I would give it a shot. Plus, 1989 was … Continue reading
2012 Halftime Report
With the end of June, we are now onto the second half of 2012. I figured I would write a quick little article, summing up my experiences so far, as well as the best and worst new movies I have seen this year. Now, I haven’t had the means or the budget to see as … Continue reading
The Justice League- My Cast
Warner Bros. recently announced that their thought to be dead movie adaption of The Justice League is back on track. In 2007, George Miller, the director of Mad Max and Happy Feet (weird, I know) had a full cast and even a script for a JL movie. However, with budget issues and tax reasons, the film never … Continue reading
Fandango and Why I’ll Never Use It Again
As everyone knows, The Avengers came out this weekend. Being the poor man that I am, I tried to figure out a way to see the movie without having to spend anything. I remember I had a Fandango gift card from a couple months ago and went online to buy my tickets. I enter my … Continue reading
The Cinematic Katzenjammer 