Jem and the Holograms (2015)

So, as of this posting I have been around our star almost fifty-three times. I was around when the original Jem and the Holograms was aired on television. I said all of that to say this… I really enjoyed the 2015 live-action re-imagining of the old cartoon. The whole thing felt current, even today. This […]

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Disney’s The Black Hole

So, it’s a new year and how do we begin every new year… with an old movie of course! Today we are watching Disney’s the Black Hole again. The House of Mouse’s non sequitur answer to Star Wars. I find it odd that I love to revisit this film every now and then. You see… […]

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Metropolis is now in the Public Domain

I feel that Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is one of the first milestones in cinematic science fiction. The first, for me, being George Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon. Now, Lang’s epic film is officially in the Public Domain. While I this isn’t a film that I’ve watched multiple times, there are moments that I can […]

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Akira Kurosawa – Composing Movement

This short documentary about Akira Kurosawa shows what a wonderful eye the director had. His ability to compose a living moment astounds me to this day. I can still barely compose a decent scene for a drawing. He was a wonderful artist and will always be one of the greatest directors in film history. When […]

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