Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 25, 2014

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #072 on the list,  David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 22, 2014

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s time for the next chapter of our ongoing serial The Crimson Ghost and more movie serial history. (Previous Chapters: 1  2, 3, 4) So far we’ve been looking at the very early history of serials in America, but of course we...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 22, 2014

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s time for the next chapter of our ongoing serial The Crimson Ghost and more movie serial history. (Previous Chapters: 1  2, 3, 4) So far we’ve been looking at the very early history of serials in America, but of course we...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 19, 2014

Honestly, there’s not much to say here. If this trailer for Disney’s new Cinderella is any indication it’s going to be a pretty straightforward live-action adaptation of the 1950 animated movie. Of course, there’s no real need for a live-action adaptation, but then again, why   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 19, 2014

Honestly, there’s not much to say here. If this trailer for Disney’s new Cinderella is any indication it’s going to be a pretty straightforward live-action adaptation of the 1950 animated movie. Of course, there’s no real need for a live-action adaptation, but then again, why   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 18, 2014

Desperate to find some way to complete with other studios’ franchises, most particularly Marvel’s Avengers movies, Universal Studios have come forward with what may be their most wrong-headed plan yet. Since they don’t have any superheroes in their character roster, they’re g   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 18, 2014

Desperate to find some way to complete with other studios’ franchises, most particularly Marvel’s Avengers movies, Universal Studios have come forward with what may be their most wrong-headed plan yet. Since they don’t have any superheroes in their character roster, they’re g   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 15, 2014

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s time for the next chapter of our ongoing serial The Crimson Ghost and more movie serial history. (Previous Chapters: 1  2, 3) Last time we took a look at the earliest movie serial, 1912’s What Happened to Mary. This time, I   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 15, 2014

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s time for the next chapter of our ongoing serial The Crimson Ghost and more movie serial history. (Previous Chapters: 1  2, 3) Last time we took a look at the earliest movie serial, 1912′s What Happened to Mary. This time, I   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 13, 2014

Usually I would just post the video below to the site’s Facebook page (yes, it’s true, if you’re not following the Moose on Facebook then you’re not getting the full experience, so why not click on that link or the one over in the sidebar, give us a “like”, and...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 13, 2014

In celebration of the official release of the 1966 Batman television show I thought this week instead of just posting a single episode I’d give you a series of compilations and clips from the series. For me, growing up, this WAS Batman, and that’s probably one of the reasons that...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 13, 2014

Usually I would just post the video below to the site’s Facebook page (yes, it’s true, if you’re not following the Moose on Facebook then you’re not getting the full experience, so why not click on that link or the one over in the sidebar, give us a “like”, and...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 13, 2014

In celebration of the official release of the 1966 Batman television show I thought this week instead of just posting a single episode I’d give you a series of compilations and clips from the series. For me, growing up, this WAS Batman, and that’s probably one of the reasons that...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 8, 2014

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s time for the next chapter of our ongoing serial The Crimson Ghost and more movie serial history. (You can find Chapter One here and chapter two here. ) Last week I spent some time talking about movie serials and how they...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 8, 2014

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s time for the next chapter of our ongoing serial The Crimson Ghost and more movie serial history. (You can find Chapter One here and chapter two here. ) Last week I spent some time talking about movie serials and how they...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 7, 2014

I’ve written about and/or mentioned the Internet Archive quite a bit over the years. The effort that they have put into preserving our pop- (and at times, not-so-pop-) culture deserves an incredible amount of commendation, as they serve as a repository for countless online books, films, radio   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 7, 2014

I’ve written about and/or mentioned the Internet Archive quite a bit over the years. The effort that they have put into preserving our pop- (and at times, not-so-pop-) culture deserves an incredible amount of commendation, as they serve as a repository for countless online books, films, radio   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 6, 2014

Coming out of all of the coverage of the elections this past Tuesday, I thought it might be interesting to see how television covered that kind of thing back in the days before wall to wall 24/7 news channels and all the rest that make up the hubbub and clamor...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 6, 2014

Coming out of all of the coverage of the elections this past Tuesday, I thought it might be interesting to see how television covered that kind of thing back in the days before wall to wall 24/7 news channels and all the rest that make up the hubbub and clamor...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on November 3, 2014

I just want to take a quick moment to note that there won’t be a Top 250 Tuesday post tomorrow due to the fact that I’ll be spending the day working at the local poll for election day. And while I’m at it, I’ll just say please, wherever you are...   read more