Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on June 11, 2018

At a recent screening of their restoration of the 1928 silent film The Man Who Laughs, Universal announced that it will be continuing its silent movie restoration project (first announced in 2015) by restoring another ten silent films over the next few years. This is, of course, welcome news to...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on June 10, 2018

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy.   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on June 7, 2018

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 June 5, 2018

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on June 4, 2018

I don’t post a lot of breaking trailers nowadays, but this is a film that I’ve been intrigued about since it was announced. Typically, I’d file a remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 classic Italian horror film Suspiria in the “unnecessary at best” category, but in this   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on June 3, 2018

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy.   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on June 2, 2018

Another Saturday means another Saturday Double Feature! Okay, let’s start with a quick recap of the “rules”, shall we? The basic idea here is to take a movie that is out in theaters now, and pair it up with another movie from the 1980s or before. Sometimes the connection will...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 31, 2018

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 May 29, 2018

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 27, 2018

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy.   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 26, 2018

Another Saturday means another Saturday Double Feature! Okay, let’s start with a quick recap of the “rules”, shall we? The basic idea here is to take a movie that is out in theaters now, and pair it up with another movie from the 1980s or before. Sometimes the connection will...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 25, 2018

Okay, here’s the short version of this review: Psycho II is a much better movie than any movie calling itself Psycho II should be. Alright, let’s go a bit deeper, then. When a movie calls itself Psycho II and opens with the classic and infamous shower scene from the 1960...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 24, 2018

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 May 23, 2018

When I put up the poll for last month’s theme, one of the options was Not-So-Superheroes, a look back at some of the earlier attempts at bringing superheroes to both the big and small screen. The truth is, most of those efforts were largely unsuccessful and in some cases they...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 22, 2018

The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means for record labels to use...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 20, 2018

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy.   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 19, 2018

Another Saturday means another Saturday Double Feature! Okay, let’s start with a quick recap of the “rules”, shall we? The basic idea here is to take a movie that is out in theaters now, and pair it up with another movie from the 1980s or before. Sometimes the connection will...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 18, 2018

As we continue our trip through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Movies of All Time list, we come to #67, Howard Hawk’s Rio Bravo. And as always I’ll note that for those just joining us, you can find a full introduction to what the Sight and Sound Top 250...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on May 17, 2018

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 May 16, 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