Widescreen Vs. Fullscreen

It is always a great feeling when you walk into a room and see Star Wars playing on the television. While over at a friends house everyone in the living room was watching The Empire Strikes Back, it was towards the beginning of the film, when the Empire is…. striking back at the rebel base

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The 30-Second Ending

So last night, Dr. Sci-Fi and I utilized the magic of Netflix to watch an old Bob Hope comedy entitled My Favorite Spy (1951). It’s a mistaken-identity caper in which an entertainer (Hope) is asked by the president to impersonate an international spy whom he resembles. If you know anything about classic Hollywood comedies, you

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From the Earth to the Moon: Part 1

From the Earth to the Moon is one of the most unprecedented HBO television miniseries. The first installment entitled “Can We Do This?” quickly takes us through the Mercury and Gemini programs of NASA. These first two steps towards the moon are covered in more detail in such films as The Right Stuff, the primary

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Goodbye Liz

Another Hollywood legend passed on today. Elizabeth Taylor died at age 79. This post from the Boston Herald aptly summarizes Taylor’s career and powerful appeal. I won’t say I was a big fan of Liz’s, but you can’t help being riveted by her when she’s on screen. In my opinion, she was the most beautiful

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Talking a Little Irish Treason

It’s St. Paddy’s Day and I just have to mention something Irish. John Ford’s The Quiet Man is our film of choice on this day. As they say, it’s a love letter to Ireland, full of green vistas, quirky village characters, and that lilting haunting music. It stars John Wayne as the titular protagonist and

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Jungle Cruise Heading to Theatres

Early rumblings are being felt on the internet about a live action Jungle Cruise movie by Walt Disney Pictures. This would be the fourth movie based on a Disneyland attraction. First being  The Country Bears (sad end to a classic attraction), second the extremely popular and lucrative Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy (soon-to-be quadrilogy/saga), and

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Waking Sleeping Beauty

So we finally got to see Waking Sleeping Beauty, a film from Disney that documents the company’s 1990s animated film renaissance. I was surprised to realize that Disney itself is promoting and selling the film because it is a genuinely candid (read: unflattering at times) look into the turbulent years between 1984 and 1994. In

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