Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 3, 2018

No new feature post today, but I i want to take just a moment to remind you that the best way to keep up with all of the goings on and new posts here at Durnmoose Movie Musings is through our Facebook page and Twitter feed. There you will find...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 2, 2018

This past Christmas my son got me a Mill Creek box set called Awesomely Cheesy Movies. 100 movies on 24 disks, it’s actually a combination of two of their earlier released sets, “The Swinging Seventies”, and “The Excellent Eighties”. For those of you who may not be fam   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 1, 2018

Last year was… let’s say… interesting in a number of ways to say the least.I won’t get into all that’s been going on here, but unfortunately, one of the ways that “interesting” has translated has been “not much blogging”, something I’m dete   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 1, 2018

It’s certainly not the way I’d like to celebrate my return to movie blogging, nor the way I would love to ring in the New Year, but here we are. Yep, once again, in what has become an annual tradition, it’s time to not celebrate Public Domain Day. What’s Public...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 23, 2017

The Lure (Córki dancingu), a 2016 film from first-time Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska, played at Sundance and Fantastic Fest late last year, and has been picked up for distribution by Janus Films with a scheduled February 1 opening at the IFC Center. Here’s a description of the film: In   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 16, 2017

The final trailer has dropped for the upcoming Russian film Guardians, which looks very much like it may be their answer to Marvel’s The Avengers, except for one thing: from all reports it has a sense of fun and flair that might put it more in the category of Guardians...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 14, 2017

Hey! It’s Saturday. That means it’s time to pair up another couple of films for a Saturday Double Feature. I’m cheating a little bit this week, since today’s feature movie has already finished it’s theatrical run, but since it’s just come out on disk in the past f   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 12, 2017

Between this blog and my previous one, Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest, I’ve been writing about movies for quite a while now. Because of that, there are a lot of posts that have simply gotten lost to the mists of time. So, I figured I’d use the idea of...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 7, 2017

Yep, I’ve decided it’s time for the return of what used to be a regular feature here on the blog, the Saturday Double Feature. The idea here is simple: take a movie that’s currently in theaters and pair it with one from the past to crate an interesting double bill....   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 6, 2017

I know that a lot of how you “read” a movie and how you interpret both its contents and its intent comes from what you bring to it. A lot of times what one takes away from viewing a film is very dependent upon what you want to see there...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 5, 2017

Between this blog and my previous one, Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest, I’ve been writing about movies for quite a while now. Because of that, there are a lot of posts that have simply gotten lost to the mists of time. So, I figured I’d use the idea of...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 3, 2017

As we finally get back to our trip through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Movies of All Time list, we come to #185, Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas. And as always I’ll note that for those just joining us, you can find a full introduction to what the Sight and...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on January 1, 2017

So what do the founder of the Surrealist movement, a star of the silent film era, the Japanese author behind the popularization of Buddhism in the West, two female writers at the heart of the Modernist scene, and one of the “fathers of science fiction” have in common this year?...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 29, 2016

Between this blog and my previous one, Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest, I’ve been writing about movies for quite a while now. Because of that, there are a lot of posts that have simply gotten lost to the mists of time. So, I figured I’d use the idea of...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 26, 2016

On August 19, 1972 a special program appeared on NBC urging younger voters to get out and vote in the upcoming presidential election. Sponsored by Chevrolet, the special feature live acts performing their own music, something rather unique at the time since, like many appearances by acts on TV today   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 24, 2016

Yep, it’s the return of what use to be a regular feature here on the blog, the Saturday Double Feature. the idea is to pair a movie that is out in theaters now with one from the past. The reason for the pairing can vary – sometimes it will be...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 22, 2016

I don’t write much about anime here, simply because I don’t watch that much of it nowadays. However, back in the 90s, when it was seeing its first real American boom thanks to a home video market that was desperate for all kinds of content, I did watch quite a...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 4, 2016

Every once in a while I’ll be scrolling through my queue on Netflix or Hulu and run across a movie that I don’t really remember putting on there but know there must have been a reason. Sometimes it turns out to be who is in it, sometimes it’s because it’s...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on August 14, 2016

So a “featurette” focusing largely on the chariot race has been released to promote the upcoming Ben-Hur movie. I’ll admit I’m looking forward to this, largely because I’m curious how Hollywood is going to handle this kind of epic historical film today. Of course, a bi   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on July 28, 2016

Between this blog and my previous one, Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest, I’ve been writing about movies for quite a while now. Because of that, there are a lot of posts that have simply gotten lost to the mists of time. So, I figured I’d use the idea of...   read more